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| genre = [[Jazz]]
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| length = 40:16
| length = 40:16
| label = [[Prestige Records|Prestige]]<br><small>PRLP 7197</small>
| label = [[Prestige Records|Prestige]]<br /><small>PRLP 7197</small>
| producer = [[Esmond Edwards]]
| producer = [[Esmond Edwards]]
| chronology = [[John Wright (pianist)|John Wright]]
| chronology = [[John Wright (pianist)|John Wright]]
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'''''Nice 'n' Tasty''''' is the second album by jazz pianist [[John Wright (pianist)|John Wright]] which was recorded in 1960 and released on the [[Prestige Records|Prestige]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7100-series/#prlp-7197 Prestige Records discography] accessed November 30, 2018</ref><ref>Fitzgerald, M. [https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/WrightJohn-ldr.php John Wright Leader Entry] accessed November 30, 2018</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Prestige_7150.htm Jazzlists: Prestige Records 7000 series discography] accessed November 30, 2018</ref>
'''''Nice 'n' Tasty''''' is an album by jazz pianist [[John Wright (pianist)|John Wright]] which was recorded in 1960 and released on the [[Prestige Records|Prestige]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7100-series/#prlp-7197 Prestige Records discography] accessed November 30, 2018</ref><ref>Fitzgerald, M. [https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/WrightJohn-ldr.php John Wright Leader Entry] accessed November 30, 2018</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Prestige_7150.htm Jazzlists: Prestige Records 7000 series discography] accessed November 30, 2018</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{Allmusic|class=album |id= mw0000906741 |title= John Wright: ''Nice 'n' Tasty'' – Listing |accessdate= November 30, 2018}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic|class=album |id= mw0000906741 |title= John Wright: ''Nice 'n' Tasty'' – Listing |access-date= November 30, 2018}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[DownBeat]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="DB61">{{cite magazine |last=Kofsky |first=Frank |date=October 12, 1961 |title=John Wright: Nice 'n' Tasty |magazine=[[DownBeat]] |volume=28 |issue=21 |page=34 }}</ref>
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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'".<ref name="DB61" />


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
All compositions by John Wright except where noted
''All compositions by John Wright, except where indicated.''
# "Things Are Getting Better" ([[Cannonball Adderley|Julian Adderley]]) – 3:43
# "Things Are Getting Better" ([[Cannonball Adderley|Julian Adderley]]) – 3:43
# "[[The Very Thought of You]]" ([[Ray Noble]]) – 6:15
# "[[The Very Thought of You]]" ([[Ray Noble]]) – 6:15
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
===Performance===
===Performers===
*[[John Wright (pianist)|John Wright]] - [[piano]]
*[[John Wright (pianist)|John Wright]] - [[piano]]
*Wendell Marshall - [[double bass|bass]]
*[[Wendell Marshall]] - [[double bass|bass]]
*[[J. C. Heard]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[J. C. Heard]] - [[drum kit|drums]]

===Production===
===Production===
* [[Esmond Edwards]] – [[Record producer|supervision]]
* [[Esmond Edwards]] – [[Record producer|supervision]]
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== References ==
== References ==
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{{reflist}}
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Latest revision as of 12:50, 19 March 2024

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)

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]

Reception

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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

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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

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Performers

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Production

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References

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  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. ^ a b Kofsky, Frank (October 12, 1961). "John Wright: Nice 'n' Tasty". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 21. p. 34.
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