Drives: Vinyl LP

Lonnie Smiths 1970 album Drives was a showcase of the organists sense of adventure and indomitable groove. With Dave Hubbard on tenor sax, Ronnie Cuber on bari sax, Larry McGee on guitar, and Joe Dukes on drums, Smith delivers funky takes on hits Twenty-Five Miles and Spinning Wheel, plus a fleet version of Miles Davis Seven Steps to Heaven.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Twenty-Five Miles
2. Spinning Wheel
3. Seven Steps To Heaven

Side B
1. Psychedelic Pi
2. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Lonnie Smith (organ);
Dave Hubbard (tenor sax); Ronnie Cuber (baritone sax);
Larry McGee (guitar); Joe Dukes (drums)