Johnny Hammond – Breakout

Title: Johnny Hammond – Breakout
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1971, Jazz, Soul Jazz 
Matrix #: KU-01
Condition: EX (excellent condition sounds perfect)

Cultural Facts:

1. Cleveland-born organist who’d long recorded as “Johnny (Hammond) Smith”; this LP marked an early name-reset moment. 

2. Early-’70s New York session web: with Grover Washington Jr., Billy Cobham, and Airto Moreira, mapping jazz into club life.

3. A post–’60s snapshot where organ-led groups served dancers and neighborhoods first, not concert-hall gatekeepers.

Price Suggestions:
NM: $25–$40
VG+: $18–$30
VG: $12–$20
G: $6–$10
12/20/25 OB