''Smokin' Out Loud'' is an album by organist
Mike LeDonne which was recorded in 2003 and released on the
Savant
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label early the following year.
Mike LeDonne discography – album details
Retrieved January 11, 2019
Reception
In his review on Allmusic
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, Scott Yanow states "Mike LeDonne, who is better known as a pianist, is also a talented organist in the Jimmy Smith/Charles Earland
Charles Earland (May 24, 1941 – December 11, 1999) was an American jazz organist.
Biography
Earland was born in Philadelphia and learned to play the saxophone in high school. He played tenor with Jimmy McGriff at the age of 17 and in 1960 form ...
/ Don Patterson tradition. His quartet set is straight-ahead hard bop rather than soul-jazz ... Although nothing innovative or overly surprising occurs, the music is well played and Alexander in particular has plenty of spirited solos".[Musto, R]
All About Jazz Review
Retrieved January 11, 2019
Track listing
# "One for Don" (Mike LeDonne) – 7:55
# "Delilah" (Victor Young
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Biography
Young is commonly said to ...
) – 6:46
# "After the Love Has Gone
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" ( David Foster, Jay Graydon
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, Bill Champlin) – 6:48
# "You'll See" ( Jimmy Smith) – 4:57
# " Superstar" ( Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell
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) – 5:44
# "Silverdust" (LeDonne) – 7:23
# "French Spice" (Donald Byrd
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) – 9:12
# "(They Long to Be) Close to You
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" (Burt Bacharach
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, Hal David) – 7:02
# "Pisces Soul" ( Howard McGhee) – 7:26
Personnel
* Mike LeDonne – Hammond B-3
* Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
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* Peter Bernstein – guitar
*Joe Farnsworth
Joseph Allen Farnsworth (born February 21, 1968, Holyoke, Massachusetts) is an American jazz drummer.
Farnsworth was one of five sons born to trumpeter and bandleader Roger Farnsworth; one of the brothers played saxophone in Ray Charles
Ra ...
– drums
References
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Mike LeDonne albums
2004 albums
Savant Records albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio