Monster (Jimmy Smith album) explained

Monster
Type:	album
Artist:	Jimmy Smith
Cover:	Monster Jimmy Smith.jpeg
Released:	1965
Recorded:	January 19–20, 1965
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:19
Label:	Verve V-8618
Producer:	Creed Taylor
Chronology:	Jimmy Smith
Prev Title:	Christmas '64
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Organ Grinder Swing
Next Year:	1965

Monster is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album two stars and its review by Scott Yanow stated that:

Track listing

1. "Goldfinger (Part 1)" (Anthony Newley, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse) – 2:45
2. "Goldfinger (Part 2)" (Newley, Barry, Bricusse) – 2:45
3. "St. James Infirmary Blues" (Joe Primose) – 6:00
4. "Gloomy Sunday" (Rezső Seress, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:00
5. "Theme From Bewitched" (Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller) – 3:04
6. "Theme From The Munsters" (Jack Marshall) – 3:30
7. "Theme From The Man with the Golden Arm" (Elmer Bernstein) – 4:30
8. "The Creeper" (Oliver Nelson) – 5:30
9. "Monlope" (Jimmy Smith) – 6:15

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
• Richard Davis – double bass
• Grady Tate – drums
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Warren Smith – percussion
• Robert Ashton – saxophone
• Budd Johnson, Jerome Richardson, Phil Woods, Danny Banks, Raymond Beckenstein, George Dorsey, Harvey Estrin – wind instruments

Technical

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Val Valentin – director of engineering
• John Henry, Chuck Stewart – photography
• Johnny Magnus – liner notes

Chart performance

Album

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=monster-mw0000871989|pure_url=yes}} Monster]. Allmusic. March 23, 2015.
2. http://www.discogs.com/Incredible-Jimmy-Smith-The-Monster/release/1103478 Discogs
3. Book: Gerald Majer. The Velvet Lounge: On Late Chicago Jazz. 13 August 2013. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-51012-7.
4. Web site: Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith. December 20, 2017.