Johnny “Hammond” Smith “The Stinger”   Prestige Records   (1965) Design/Pop Art:   Don Schlitten.   sDusty Groove says: A great little groover from Johnny Hammond Smith — and one of his rarest albums! The record may be rare because it’s got a strange cover that features a comic character that looks like the Green Lantern, and Prestige might have gotten nervous about copyright infringement.   Johnny’s in great form on the Hammond, and his combo really cooks nicely — with Floyd Smith on guitar, Earl Edwards on tenor, and Houston Person sitting in for the version of the title cut. The set features a great version of Smith’s groover “Cleopatra & The African Knight”, plus “Benny’s Diggin”, “There Is No Greater Love”, “You Don’t Know What Love Is”, “The Stinger”, and “Brother John”.

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