The Allmusic site awarded the album 2 stars stating "Some of the arrangements seem, well... arranged, but as soon as Smith kicks in, the groove is established".[3]
The song "Big Sur Suite" has been sampled multiple times including The Beastie Boys "Pass the Mic" and Dr. Dre in "A Nigga Wit a Gun".
^Payne, D. Kudu Records discography accessed April 30, 2013
^Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 30, 2013
^ abEarlwine, M. Allmusic listing accessed April 30, 2013.
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higher, ground, johnny, hammond, album, higher, ground, album, jazz, organist, johnny, hammond, recorded, kudu, label, 1973, higher, groundstudio, album, johnny, hammondreleased1974recordedoctober, november, 1973studiovan, gelder, studio, englewood, cliffs, nj. Higher Ground is an album by jazz organist Johnny Hammond recorded for the Kudu label in 1973 1 2 Higher GroundStudio album by Johnny HammondReleased1974RecordedOctober 31 and November 1 1973StudioVan Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs NJGenreJazz fusion jazz funkLength35 56LabelKuduKU 16ProducerCreed TaylorJohnny Hammond chronologyThe Prophet 1972 Higher Ground 1974 Gambler s Life 1974 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3 1 Production 4 ReferencesReception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 The Allmusic site awarded the album 2 stars stating Some of the arrangements seem well arranged but as soon as Smith kicks in the groove is established 3 The song Big Sur Suite has been sampled multiple times including The Beastie Boys Pass the Mic and Dr Dre in A Nigga Wit a Gun Track listing edit Catch My Soul Jack Good Tony Joe White 7 19 Summertime The Ghetto George Gershwin Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward Donny Hathaway Leroy Hutson 10 06 Higher Ground Stevie Wonder 10 33 Big Sur Suite Johnny Hammond Smith 9 04Personnel editJohnny Hammond organ electric piano Wayne Andre Tony Studd trombone Paul Faulise Alan Raph bass trombone Jon Faddis John Frosk Alan Rubin trumpet Marvin Stamm trumpet flugelhorn Ray Alonge French horn Joe Henderson tenor saxophone Hank Crawford alto saxophone track 4 Eddie Daniels clarinet Romeo Penque alto flute oboe Eli Carmen bassoon Bob James electric piano organ mellotron arranger conductor George Benson guitar tracks 2 4 Ron Carter bass electric bass Jack DeJohnette track 4 Steve Gadd tracks 1 3 drums Phil Kraus Ralph MacDonald percussionProduction edit Creed Taylor producer Rudy Van Gelder engineerReferences edit Payne D Kudu Records discography accessed April 30 2013 Johnny Hammond Smith discography accessed April 30 2013 a b Earlwine M Allmusic listing accessed April 30 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Higher Ground Johnny Hammond album amp oldid 1039257942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
