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
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

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

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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

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Production

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References

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