| Pleasure Bent | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Roland Alexander with Marcus Belgrave |
| Cover: | Pleasure Bent.jpg |
| Released: | 1961 |
| Recorded: | June 17, 1961 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 41:20 |
| Label: | New Jazz NJ 8267 |
| Producer: | Ozzie Cadena |
| Chronology: | Roland Alexander |
| Next Title: | Live at the Axis |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
Pleasure Bent is a debut album by saxophonist Roland Alexander, with trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, recorded in 1961, and released on the New Jazz label.[1] [2] [3]
The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson stated, "Although the tenor saxman's Coltrane-influenced debut album, Pleasure Bent, was recorded in 1961, this vinyl LP has more in common with the bop-oriented Coltrane of the mid- to late '50s. ... That isn't to say that Alexander is a flat-out clone of Coltrane -- he was also influenced by Sonny Rollins and other hard boppers -- but there is no denying that Coltrane's playing is a strong influence on this record ... his roots were hard bop, and hard bop is exactly what he plays on this decent, if derivative, LP."
All compositions by Roland Alexander except where noted