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Gears is an album by jazz keyboardist Johnny Hammond. It was released in 1975 and produced by Larry and Fonce Mizell.

Gears
Studio album by Johnny Hammond
Released	1975
Recorded	July 1975 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
Genre	Jazz-funk[1]
Length	33:19
Label	Milestone
Producer	Larry and Fonce Mizell
Johnny Hammond chronology
Gambler's Life (1974) Gears (1975) Forever Taurus (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

1. Tell Me What to Do 5:16
2. Los Conquistadores Chocolates 5:56
3. Lost on 23rd Street 6:36
4. Fantasy 6:06
5. Shifting Gears 5:19
6. 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)	Peak position
Billboard Top Jazz Albums [3]	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.

References

External links

• Gears at Discogs (list of releases)

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