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Gears is an album by jazz keyboardist Johnny Hammond. It was released in 1975 and produced by Larry and Fonce Mizell.

Track listing

  1. Tell Me What to Do 5:16
  2. Los Conquistadores Chocolates 5:56
  3. Lost on 23rd Street 6:36
  4. Fantasy 6:06
  5. Shifting Gears 5:19
  6. Can't We Smile 4:35

Personnel

  • Johnny "Hammond" Smith - Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano
  • Larry Mizell - Keyboards (Solina), Backing Vocals
  • Fonce Mizell - Clarinet, Backing Vocals
  • Jerry Peters - Electric Piano, Piano
  • Harvey Mason - Drums
  • Chuck Rainey - Electric Bass
  • Craig McMullen, John Rowin - Guitar
  • Roger Glenn - Flute, Vibraphone
  • Kenneth Nash - Cymbal, Gong, Percussion
  • Hadley Caliman - Tenor Saxophone
  • Julian Priester - Trombone
  • Michael White - Violin

Charts

Chart (1975)Peak position
Billboard Top Jazz Albums31

Samples

Several tracks have either sampled or taken inspiration from tracks on the album, most notably "Los Conquistadores Chocolates". A track titled "When You Gonna Learn" by UK group Jamiroquai, led by founding member Jay Kay, has chord progressions that bear a striking resemblance to the original chord progressions of a Smith's track "Los Conquistadores Chocolates". However, this was not by accident, as the booklet of the Acid Jazz Records release of the single bears a "special thanks" note to Smith, who gave permission to Jay Kay to use the composition's structure.

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