Golden Days

King Pleasure | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Z7G
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,129 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #7 in Music > Jazz > Vocal Jazz > Vocalese

Track Listings

1. Moody's Mood for Love

2. The New Symphony Sid

3. Don't Worry About Me

4. Little Boy, Don't Get Scared

5. Parker's Mood

6. Golden Days

7. Tomorrow Is Another Day

8. No, Not Much

9. All of Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars King Pleasure Sang With A Mad Catchiness..., July 26, 2005

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M. Conklin (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Days (Audio CD)

king pleasure was the smoothest. he was a vocalist who's sound was part eddie jefferson, part jon hendrick's, and part nat king cole. swinging, hip and very laid back. on golden days, his backing band swings through a number of cool compositions, that all start off loud and quick and then slickly move to the background as pleasure starts singing. the track "moody's mood for love" is why i decided to track down some of king pleasures releases. it's a catchy tune. the song features a unaccredited female singer that switches choruses with pleasure. "parker's mood" is also included on this release, which features a smooth sax solo played by harold land, and which strangely reminds me of some of the modern swinging vocal bands in both sound and phrasing (i.e., the mighty blue kings).

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flawless Modern Jazz Styling, March 25, 2000

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A. Mkua "avid reader" (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Days (Audio CD)

Interesting, on point modern jazz vocal takes on popular songs and sax solos. The best diction this side of Ella. A definite buy for any modern jazz fan. The liner notes alone are worth the price of the CD.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of a Kind, June 3, 2008

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Herbert L Calhoun "paulocal" (Falls Church, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Days (Audio CD)

King Pleasure took the art of the Jazz scat to another level and remains the standard for innovative Jazz musical singing genius. Here the listener will find out why.

In this finely balanced selection of tunes, King Pleasure "struts his stuff," and what a delicious treat for the astute listener. "Moody Mood" (or I'm in the mood for love), renamed for the incomparable James Moody (who I recently saw in Geneva, is still going strong and in excellent shape at 85, looking like he is not a day older than 50) is the reason to buy this album. But there is much more.

The King is always "Pure Pleasure" and always five stars.