''Move Your Hand'' is a live album by American organist
Lonnie Smith recorded at
Club Harlem
Club Harlem was a nightclub at 32 North Kentucky Avenue in the Northside, Atlantic City, Northside neighborhood of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Founded in 1935 by Leroy "Pop" Williams, it was the city's premier club for black jazz performers. Like ...
in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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in 1969 and released on the
Blue Note
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label.
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Reception
The
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review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated "''Move Your Hand'' is thoroughly enjoyable, primarily because the group never lets their momentum sag throughout the session. Though the sound of the record might be somewhat dated, the essential funk of the album remains vital".
[Erlewine, S. T. ]Allmusic Review
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Track listing
:''All compositions by Lonnie Smith except as indicated''
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Jerry Leiber
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Mike Stoller
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# "Layin' in the Cut" – 10:11
# "Move Your Hand" – 9:01
# "
Sunshine Superman" (
Donovan Leitch) – 10:16
# "Dancin' in an Easy Groove" – 11:56
:*Recorded at
Club Harlem
Club Harlem was a nightclub at 32 North Kentucky Avenue in the Northside, Atlantic City, Northside neighborhood of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Founded in 1935 by Leroy "Pop" Williams, it was the city's premier club for black jazz performers. Like ...
in Atlantic City, New Jersey on August 9, 1969
Personnel
*
Lonnie Smith –
organ
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* Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body.
Musical instruments
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, vocals
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Rudy Jones –
tenor saxophone
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Ronnie Cuber
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–
baritone saxophone
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Larry McGee – guitar
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Sylvester Goshay – drums
References
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Blue Note Records live albums
Jazz-funk albums
Lonnie Smith (organist) live albums
1969 live albums
Albums produced by Francis Wolff