• Source: Drives (album)

      • 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".


      Track listing


      All compositions by Lonnie Smith except as indicated
      "Twenty-Five Miles" - 5:36
      "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 7:30
      "Seven Steps to Heaven" (Miles Davis, Victor Feldman) - 5:43
      "Psychedelic Pi" - 6:30
      "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Don Kirkpatrick, Keith Knox) - 10:46
      Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 2, 1970


      Personnel


      Lonnie Smith - organ
      Dave Hubbard - tenor saxophone
      Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone
      Larry McGee - guitar
      Joe Dukes - drums


      Uses in other media


      Alternative hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest sampled the drum break and organ from Smith's cover of "Spinning Wheel" in their 1990 song "Can I Kick It?", off their album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm.


      References

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