Simple Pleasure (Vincent Herring album)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Allmusic reviewed the album stating "Altoist Vincent Herring is in top form throughout the driving bebop/hard bop date Simple Pleasure ... Herring has rarely sounded more fiery and inspired. This is one of his finest recordings to date".[2] JazzTimes observed "Vincent Herring’s aptly named Simple Pleasures offers the listener just that. Neither groundbreaking nor overly challenging in its repertory or its execution, this up-dated hard-bop session offers the satisfaction of highly competent performers playing straightforward material at the top of their form".[4] All About Jazz noted "This record shows with clarity the depth and maturity of these players. These are very self-assured, convincing and yet graceful jazz musicians and who moreover, work together in uncommon synergy ... This is still Herring's record though, and he plays the horn up and down, showing a more aggressive side".[5]

All compositions by Vincent Herring except where noted

1. "The Loop" – 6:05
2. "Once in a Lifetime" – 8:07
3. "Simple Pleasure" (Cedar Walton) – 5:59
4. "Sophia Marie" – 5:29
5. "Rounder's Mood" (Booker Little) – 6:04
6. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills) – 5:35
7. "Straight Street" (John Coltrane) – 6:10
8. "Holly's Secret" – 7:43
9. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 8:35

• Vincent Herring - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Wallace Roney - trumpet (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9)
• Mulgrew Miller - piano
• Richie Goods - bass
• E.J. Strickland - drums