J Mood

Wynton Marsalis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000266J
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,703 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars J Mood by Wynton Marsalis, my review from Barcelona, September 16, 2007

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Jose Maria Domenech Fedi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: J Mood (Audio CD)

How the JAZZ likes me and Wynton Marsalis is one of which more. This `J MOOD' record was recorded when Brandford Marsalis and Kenny Kirkland chose to leave Wynton Marsalis' group to make money with Sting.
So, Wynton had to regroup fast for this recording with bassist Robert Hurst III and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts who has been developing what is now the most inventive style of all younger drummers at the time. Also the trumpeter met up with the blinded pianist Marcus Roberts for the first time getting all of them a wonderful record. Wynton was still very much under Miles Davis's influence at the time and in this record is very noticeable as in the marvellous "Much Later" by instead, but at age 24 he already had rather remarkable technique to be a future number one as he is. He performs whit consistently creative fashion on these seven unpredictable tracks and I would highlight the relaxed "J Mood", "Insane Asylum", the great quality of "Skain's Domain" and the beautiful "Presence That Lament Brings". Highly recommended and I give it 5 stars.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More fantastic jazz..., January 11, 2008

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finulanu ""the mysterious"" (Here, there, and everywhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: J Mood (Audio CD)

Wynton ventures deeper into blues and hard bop here than he ever had before, and he's adept at both genres. The title track starts things off and, while it does trail off before it ends, sets into a solid bluesy groove and showcases some of Marcus Roberts' finest piano playing. He also performs one of his most successful Miles Davis tributes, "Presence That Lament Brings", with a sensitive reading of the melody from a muted trumpet. Then the wild retrobopper "Insane Asylum" comes along and throws off the mood, but that's such a good tribute to the subgenre most people associate with jazz that I don't care. Tain is especially great on that tune; the bop fun continues on "Skain's Domain". The other ballad, "After", is my favorite song on this album. It sounds a ton like Miles Davis, but it's really, really, really amazing Miles Davis. Like, you know, one of his classic pensive ballads. I would be happy if Wynton made a whole album of nothing but songs like "After". A couple songs, like the bebopping "Melodique" and the mid-tempo "Much Later", are slight, but enjoyable while they're playing - if only Brandford had played on this album (he was recording with Sting at the time), it would be the best album of Marsalis' career. Because yes, the lack of a second horn player does kind of hurt, especially given how good the chemistry between the Marsalis brothers is - which is only to be expected, of course. But anyway, Marsalis fans owe it to themselves to get this album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful jazz record !, January 9, 2010

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F. Leroy "Emilio" (France, Perigueux) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: J Mood (Audio CD)

Recorded in 1986 with Marcus Roberts ( "J Master ) : Piano - Robert Leslie Hurst III : Bass - Jeff "Tain" Watts : Drums, this wonderful Cd is absolutely required in all jazz library, the music is plenty of energy, melody, communication ... Great art and music, to get absolutely at home ! Emilio L. ( Dordogne, France ).