Monster is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson.Discogs accessed March 20, 2015
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 "Goldfinger (Part 1)" (Anthony Newley, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse) – 2:45 "Goldfinger (Part 2)" (Newley, Barry, Bricusse) – 2:45 "St. James Infirmary Blues" (Joe Primose) – 6:00 "Gloomy Sunday" (Rezső Seress, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:00 "Theme From Bewitched" (Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller) – 3:04 "Theme From The Munsters" (Jack Marshall) – 3:30 "Theme From The Man with the Golden Arm" (Elmer Bernstein) – 4:30 "The Creeper" (Oliver Nelson) – 5:30 "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 Chart (1965)PeakpositionTotalweeksU.S. Billboard 2003524
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