Monday 9 March 2009

Jimmy Smith - Monster (1965)

01.Goldfinger
02.St. James Infirmary
03.Gloomy Sunday
04.Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
05.Munsters Theme Marshall
06.Man With the Golden Arm (Theme)
07.Moonlore
08.St. James Infirmary
09.Munsters Theme
10.Man With the Golden Arm
11.The Creeper
12.Monlope (A.K.A. Moonlore).


Robert Ashton - Saxophone
Danny Banks - Wind
Raymond Beckenstein - Wind
Kenny Burrell - Guitar
Richard Davis - Bass
George Dorsey - Wind
Harvey Estrin - Wind
Budd Johnson - Saxophone
Oliver Nelson - Arranger, Conductor
Jerome Richardson - Saxophone
Jimmy Smith - Organ (Hammond)
Warren Smith - Percussion
Grady Tate - Drums
Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Phil Woods - Saxophone.

Review by Scott Yanow

Due to the material, which includes the two-part "Goldfinger," and the themes from Bewitched, The Munsters and The Man with the Golden Arm, this is one of organist Jimmy Smith's lesser recordings. The LP does have some reasonably inventive arrangements for the accompanying big band by Oliver Nelson and some spirited organ playing, but overall is a rather forgettable and overproduced effort.

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