A Little Taste

A Little Taste
Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released 1963
Recorded 1963
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Riverside
RLP 496
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Open House!
(1963)
Mr. Wonderful
(1963)
The Stinger
(1964)

A Little Taste is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Richie Unterberger calls it "a sturdy quartet date... There's more of a straight jazz (as opposed to soul-jazz) influence on this than on some other Smith sessions of the time".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

  1. "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 5:28
  2. "Cleopatra and the African Knight" - 6:23
  3. "Bennie's Diggin'" - 4:24
  4. "Brake Through" - 4:35
  5. "Eloise" - 3:54
  6. "A Little Taste" (Cannonball Adderley) - 4:33
  7. "Twixt the Sheets" - 4:12

Personnel

References

  1. Riverside Records discography accessed November 6, 2012
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 6, 2012
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