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 Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released	1968
Recorded	June 18, 1968
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:44
Label	Prestige PR 7588
Producer	Cal Lampley
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Dirty Grape (1968) Nasty! (1968) Soul Talk (1969)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
• Houston Person - tenor saxophone
• John Abercrombie - guitar
• Grady Tate - drums

Production

• Cal Lampley - producer
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

References