Monster (Jimmy Smith album)

Monster
Studio album by
Jimmy Smith
Released1965
RecordedJanuary 19–20, 1965
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length39:19
LabelVerve
V-8618
ProducerCreed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
Christmas '64
(1964) 		Monster
(1965) 		Organ Grinder Swing
(1965)
Singles from Monster
  1. "Goldfinger (Part 1)"
    Released: February 1966

Monster is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson.[1][2]

On the Billboard albums chart, Monster peaked at number 35, and at 5 on the top R&B albums chart.[3]

Writer Gerald Majer critiqued Monster in his 2013 book of essays, The Velvet Lounge: On Late Chicago Jazz.[4]

  1. ^ "Monster". Allmusic. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  2. ^ Discogs accessed March 20, 2015
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference bb200 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Gerald Majer (13 August 2013). The Velvet Lounge: On Late Chicago Jazz. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51012-7.