All Soul (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album)

All Soul is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the New Jazz label in 1959.[1][2]

All Soul
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedSeptember 11, 1959
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length38:56
LabelNew Jazz
NJ 8221
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Imagination
(1959)
All Soul
(1959)
That Good Feelin'
(1959)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStar[3]
DownBeatStarStarStar[4]

Stewart Mason in his review for Allmusic stated, "Smith would go on to make better albums, but All Soul is a promising debut".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted.

  1. " Goin' Places" – 6:49
  2. "Sweet Cookies" – 6:34
  3. "The Masquerade is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:42
  4. "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) – 4:35
  5. "Easy Like" – 7:30
  6. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:30
  7. "All Soul" (Curtis Lewis) – 4:16

Personnel

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References

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  1. Prestige Records discography accessed April 23, 2013
  2. Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography Archived April 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed April 23, 2013
  3. 1 2 Mason, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 23, 2013.
  4. Gleason, Ralph J. (March 3, 1960). "Johnny (Hammond) Smith: All Soul". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 5. p. 39.