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

Soul Flowers
Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedSeptember 27, 1967
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length35:00
LabelPrestige
PR 7549
ProducerCal Lampley
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Gettin' Up
(1967)
Soul Flowers
(1968)
Dirty Grape
(1968)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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 edit

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted

  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 edit

Production edit

References edit

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