Louisiana Slim
{{Infobox album
| name = Louisiana Slim
| type = Album
| artist = Leon Spencer
| cover = Louisiana Slim.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1971
| recorded = July 7, 1971
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:21
| label = Prestige
PR 10033
| producer = Bob Porter
| chronology = Leon Spencer
| prev_title = Sneak Preview!
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Bad Walking Woman
| next_year = 1972
}}
Louisiana Slim is the second album by jazz organist Leon Spencer recorded for the Prestige label in 1971.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-10000-series/#pr-10033 Prestige Records discography] accessed July 8, 2013
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "It is a pity that Spencer's career ultimately went nowhere, for he holds his own with his contemporaries throughout this recommended soul-jazz release".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/legends-of-acid-jazz-mw0000594871 Allmusic listing] accessed July 8, 2013.
Track listing
All compositions by Leon Spencer except as indicated.
- "Louisiana Slim" - 10:08
- "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (Marvin Gaye) - 4:06
- "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 5:24
- "Our Love Will Never Die" - 10:17
- "The Trouble With Love" - 8:26
Personnel
- Leon Spencer - organ
- Virgil Jones - trumpet
- Grover Washington, Jr. - tenor saxophone, flute
- Melvin Sparks - guitar
- Idris Muhammad - drums
- Buddy Caldwell - congas