So Nice (Houston Person album) explained

So Nice
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Houston Person
Cover:	So Nice (Houston Person album).jpg
Released:	October 11, 2011
Recorded:	June 22, 2011
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	59:27
Label:	HighNote HCD 7229
Producer:	Houston Person
Chronology:	Houston Person
Prev Title:	Moment to Moment
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Naturally
Next Year:	2012

So Nice is an album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 2011 and released on the HighNote label.^[1]

Reception

In his review on Allmusic, Ken Dryden states "Houston Person is a very versatile veteran tenor saxophonist who tends to get overlooked in critics' polls, yet his extensive musical resumé is ample proof that he is a jazz master. This 2011 session ranges from a duet to septet, with everyone playing compact solos, keeping all but one under the six-minute mark, a lost art in modern jazz. ... Highly recommended". On All About Jazz, Greg Simmons noted " Houston Person isn't breaking any new ground with So Nice. He doesn't have to. He does what he does, and he does it really well".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Blues Everywhere" (Shirley Scott) – 5:18
2. "All Too Soon" (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) – 5:39
3. "I Wished on the Moon" (Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker) – 3:33
4. "Kiss and Run" (Rene Denoncin, William Engvick, Jack Ledru) – 5:33
5. "So Nice" (Elmo Hope) – 4:07
6. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 5:00
7. "Close to You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:40
8. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 5:08
9. "Minor Inconvenience" (Houston Person) – 4:41
10. "Easy Living" (Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:25
11. "Everything I Love" (Cole Porter) – 4:58
12. "Stephen Sondheim Medley: Small World/Anyone Can Whistle" (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim/Sondheim) – 6:25

Personnel

• Houston Person – tenor saxophone
• Warren Vache – cornet, flugelhorn (tracks 1-3 & 8)
• Mark Patterson – trombone (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
  • John Di Martino – piano Howard Alden – guitar (tracks 1, 2 & 9-11)
  • Ray Drummond – bass Lewis Nash – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdepot.com/h_person/7229.html Jazz Depot: HighNote discography
2. Simmons, G. All About Jazz Review accessed March 7, 2018