J Mood

{{Infobox album

| name = J Mood

| type = studio

| artist = Wynton Marsalis

| cover = J Mood (Wynton Marsalis album - cover art).jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1986|10|14}}

| recorded = December 17–20, 1985

| venue =

| studio = RCA Studios, New York City

| genre = Jazz

| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=35}}

| label = Columbia

| producer = George Butler, Steven Epstein

| chronology = Wynton Marsalis

| prev_title = Tomasi, Jolivet: Trumpet Concertos

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Carnaval

| next_year = 1987

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r143294}}

| rev3 = The Village Voice

| rev3Score = B+{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|issue=October 28 | year = 1986 | url = http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv10-86.php| title=Consumer Guide | newspaper = The Village Voice | location = New York|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=950}}

}}

J Mood is an album by Wynton Marsalis that won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group in 1987.{{cite web|title=J Mood - Awards | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/j-mood-mw0000188375/awards| website=AllMusic|accessdate=1 March 2017}}

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".{{cite journal | last = Christgau | first = Robert | issue = February |year=1987|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/play/1987-02.php|title=Budd Johnson/Phil Woods, Frank Morgan, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Chico Freeman, Leaders, Abdullah Ibrahim, Don Pullen/George Adams|journal=Playboy|accessdate=October 24, 2014}} The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings lists the album as part of its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.