All Soul (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album)

This article is about the album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith. For the album by Houston Person, see All Soul (Houston Person album).
All Soul
Studio album by
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
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)

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
DownBeat[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

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

Production

References

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