Gettin' Up (album)

Gettin' Up (also released as Ebb Tide) is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1967.

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".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted

1. "The Sin-In" - 4:20
2. "Stand By Me" (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:40
3. "Knock On Wood" (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper) - 2:45
4. "The Soulful Blues" - 7:25
5. "Ebb Tide" (Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) - 2:40
6. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:30
7. "Gettin' Up" - 6:10
8. "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

References