J Mood

J Mood is an album by Wynton Marsalis that won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group in 1987.^[4]

J Mood
Studio album by Wynton Marsalis
Released	October 14, 1986 (1986-10-14)
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
Tomasi, Jolivet: Trumpet Concertos (1986) J Mood (1986) Carnaval (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]
The Village Voice	B+[3]

Critical reception

In a review for Playboy, Robert Christgau said that Marsalis is "chief among the younger players who eschew expressionistic excess in favor of technical command and respect for history", and that J Mood "isn't as staid as you might think, holding subtle pleasures to spare for those with time to spare".^[5] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings lists the album as part of its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.^[2]

Track listing

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

All tracks are written by Wynton Marsalis except where noted

Personnel

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

References

1. J Mood at AllMusic
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 950. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Christgau, Robert (1986). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. No. October 28. New York. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
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.