Pleasure Bent

by Roland Alexander

Pleasure Bent cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: New Jazz
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.31/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut leader date from tenor saxophonist Roland Alexander, 'Pleasure Bent' is a highly capable, straight-ahead hard bop session featuring trumpeter Marcus Belgrave. The album demonstrates Alexander's muscular tone and sophisticated compositional skills, serving as a solid artifact of the vibrant New York jazz scene of the early 1960s.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Pleasure Bent
  2. I'll Be Around
  3. Dorman Road
  4. Lil's Blues
  5. Orders To Take Out
  6. My Melancholy Baby

Credits

  • Roland Alexander - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
  • Marcus Belgrave - primary artist, trumpet
  • Gene Taylor - bass
  • C. Scoby Stroman - drums
  • Ronnie Mathews - piano
  • Ozzie Cadena - supervised by
  • Alec Wilder - written-by
  • Ernie Burnett - written-by

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