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
Released	1961
Recorded	November 8, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:16
Label	Prestige PRLP 7197
Producer	Esmond Edwards
John Wright chronology
South Side Soul (1960) Nice 'n' Tasty (1961) Makin' Out (1961)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

• John Wright - piano
• Wendell Marshall - bass
• J. C. Heard - drums

Production

• Esmond Edwards – supervision
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

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.