Forever Taurus (Remastered 2025) Johnny Hammond
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Album Veröffentlichung:
1976
HRA-Veröffentlichung:
28.03.2025
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- 1 Old Devil Moon (Remastered 2025) 04:30
- 2 Countdown (Remastered 2025) 04:44
- 3 Walk In Sunshine (Remastered 2025) 04:32
- 4 Ghetto Samba (Remastered 2025) 05:33
- 5 Cosmic Voyager (Remastered 2025) 04:37
- 6 My Ship (Remastered 2025) 03:21
- 7 Winds Of Change (Remastered 2025) 03:32
- 8 Forever Taurus (Remastered 2025) 09:19
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Johnny recorded this one right after his legendary Gears album, and it features production by Wade Marcus that's very much in the Larry Mizell mode that made Johnny huge in the 70s! As with the Gears record, Johnny's backed by a large ensemble of players -- and the overall sound has lots of nice touches, extra percussion, and a good electric groove. Tracks include "Cosmic Voyager", "Walk In Sunshine", "Ghetto Samba".
"Forever Taurus" moved away from the Mizell brothers to the combo of Wade and Ralph Marcus along with a raft of hugely accomplished sessionmen like Trumpeter Chuck Findley, Saxophonist Jack Nimitz and Keyboard whizz Sonny Burke. Wade Marcus provided tunes in the shape of "Countdown", "Ghetto Samba" and "Winds Of Change" while Hammond stumped up "Walk In Sunshine", "Cosmic Voyager" and "Forever Taurus". Hammond's keyboard-funky covers of the standard "Old Devil Moon" and Gershwin's "My Ship" rounded out proceedings very nicely indeed.
"Following the creative breakthrough of the Mizell Brothers' collaboration Gears, Johnny "Hammond" Smith teamed with another sibling production tandem, Wade and Ralph Marcus, for the follow-up, Forever Taurus, The handoff is virtually seamless, and for all of the album's commercial appeal, it still boasts the harmonic innovation and melodic beauty of Smith's most persuasive efforts. Rotating between electric piano, ARP synthesizer and his namesake Hammond organ, Smith contributes some of his fiercest and funkiest solos, riding the crest of sublimely textured grooves as evocative as titles like "Cosmic Voyager," "Walk in Sunshine," and "Ghetto Samba" promise." (Jason Ankeny, AMG)
Johnny Hammond, electric piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer
Lee Ritenour, guitar
John Abercrombie, guitar
Ray Obiedo, guitar
Sonny Burke, clavinet, electric piano
Marlo Henderson, synthesizer
Chuck Findley, flugelhorn
Oscar Brashear, flugelhorn
Snooky Young, flugelhorn
Steve Madaio, flugelhorn
Buddy Collette, flute
Jack Nimitz, saxophone
Buddy Collette, saxophone
Carl Randall, saxophone
Ernie Watts, saxophone
Terry Harrington, saxophone
Lew McCreary, trombone
Charlie Loper, trombone
Jack Nimitz, trombone
Dick Hyde, trombone
George Bohanon, trombone
Chuck Findley, trumpet
Oscar Brashear, trumpet
Snooky Young, trumpet
Steve Madaio, trumpet
Victor Feldman, vibraphone
Bill Summers, percussion
Sheila Escovedo, congas
Mayuto Correa, percussion
Scott Edwards, bass
Henry Davis, bass
Curtis Robertson Jr., bass
Tony Dumas, bass
James Gadson, drums
Ron Steen, drums
Digitally remastered
Johnny Hammond
The outline of this bio was dictated by Johnny Hammond Smith to James White in March, 1988 as part of a college paper. The final draft was read and approved by him. This has been edited in recent years for grammar and to reflect his unfortunate passing in 1997. Note that I don’t use the Wikipedia bio, which contains erroneous information, despite this author’s repeated attempts to correct it.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Johnny ‘Hammond’ Smith began playing piano at age five. Growing up to influences such as Oscar Peterson, Charlie Parker, Lionel Hampton, Arthur Rubenstein, Gershwin, etc., Johnny sought to bring a new dimension to jazz piano.
Forming his first professional group at age twelve, he knew exactly what he wanted to present and how to present it. Since then he has recorded dozens of albums under his own name and even more as a guest artist, awarding him the acclaim as one of the top jazz organist record sellers in the world. He has taken the keyboard into a new realm via exciting performance and fluent technique. A true stylist and innovator of the jazz tradition, he has been a featured artist at Concerts by the Sea, the Lighthouse, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Hollywood Palladium. He has also toured outside of the U.S. in such countries as France, Japan, Spain, Canada, Germany, England, Italy, Sweden, and numerous others.
In addition to the many places he has toured, Johnny has also toured and recorded with many top performers such as George Benson, Grover Washington, Jr., and Ron Carter, to name a few. Many see Johnny as one of the founders of today’s jazz sound.
Johnny was a key part in bringing the Hammond organ from gospel into jazz, but that is not why ‘Hammond’ is in his name: “I was working at Prestige Records in 1959,” Johnny said, “and there was already a Jimmy Smith and a Johnny Smith. So a producer gave me the name ‘Hammond’ to distinguish me from the two; and I’ve had it ever since…but I don’t mind.”
Other than recording and performing, Johnny has also focused his talent in the areas of writing music, prose, and poetry. He has also worked as an executive at CTI records.
Johnny is currently spending his ‘temporary retirement’ teaching privately and at a California University to young musicians with a “desire to learn, just as I had.” Although he receives the most satisfaction and fulfillment now in writing, he still very much enjoys helping young artists and, of course, playing.
The future for Johnny Hammond Smith shines with a “brightness on the horizon.” Johnny foresees much success in the area of music composition, hoping to be a pioneer to another generation of young artists and another era of music.
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