Stop All That Jazz

ReleasedMay 10, 1974

Recorded1974

Studio

• Leon Russell's House (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
• Paradise (Tia Juana, Oklahoma)
• Pete's Place (Nashville)
• The Church (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

Length35:46 (original): 41:27 (reissue)

Stop All That Jazz
Studio album by Leon Russell
Released	May 10, 1974
Recorded	1974
Studio	Leon Russell's House (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Paradise (Tia Juana, Oklahoma) Pete's Place (Nashville) The Church (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Length	35:46 (original): 41:27 (reissue)
Label	Shelter Records (US); A&M (UK)
Producer	Leon Russell
Leon Russell chronology
Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I (1973) Stop All That Jazz (1974) Live in Japan (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	D+[2]
Tom Hull	D+[3]

Stop All That Jazz is an album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell. The album was recorded in 1974 at Russell's House Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Paradise Studios in Tia Juana, Oklahoma; Pete's Place in Nashville, Tennessee; and Shelter The Church Studio, in Tulsa. Stop All That Jazz is Russell's sixth solo album.

The Gap Band, a funky group of Tulsans, backed Russell on the Stop All That Jazz album. Through the Stop All That Jazz album Russell introduced the world to The Gap Band. The Gap Band then released its debut album Magician's Holiday on Russell's Shelter Records label. Later Russell played piano on the group's 1977 The Gap Band release.^[4]

The album shows Russell's creativity, coming after his country music album Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I. There is a diverse array of songs on the album, some jazz as well as synthesizers and programmed drum machines. There are some standards written by others, including Bob Dylan's "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown" and Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter." "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones was added to later versions of the album as a bonus track. Willie Nelson and JJ Cale helped with the album, playing guitar on "If I Were a Carpenter". The album was produced by Tom Cartwright, Leon Russell and Denny Cordell.^[5][6]