Gettin' Up (also released as Ebb Tide) is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1967.Prestige Records discography accessed April 29, 2013Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 29, 2013
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is superior organ-soul-jazz with a feistier edge than much of the genre... there's a brash energy that makes it a cut or two above the norm".Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed April 29, 2013.
Track listing All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted "The Sin-In" - 4:20 "Stand By Me" (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:40 "Knock On Wood" (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper) - 2:45 "The Soulful Blues" - 7:25 "Ebb Tide" (Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) - 2:40 "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:30 "Gettin' Up" - 6:10 "The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page) - 3:15
Personnel Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ Virgil Jones - trumpet Houston Person - tenor saxophone Thornel Schwartz - guitar Jimmy Lewis - electric bass John Harris - drums
Production Cal Lampley - producer Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
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