Playback (Sam Lazar album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Playback

| type = studio

| artist = Sam Lazar

| cover = Playback (Sam Lazar album).jpeg

| alt =

| released = 1962

| recorded = July 1, 1962

| venue =

| studio = Tel Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Argo

| producer =

| prev_title = Space Flight

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = Soul Merchant

| next_year = 1962

}}

Playback is an album by organist Sam Lazar and his Trio, released on the Argo label in 1962.Edwards, D & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/argo4000.html Argo Album Discography, Part 2 (1961-1965): Pop/Blues/Folk Series], accessed September 12, 2012

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

}}

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.{{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000877950|first=Kurt|last=Edwards|title=Sam Lazar – Playback: Review|access-date=February 21, 2025}} A Rovi review stated, "it's a solid organ-based album sure to please fans of the genre... An entertaining album worth the search".[http://toronto.virginradio.ca/Music/Album.aspx?id=155063 "Album Review"]. Kurt Edwards, Rovi, via Vergin Radio 99.9

Track listing

All compositions by Sam Lazar except as indicated

  1. "Deep"
  2. "Long Gone" (Sonny Thompson)
  3. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson)
  4. "Fuzz Buzz"
  5. "Just Make Love to Me" (Willie Dixon)
  6. "S.O.S."
  7. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield)
  8. "Scootin'"

Personnel

  • Sam Lazar – organ
  • Miller Brisker – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Diorio – guitar
  • Phillip Wilson – drums{{cite magazine|title=Reviews of new albums|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qxcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74|date=22 September 1962|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=74–|issn=0006-2510}}

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