Drives (album)

Drives is an album by American organist Lonnie Smith recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]

Drives
Studio album by
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)

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".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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 the drum break to 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

  1. Blue Note Records discography accessed November 24, 2010
  2. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 24, 2010
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