Smokin' Out Loud

Smokin' Out Loud
Studio album by
Mike LeDonne
ReleasedApril 6, 2004
RecordedNovember 5, 2003
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length63:13
LabelSavant
SCD 2055
ProducerMike LeDonne
Mike LeDonne chronology
Bags Groove: A Tribute to Milt Jackson
(2001) 		Smokin' Out Loud
(2004) 		Night Song
(2005)

Smokin' Out Loud is an album by organist Mike LeDonne which was recorded in 2003 and released on the Savant label early the following year.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow states "Mike LeDonne, who is better known as a pianist, is also a talented organist in the Jimmy Smith/Charles Earland/Don Patterson tradition. His quartet set is straight-ahead hard bop rather than soul-jazz ... Although nothing innovative or overly surprising occurs, the music is well played and Alexander in particular has plenty of spirited solos".[3] On All About Jazz, Russ Musto called the album "Soul Stirring" and said "LeDonne's two-fisted sure-footed mastery of the Hammond B3 tradition is evident from the beginning"[5]

Track listing

  1. "One for Don" (Mike LeDonne) – 7:55
  2. "Delilah" (Victor Young) – 6:46
  3. "After the Love Has Gone" (David Foster, Jay Graydon, Bill Champlin) – 6:48
  4. "You'll See" (Jimmy Smith) – 4:57
  5. "Superstar" (Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell) – 5:44
  6. "Silverdust" (LeDonne) – 7:23
  7. "French Spice" (Donald Byrd) – 9:12
  8. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 7:02
  9. "Pisces Soul" (Howard McGhee) – 7:26

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Jazz Depot: album details. Retrieved January 11, 2019
  2. ^ Mike LeDonne discography – album details. Retrieved January 11, 2019
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Mike LeDonne: Smokin' Out Loud: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 876. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Musto, R. All About Jazz Review. Retrieved January 11, 2019