Nasty!

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.

Nasty!
Studio album by
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released1968
RecordedJune 18, 1968
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length42:44
LabelPrestige
PR 7588
ProducerCal Lampley
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Dirty Grape
(1968)		 Nasty!
(1968)		 Soul Talk
(1969)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

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

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