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Simple Pleasure
Studio album by Vincent Herring
Released	October 16, 2001
Recorded	March 21, 2001
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:47
Label	HighNote HCD 7084
Producer	Don Sickler
Vincent Herring chronology
Jobim for Lovers (1999) Simple Pleasure (2001) All Too Real (2003)

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

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

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". 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". 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".

Track listing

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

• Vincent Herring – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Wallace Roney – trumpet (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9)
• Mulgrew Miller – piano
• Richie Goods – bass
• E.J. Strickland – drums

Production

• Don Sickler – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

References

1. Jazz Depot: album details accessed January 11, 2018
2. ^ 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

• Vincent Herring albums
• 2001 albums
• HighNote Records albums
• Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio