Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail

Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith and saxophonist Willis Jackson recorded for the Prestige label in 1962.[1]

Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail
Studio album by
Johnny "Hammond" Smith & Willis Jackson
Released1962
RecordedJune 12, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
LabelPrestige
PR 7239
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Opus De Funk
(1961)		 Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail
(1962)		 Look Out!
(1962)
Willis Jackson chronology
Thunderbird
(1962)		 Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail
(1962)		 Bossa Nova Plus
(1962)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

AllMusic writer Richie Unterberger awarded the album 3 stars and stating "This Smith/Jackson joint session is typical early-'60s Prestige soul-jazz, with all the good and bad that implies".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted.

  1. "Good 'Nuff"
  2. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional)
  3. "Sonja's Dreamland"
  4. "Bésame Mucho" (Sunny Skylar, Consuelo Velázquez)
  5. " Y'all" (Willis Jackson)
  6. "Neck Bones"
  7. "Delicious"

Personnel

References
  1. Prestige Records discography accessed February 19, 2013.
  2. Unterberger, R. AllMusic listing accessed February 19, 2013.
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