A Little Taste

A Little Taste
Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released	1963
Recorded	1963 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Riverside RLP 496
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Open House! (1963) A Little Taste (1963) The Stinger (1964)

A Little Taste is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Richie Unterberger calls it "a sturdy quartet date... There's more of a straight jazz (as opposed to soul-jazz) influence on this than on some other Smith sessions of the time".^[2]

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

1. "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 5:28
2. "Cleopatra and the African Knight" - 6:23
3. "Bennie's Diggin'" - 4:24
4. "Brake Through" - 4:35
5. "Eloise" - 3:54
6. "A Little Taste" (Cannonball Adderley) - 4:33
7. "Twixt the Sheets" - 4:12

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
• Virgil Jones - trumpet
• Houston Person — tenor saxophone
• Luis Taylor - drums