Soul Flowers

Soul Flowers
Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released	1968
Recorded	September 27, 1967 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige PR 7549
Producer	Cal Lampley
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Gettin' Up (1967) Soul Flowers (1967) Dirty Grape (1968)

Soul Flowers is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1967.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "When a soul-jazz artist decides to devote the bulk of his album to pop standards and themes from the movies, stage, and TV, he better make damn sure that he interprets them in an inventive fashion. Fortunately, that's what Smith manages to do on this 1967 session".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

1. "N.Y.P.D." (Charles Gross) - 3:30
2. "Dirty Apple" - 5:00
3. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 3:20
4. "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) - 3:15
5. "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 3:10
6. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:05
7. "Tara's Theme" (Max Steiner) - 3:35
8. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:45
9. "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) - 5:20

Personnel

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
• Earl Edwards, Houston Person - tenor saxophone
• Wally Richardson - guitar
• Jimmy Lewis - electric bass
• John Harris - drums
• Richie "Pablo" Landrum - congas

Production

• Cal Lampley - producer
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed April 29, 2013
2. Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 29, 2013
3. Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed April 24, 2013.