Monster (Jimmy Smith album)
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| Studio album by Jimmy Smith | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | January 19-20, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:19 | |||
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Verve V-8618 |
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| Producer | Rudy Van Gelder | |||
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Monster is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson.
On the Billboard albums chart, Monster peaked at number 35, and at 5 on the top R&B albums chart.
Writer Gerald Majer critiqued Monster in his 2013 book of essays, The Velvet Lounge: On Late Chicago Jazz.
AllMusic awarded the album two stars and its review by Scott Yanow stated that:
"Due to the material, which includes the two-part "Goldfinger", and the themes from Bewitched, The Munsters and The Man with the Golden Arm, this is one of organist Jimmy Smith's lesser recordings. The LP does have some reasonably inventive arrangements for the accompanying big band by Oliver Nelson and some spirited organ playing, but overall is a rather forgettable and overproduced effort."
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