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Johnny "Hammond" Smith ‎

 

 What's Going On

 

 
Prestige records  ‎– PR ST10015,  Vinyl, LP, Album

Prestige records 1971  ‎– PR ST10015, 

notes:

What's Going On is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith 
recorded for the Prestige label in 1971

credits:

    Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
    Robert Prado, Ernie Royal - trumpet (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
    Garnett Brown - trombone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
    Grover Washington Jr. - tenor saxophone
    Richard Landry - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
    Babe Clarke - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
    James Clark (tracks 1-3 & 5), Ted Dunbar (track 4) - guitar
    Jimmy Lewis - electric bass
    Eddie Gee - drums
    Unnamed string section (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
    Bill Fischer - arranger (tracks 1, 3 & 4)

Production

    Bob Porter - producer
    Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
Recorded     April 12 and July, 1971
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliff

Tracklisting:

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted

 A1   "What's Going On" (Renaldo Benson Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) - 9:45
 A2  "Smokin' Cool" - 6:53
 B1   "L and J" (James Clark) - 5:45
 B2 "I'll Be There" (Hal Davis, Willie Hutch, Berry Gordy, Bob West) - 5:20
 B3 "Between the Sheets" - 9:49