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Open House!
1963 studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Open House! is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.[1]
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Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | 1963 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Riverside RLP 482 | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars calling it "accessible, gritty, emotionally direct jazz that you didn't have to be an intellectual to comprehend".[2]
All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated
- "Open House" - 4:38
- "Cyra" - 5:27
- "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 5:01
- "Theme from Cleopatra" (Alex North) - 2:36
- "Blues for De-De" - 7:00
- "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:41
- "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 5:50
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
- Thad Jones - cornet, trumpet
- Seldon Powell — tenor saxophone, flute
- Eddie McFadden - guitar
- Leo Stevens (tracks 1-4, 6 & 7), Art Taylor (track 5) - drums
- Ray Barretto - congas (tracks 1-4, 6 & 7)
- Riverside Records discography Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 5, 2012
- Henderson, A. Allmusic Review Archived 2013-02-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 5, 2012