Bar Wars

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Bar Wars
Studio album by
Willis Jackson
Released1978
RecordedDecember 21, 1977
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length45:17
LabelMuse
MR 5162
ProducerJoe Fields
Willis Jackson chronology
The Gator Horn
(1977) 		Bar Wars
(1978) 		Single Action
(1978)

Bar Wars is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson, recorded in 1977 and released on the Muse label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

The Bay State Banner concluded: "Those who constantly cry about jazz's domination by the avant-garde should rush to hear Jackson. He blows rings around a horde of lesser talented but more highly publicized jazz-schlock tenors."[5]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow stated: "This is a particularly exciting release... The chord changes might be fairly basic but Willis Jackson plays with such enthusiasm and exuberance that it almost sounds as if he had discovered the joy of playing music".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.

  1. "Later" (Sil Austin, Tiny Bradshaw, Henry Glover) – 5:51
  2. "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 2:59
  3. "Bar Wars" – 6:57
  4. "The Breeze and I" (Tutti Camarata, Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman) – 5:00
  5. "The Goose Is Loose" – 5:02
  6. "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) – 7:15
  7. "The Breeze and I" [alternate take] (Camarata, Lecuona, Stillman) – 5:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "It's All Right With Me" [alternate take] (Porter) – 7:03 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Muse Records discography accessed September 19, 2013
  2. ^ Willis Jackson discography, accessed September 19, 2013
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Willis Jackson – Bar Wars: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 110. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 2. 19 Oct 1978. p. 17.