Fire Eater is an album by jazz saxophonist Rusty Bryant recorded for the Prestige label in 1971.[1]

Fire Eater
Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedFebruary 22, 1971
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length35:08
LabelPrestige
PR 10014
ProducerBob Porter
Rusty Bryant chronology
Soul Liberation
(1970)
Fire Eater
(1971)
Wild Fire
(1971)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "a session that has Bryant stretching out his meaty tone and improvisations a bit further than usual. This is respectable soul-jazz with a lot of funk, but no fusion, employing the tenor sax-organ-guitar-drums lineup".[2]

Track listing edit

  1. "Fire Eater" (Rusty Bryant, Jeremy Taylor) - 9:30
  2. "Free at Last" (Bryant, Wilbert Longmire) - 8:35
  3. "The Hooker" (Leon Spencer) - 9:25
  4. "Mister S." (Spencer) - 7:38

Personnel edit

Production edit

References edit

  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 1, 2013
  2. ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 1, 2013.