Misplaced Pages

Drives (album)

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Drives (Lonnie Smith album)) 1970 studio album by Lonnie Smith
Drives
Studio album by Lonnie Smith
Released1970
RecordedJanuary 2, 1970
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length35:46
LabelBlue Note
ProducerFrancis Wolff
Lonnie Smith chronology
Move Your Hand
(1969) 		Drives
(1970) 		Live at Club Mozambique
(1970)

Drives is an album by American organist Lonnie Smith recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Lonnie Smith had the raw skills, imagination, and versatility to play burning originals, bluesy covers of R&B and pop, or skillful adaptations of conventional jazz pieces and show tunes. Why he never established himself as a consistent performer remains a mystery, but this 1970 reissue shows why he excited so many people during his rise".

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

Track listing

All compositions by Lonnie Smith except as indicated
  1. "Twenty-Five Miles" - 5:36
  2. "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 7:30
  3. "Seven Steps to Heaven" (Miles Davis, Victor Feldman) - 5:43
  4. "Psychedelic Pi" - 6:30
  5. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Don Kirkpatrick, Keith Knox) - 10:46

Personnel

Uses in other media

Alternative hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest sampled Smith's cover of "Spinning Wheel" in their 1990 song "Can I Kick It?".

References

  1. Blue Note Records discography accessed November 24, 2010
  2. ^ Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 24, 2010
Lonnie Smith
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums
Live albums
Categories:
Drives (album) Add topic