Too Damn Hot

Too Damn Hot

ASIN: B0006213DK

Editorial Reviews
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Organist Smith's career stretches back to the 1960s heyday of soul jazz, and over the years he's played with an impressive range of artists from jazz leaders (George Benson, Lou Donaldson) to pillars of soul and pop (including Etta James and Gladys Knight). Too Damn Hot! finds his robust Hammond B-3 moving easily from funk (the saucy "Back Track") to fusionist updates ("Track 9"), balladry ("Silver Serenade"), and plenty of riveting organ-combo forays (such as "The Whip"). Smith's roots naturally and confidently mix a healthy range of music, all connected and empowered by his committed playing, full of both invention and tradition. --David Greenberger

Tracks:

Norleans
Too Damn Hot
Back Track
The Whip
Silver Serenade
Track 9
One Cylinder
Someday My Prince Will Come
Your Mama's Got A Complex
Evil Turn

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Organist Smith's career stretches back to the 1960s heyday of soul jazz, and over the years he's played with an impressive range of artists from jazz leaders (George Benson, Lou Donaldson) to pillars of soul and pop (including Etta James and Gladys Knight). Too Damn Hot! finds his robust Hammond B-3 moving easily from funk (the saucy "Back Track") to fusionist updates ("Track 9"), balladry ("Silver Serenade"), and plenty of riveting organ-combo forays (such as "The Whip"). Smith's roots naturally and confidently mix a healthy range of music, all connected and empowered by his committed playing, full of both invention and tradition. --David Greenberger

Customer Reviews:

Jimihendrixing Hammond-bro.......2007-04-14

Oh boy, This Doctor is no Sh-t. This doctor knows how to play his Hammond-bro, and sure knows how to build up a solo too. Buikding up a solo? He is Jimihendrixing his organ. This doctor heals all your wounds, this doctor will get ya thru another millenium.
Why not start your day with this wunderfull album? Lustful, dirty, its jazz, its swinging, please leslie!, eager, ready, consumptious, SOULful.... Play it, feel it, enjoy, this is how joy musically sounds, be happy. Get it, and for one thing: go see this one and only Motherf-cker alive. He will love it, and you love it and wont be the same afterwards.
This is jazz music straight from the heart, and even your mother will confess: our Doctor speaks an international tongue of jazz and soul music staight from the heart.
Enjoy.

Weak...Especially PB on the Guitar.......2006-07-19

Wow...I thought this album was going to be "Too Damn Hot"...it is "So Damn Not" that it's frightening.

The tunes are weak, the Doctor's playing is OKAY but not inspired and Bernstein's guitar playing is beyond lame. I've seen Bernstein at a club uptown and he was decent at best (better comping, not a great soloist) but this album doesn't display the best of either of these wonderful musicians' capabilities.

B3 MASTER.......2006-04-22

This record is the good Dr.'s best yet. Phenominal musicianship on the part of all members. Groovy as heck. I don't understand why this hasn't sold a million copies. Go see him live. He is unreal. Enough said.

sweet organist.......2005-06-25

i do not own this CD, but i recently saw the doctor at a local jazz club and was blown away. He had a good sense of humor and was very worldly. He would ascend and spiral upwords untill every one in the club's heart rate had spead up 100 notches... and BOOM... he was back to being relaxed old lonnie. at the break i met him, and got an autograph. He was very insightful musical and with spoken words.I would reccomend seeing him live, aswell as buying his album.

Average customer rating:

This is great.

You Damn Mexicans Are Too Loud
Lava & Hot Rocks
Manufacturer: Scratchie Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000DLWJ
Release Date: 1995-08-15

Tracks:

We're Not Supersticious, We're Mexican's
Hooked on a Feeling
Love Don't Come Easy
Are U Ready for Love?
Somos Latinos
Instrumental Intro
No Quiero Ir
Get Another Job
Straight Life
It's Only Love
Don't Talk Much
Don't Hit Some Anglo
Cold Duck Time
Don't Look at Me That Way
Tu Madre/Tu Padre
Volver, Volver
After All, We're Both Mexican's
Dick Tracy

Customer Reviews:

This is great........2004-01-09

"You damn Mexicans are too loud" really helped me go through some hard times when I was down on my luck. Lava and Hot Rocks were a great band, and I've been trying to find stuff on them for years.

Jazz Music:

Jazz Music

Jazz Music