''Gears'' is an album by jazz keyboardist
Johnny Hammond. It was released in 1975 and produced by
Larry and Fonce Mizell.
Track listing
#Tell Me What to Do 5:16
#Los Conquistadores Chocolates 5:56
#Lost on 23rd Street 6:36
#Fantasy 6:06
#Shifting Gears 5:19
#Can't We Smile 4:35
Personnel
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Johnny "Hammond" Smith - Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano
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Larry Mizell - Keyboards (Solina), Backing Vocals
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Fonce Mizell
The Mizell Brothers were an American record producing team in the 1970s, consisting of Larry Mizell (born February 17, 1944) and Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell (January 15, 1943 – July 5, 2011). They worked together on a string of jazz or R&B albums. ...
- Clarinet, Backing Vocals
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Jerry Peters - Electric Piano, Piano
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Harvey Mason
Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay.
Mason, who attended Berklee in the 1960s, received an Honorary Doctorate at Berklee's 2015 Commencement Ceremony for ...
- Drums
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Chuck Rainey
Charles Walter Rainey III (born June 17, 1940) is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones. Rainey is credited for playing bass on more than 1,00 ...
- Electric Bass
*Craig McMullen, John Rowin - Guitar
*Roger Glenn - Flute, Vibraphone
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Kenneth Nash - Cymbal, Gong, Percussion
* Hadley Caliman - Tenor Saxophone
*Julian Priester - Trombone
*Michael White - Violin
Charts
Samples
Several tracks have either sampled or taken inspiration from tracks on the album, most notably "Los Conquistadores Chocolates". A track titled "
When You Gonna Learn" by
UK group
Jamiroquai, led by founding member
Jay Kay, has chord progressions that bear a striking resemblance to the original chord progressions of a Smith's track "Los Conquistadores Chocolates". However, this was not by accident, as the booklet of the
Acid Jazz Records release of the single bears a "special thanks" note to Smith, who gave permission to Jay Kay to use the composition's structure.
References
External links
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1975 albums
Milestone Records albums
Albums produced by the Mizell Brothers
Jazz-funk albums
Johnny "Hammond" Smith albums