Released 1968 Label Prestige
PR 7588 Nasty!
(1968) Soul Talk
(1969) | Genre Jazz Producer Cal Lampley | |
Recorded June 18, 1968
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | ||
Nasty! is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1968. The album is notable as the first recording featuring guitarist John Abercrombie.
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Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "in a sense it's run-of-the-mill as far as Prestige late-'60s soul-jazz goes: quite fine grooves, a dependable yet somewhat predictable house sound, and a reliance upon cover versions for much of the material (two-thirds of the songs, in this case). It's solidly executed, though, in a lean fashion that, to its credit, runs counter to the more excessive arrangements that were creeping into soul-jazz around this time".
Track listing
All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated
- "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 8:39
- "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) - 7:18
- "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 6:43
- "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) - 3:48
- "Nasty" - 9:06
- "Four Bowls of Soul" - 7:10
Personnel
Production
References
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