Nice 'n' Tasty

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)

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

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.