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Jimmy Smith – Monster (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1965
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Monster is an LP by Jimmy Smith from 1965 released on the Verve Records label.
About this album
Monster finds Jimmy Smith driving his Hammond organ sound into tougher, funkier territory. Issued in 1965, the album blends soul-jazz, jazz-funk and Latin-inflected rhythms, with Smith’s muscular phrasing giving familiar material and pop-adjacent themes a heavier, more communal feel. Known under the title The Incredible Jimmy Smith: Monster, it sits squarely in the era when Smith helped broaden the organ trio into something deeper, bluesier and more accessible. The record reflects his gift for turning melody into momentum, making Monster a strong statement from one of jazz’s defining organists.
Genre: Jazz
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A1 Goldfinger (Part 1)
A2 Goldfinger (Part 2)
A3 St. James Infirmary
A4 Gloomy Sunday
A5 Theme From "Bewitched"
B1 Theme From "The Munsters"
B2 Man With The Golden Arm
B3 The Creeper
B4 Monlope