| Nasty! | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Johnny "Hammond" Smith |
| Cover: | Nasty!.jpg |
| Released: | 1968 |
| Recorded: | June 18, 1968 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 42:44 |
| Label: | Prestige PR 7588 |
| Producer: | Cal Lampley |
| Chronology: | Johnny "Hammond" Smith |
| Prev Title: | Dirty Grape |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | Soul Talk |
| Next Year: | 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.
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]
All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted: