Monster (Jimmy Smith album)

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.

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

References