Album Of The Day | Lonnie Smith

Lonnie Smith recorded his Funk Reaction album for Sonny Lester’s LRC label in 1977.It contains his Jazz-Funk/Disco hit ‘Funk Reaction’ and the slightly Jazzier ‘For The Love Of It’. The albums also includes two killer mid tempo Jazz-Funk tracks. ‘Babbitt;s Other Song’ is a beautiful mystical track written and arranged by heavily recorded session bassist Bob Babbitt who features on the track. Eddie Daniels plays a great Tenor sax solo on this track that gains tempo as it progresses over its 6 minutes. The other standout is the beautiful ‘When The Night Is Right’ which features a nice guitar solo from Richie Hohenburger and lovely keyboards from Yaron Gershovsky. The album also features the first version of the blues oriented jazz song ‘All In My Mind’  which Organist Lonnie re-recorded later in his career. Strong album