Drives_(Lonnie_Smith_album)

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Drives (album)

1970 studio album by Lonnie Smith

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

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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]

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Track listing

All compositions by Lonnie Smith except as indicated
  1. "Twenty-Five Miles" - 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

Personnel

Uses in other media

Alternative hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest sampled the drum break to Smith's cover of "Spinning Wheel" in their 1990 song "Can I Kick It?", off their album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm.

References

  1. [1]
    Blue Note Records discography accessed November 24, 2010
  2. [2]
    Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 24, 2010
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