Nasty!

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Nasty!
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Studio album by
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released1968
RecordedJune 18, 1968
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length42:44
Label Prestige
PR 7588
Producer Cal Lampley
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Dirty Grape
(1968)		Nasty!
(1968)		 Soul Talk
(1969)

Nasty! is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1968. [1] [2] The album is notable as the first recording featuring guitarist John Abercrombie.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted:

  1. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 8:39
  2. "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) - 7:18
  3. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 6:43
  4. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) - 3:48
  5. "Nasty" - 9:06
  6. "Four Bowls of Soul" - 7:10

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed April 29, 2013
  2. ↑ Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 29, 2013
  3. 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed April 29, 2013.
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