Organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith was relentlessly tasty. Whenever I dig into one of his albums, my feet can't stop moving. His grooves and chord voicings were intoxicating. One of his finest albums, from the first track to the last, was Open House. Recorded for Riverside in 1963, the album featured Thad Jones (cnt,tp); Seldon Powell (ts,fl); Johnny "Hamm…
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