Gears is an album by jazz keyboardist Johnny Hammond. It was released in 1975 and produced by Larry and Fonce Mizell.
Track listing Tell Me What to Do 5:16 Los Conquistadores Chocolates 5:56 Lost on 23rd Street 6:36 Fantasy 6:06 Shifting Gears 5:19 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) Peakposition Billboard Top Jazz Albums 31
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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