Nice 'n' Tasty

Nice 'n' Tasty is an album by jazz pianist John Wright which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Prestige label.[1][2][3]

Nice 'n' Tasty
Studio album by
John Wright Trio
Released1961
RecordedNovember 8, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length40:16
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7197
ProducerEsmond Edwards
John Wright chronology
South Side Soul
(1960)		 Nice 'n' Tasty
(1961)		 Makin' Out
(1961)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
DownBeat[5]

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer wrote of Wright's playing: "while there are a couple of things in the Gospel-ly vein ('Yes, I Know'; 'Pie Face'), they are less impressive than his handling of a standard such as 'Witchcraft', or of Adderley's 'Things Are Getting Better'".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by John Wright, except where indicated.

  1. "Things Are Getting Better" (Julian Adderley) – 3:43
  2. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 6:15
  3. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 5:25
  4. "Pie Face" – 5:08
  5. "You Do It" – 5:47
  6. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 5:42
  7. "The Wright Way" – 4:00
  8. "Yes I Know" – 4:16

Personnel

Performers

Production

References
  1. Prestige Records discography accessed November 30, 2018
  2. Fitzgerald, M. John Wright Leader Entry accessed November 30, 2018
  3. Jazzlists: Prestige Records 7000 series discography accessed November 30, 2018
  4. John Wright: Nice 'n' Tasty – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  5. Kofsky, Frank (October 12, 1961). "John Wright: Nice 'n' Tasty". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 21. p. 34.
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