# Open House!

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Open House!
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [Johnny "Hammond" Smith](/source/Johnny_%22Hammond%22_Smith)
| cover      = Open House! (Johnny Hammond Smith album).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1963
| recorded   = 1963<br>New York City
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     =
| label      = [Riverside](/source/Riverside_Records)<br/>RLP 482
| producer   = [Orrin Keepnews](/source/Orrin_Keepnews)
| chronology = [Johnny "Hammond" Smith](/source/Johnny_%22Hammond%22_Smith)
| prev_title = [Mr. Wonderful](/source/Mr._Wonderful_(Johnny_%22Hammond%22_Smith_album))
| prev_year  = 1963
| next_title = [A Little Taste](/source/A_Little_Taste)
| next_year  = 1963
}}

'''''Open House!''''' is an album by jazz organist [Johnny "Hammond" Smith](/source/Johnny_%22Hammond%22_Smith) which was recorded in 1963 and released on the [Riverside](/source/Riverside_Records) label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-400-series/#rlp-482 Riverside Records discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105154219/http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-400-series/#rlp-482 |date=2012-11-05 }} accessed November 5, 2012</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
}}

The [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) site awarded the album 3 stars calling it "accessible, gritty, emotionally direct jazz that you didn't have to be an intellectual to comprehend".<ref name="Allmusic">Henderson, A. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/open-house-mw0000010684 Allmusic Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222073056/http://www.allmusic.com/album/open-house-mw0000010684 |date=2013-02-22 }} accessed November 5, 2012</ref>

==Track listing==
''All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated''
# "Open House" - 4:38  
# "Cyra" - 5:27  
# "[I Remember You](/source/I_Remember_You_(1941_song))" ([Johnny Mercer](/source/Johnny_Mercer), [Victor Schertzinger](/source/Victor_Schertzinger)) - 5:01  
# "Theme from Cleopatra" ([Alex North](/source/Alex_North)) - 2:36  
# "Blues for De-De" - 7:00  
# "[Why Was I Born?](/source/Why_Was_I_Born%3F)" ([Oscar Hammerstein II](/source/Oscar_Hammerstein_II), [Jerome Kern](/source/Jerome_Kern)) - 4:41  
# "[I Love You](/source/I_Love_You_(Cole_Porter_song))" ([Cole Porter](/source/Cole_Porter)) - 5:50  
  
==Personnel==
*[Johnny "Hammond" Smith](/source/Johnny_%22Hammond%22_Smith) - [organ](/source/Hammond_organ)
*[Thad Jones](/source/Thad_Jones) - [cornet](/source/cornet), [trumpet](/source/trumpet)
*[Seldon Powell](/source/Seldon_Powell) — [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone), [flute](/source/flute)
*[Eddie McFadden](/source/Eddie_McFadden) - [guitar](/source/guitar)
*Leo Stevens (tracks 1–4, 6 & 7), [Art Taylor](/source/Art_Taylor) (track 5) - [drums](/source/drum_kit)
*[Ray Barretto](/source/Ray_Barretto) - [congas](/source/congas) (tracks 1–4, 6 & 7)

==References==
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Category:1963 albums
Category:Johnny "Hammond" Smith albums
Category:Riverside Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews

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