Simple Pleasure (Vincent Herring album)

Simple Pleasure is an album by saxophonist Vincent Herring which was recorded in 2001 and released on the HighNote label.[1]

Simple Pleasure
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 16, 2001
RecordedMarch 21, 2001
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length59:47
LabelHighNote
HCD 7084
ProducerDon Sickler
Vincent Herring chronology
Jobim for Lovers
(1999)
Simple Pleasure
(2001)
All Too Real
(2003)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

Track listing

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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

Personnel

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ Jazz Depot: album details accessed January 11, 2018
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Vincent Herring: Simple Pleasure – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 695. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Franklin, D., JazzTimes Review, accessed January 11, 2018
  5. ^ AAJ Staff, All About Jazz Review, accessed January 11, 2018