Drives (album)

Drives is an album by American organist Lonnie Smith recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1]

Drives
Studio album by Lonnie Smith
Released	1970
Recorded	January 2, 1970
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:46
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Francis Wolff
Lonnie Smith chronology
Move Your Hand (1969) Drives (1970) Live at Club Mozambique (1970)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Lonnie Smith had the raw skills, imagination, and versatility to play burning originals, bluesy covers of R&B and pop, or skillful adaptations of conventional jazz pieces and show tunes. Why he never established himself as a consistent performer remains a mystery, but this 1970 reissue shows why he excited so many people during his rise".^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Lonnie Smith except as indicated

1. "Twenty-Five Miles" (Bristol, Fuqua, Starr) - 5:36
2. "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 7:30
3. "Seven Steps to Heaven" (Miles Davis, Victor Feldman) - 5:43
4. "Psychedelic Pi" - 6:30
5. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Don Kirkpatrick, Keith Knox) - 10:46

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 2, 1970

Personnel

• Lonnie Smith - organ
• Dave Hubbard - tenor saxophone
• Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone
• Larry McGee - guitar
• Joe Dukes - drums

Uses in other media

Alternative hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest sampled Smith's cover of "Spinning Wheel" in their 1990 song "Can I Kick It?".