Open House! is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.Riverside Records discography accessed November 5, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars calling it "accessible, gritty, emotionally direct jazz that you didn't have to be an intellectual to comprehend".Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed November 5, 2012
Track listing All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated "Open House" - 4:38 "Cyra" - 5:27 "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 5:01 "Theme from Cleopatra" (Alex North) - 2:36 "Blues for De-De" - 7:00 "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:41 "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 5:50
Personnel Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ Thad Jones - cornet, trumpet Seldon Powell — tenor saxophone, flute Eddie McFadden - guitar Leo Stevens (tracks 1–4, 6 & 7), Art Taylor (track 5) - drums Ray Barretto - congas (tracks 1–4, 6 & 7)
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