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An excellent piece of early soul-jazz, 1960's Talk That Talk isn't as bop-oriented as Shirley Scott's albums with Stanley Turrentine from the same period, as flashy and ornate as the albums Jimmy Smith was starting to make with Creed Taylor and Lalo Schifrin, or as funky and blues-based as the best of Jimmy McGriff or "Brother" Jack McDuff. Smith's playing on this album is low-key almost to the point of being conservative, deeply soulful without resorting to what would soon become tired funk clichés. For the most part, the settings are the standard organ/bass/drums trio, with occasional appearances by tenor saxophonist Oliver Nelson, vibraphonist Lem Winchester, and guitarist Eddie McFadden to provide textural variety. Smith is always at the center of the arrangements, taking almost all the solos, which means that less organ-besotted listeners might find the album a bit samey, but on tracks like a loping, gentle version of "An Affair to Remember" and a gorgeously soulful "Misty," Johnny "Hammond" Smith shows exactly why he deserves his nickname. [The 1995 CD reissue of Talk That Talk appends six additional tracks, originally released as Smith's Gettin' the Message LP, also from 1960.]
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Leo McCarey, ComposerLyricist - Harry Warren, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Adamson, ComposerLyricist - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist - Edward Redding, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Oliver Nelson, FeaturedArtist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Oliver Nelson, FeaturedArtist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Erroll Garner, ComposerLyricist - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Oliver Nelson, FeaturedArtist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist - Gordon Burdge, ComposerLyricist - Russell J. Robinson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Lem Winchester, FeaturedArtist - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Lem Winchester, FeaturedArtist - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Lem Winchester, FeaturedArtist - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 Fantasy, Inc.
Lem Winchester, FeaturedArtist - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Lem Winchester, FeaturedArtist - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Lem Winchester, FeaturedArtist - Johnny "Hammond" Smith, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
An excellent piece of early soul-jazz, 1960's Talk That Talk isn't as bop-oriented as Shirley Scott's albums with Stanley Turrentine from the same period, as flashy and ornate as the albums Jimmy Smith was starting to make with Creed Taylor and Lalo Schifrin, or as funky and blues-based as the best of Jimmy McGriff or "Brother" Jack McDuff. Smith's playing on this album is low-key almost to the point of being conservative, deeply soulful without resorting to what would soon become tired funk clichés. For the most part, the settings are the standard organ/bass/drums trio, with occasional appearances by tenor saxophonist Oliver Nelson, vibraphonist Lem Winchester, and guitarist Eddie McFadden to provide textural variety. Smith is always at the center of the arrangements, taking almost all the solos, which means that less organ-besotted listeners might find the album a bit samey, but on tracks like a loping, gentle version of "An Affair to Remember" and a gorgeously soulful "Misty," Johnny "Hammond" Smith shows exactly why he deserves his nickname. [The 1995 CD reissue of Talk That Talk appends six additional tracks, originally released as Smith's Gettin' the Message LP, also from 1960.]
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:52
- Main artists: Johnny Hammond
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Prestige
- Genre: Jazz
© 1995 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1995 Fantasy, Inc.
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