J Mood

J Mood
J Mood
Studio album by Wynton Marsalis
Released	October 14, 1986
Recorded	December 17–20, 1985
Studio	RCA Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:35
Label	Columbia
Producer	George Butler, Steven Epstein
Wynton Marsalis chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
The Village Voice	B+^[2]

J Mood is an album by

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group in 1987.^[4]

Critical reception

In a review for

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings lists the album as part of its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Wynton Marsalis except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"J Mood"		8:35
2.	"Presence That Lament Brings"	Marcus Roberts	5:53
3.	"Insane Asylum"	Donald Brown	6:34
4.	"Skain's Domain"		6:30
5.	"Melodique"		4:32
6.	"After"	Ellis Marsalis Jr.	6:10
7.	"Much Later"		4:36

Personnel

Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
Marcus Roberts – piano
Robert Hurst III – double bass
Jeff "Tain" Watts – drums

References

AllMusic

^ Christgau, Robert (1986). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. No. October 28. New York. Retrieved October 25, 2014.

^
ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0
.

^ "J Mood - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

^ Christgau, Robert (1987). "Budd Johnson/Phil Woods, Frank Morgan, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Chico Freeman, Leaders, Abdullah Ibrahim, Don Pullen/George Adams". Playboy (February). Retrieved October 24, 2014.

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Albums

Wynton Marsalis (1981)

Think of One (1983)

Haydn, Hummel, L. Mozart: Trumpet Concertos (1983)

Hot House Flowers (1984)

Black Codes (From the Underground) (1985)

J Mood (1985)

Live at Blues Alley (1986)

Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I (1987)

The Majesty of the Blues (1989)

Crescent City Christmas Card (1989)

Standard Time, Vol. 3: The Resolution of Romance (1990)

Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1 (1991)

Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 2 (1991)

Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3 (1991)

Standard Time, Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling (1991)

Citi Movement (Griot New York) (1992)

In This House, On This Morning (1994)

Joe Cool's Blues (1995)

Blood on the Fields (1997)

Standard Time, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues (1998)

Reeltime (1999)

Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord (1999)

Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk (1999)

The Marciac Suite (2000)

The Magic Hour (2004)

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)

Live at the House of Tribes (2005)

From the Plantation to the Penitentiary (2007)

Two Men with the Blues (2008)

He and She (2009)

Christmas Jazz Jam (2009)

Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles (2011)

Related

Discography

Ellis Marsalis Sr.

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

Branford Marsalis

Delfeayo Marsalis

Jason Marsalis

Authority control databases

MusicBrainz release group

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[1] AllMusic

[2] Christgau, Robert (1986). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. No. October 28. New York. Retrieved October 25, 2014.

[Penguin-3] 
ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0
.

[AM_awards-4] "J Mood - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

[5] Christgau, Robert (1987). "Budd Johnson/Phil Woods, Frank Morgan, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Chico Freeman, Leaders, Abdullah Ibrahim, Don Pullen/George Adams". Playboy (February). Retrieved October 24, 2014.

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