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Nice 'N' Tasty

Nice 'N' Tasty cover
RecordedNov 8, 1960
LabelNew Land
CatalogPRLP 7197
Released1960
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 821634

The record

A hard-swinging Chicago trio date, with Wendell Marshall's rock-solid bass and J.C. Heard's crisp brushwork giving Wright's bluesy, gospel-tinged piano plenty of room to dig in. Soulful, unpretentious piano trio jazz from the New Land label's brief but worthwhile catalog.

Session personnel

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

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1960Prestige · PRLP 7197 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1960Prestige · PRLP 7197 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1992Prestige · VICJ-23720 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1994Prestige · WWLJ-7089 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
2000Coolnote — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 16-Bit/44.1 kHz
2007Prestige · VICJ-41892 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2023New Land — STEREO
Status Records (2) · ST-7197 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
Prestige · PR-7197 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo

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