Soul Talk (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album)

Soul Talk is an album by American jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1969.^[1][2]

Soul Talk
Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released	1969
Recorded	May 19, 1969
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:20
Label	Prestige PR 7681
Producer	Bob Porter
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Nasty! (1968) Soul Talk (1969) Black Feeling! (1969)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars, calling it "a solid, no-surprise set of soul-jazz".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted

1. "Soul Talk" - 9:30
2. "All Soul" (Curtis Lewis) - 5:30
3. "Up to Date" - 7:50
4. "Purty Dirty" (Wally Richardson) - 6:05
5. "This Guy's in Love with You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:25

Personnel

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
• Rusty Bryant - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, varitone
• Wally Richardson - guitar
• Bob Bushnell - electric bass
• Bernard Purdie - drums

Production

• Bob Porter - producer
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer