Bar Wars (album)

This article is about the album by Willis Jackson. For the TV Show, see Bar Wars.
Bar Wars
Studio album by Willis Jackson
Released 1978
Recorded December 21, 1977
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length 45:17
Label Muse
MR 5162
Producer Joe Fields
Willis Jackson chronology
The Gator Horn
(1977)		 Bar Wars
(1977)		 Single Action
(1978)

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

Reception

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

In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow states "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 as indicated

  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" (Camarata, Lecuona, Stillman) - 5:10
  8. "It's All Right With Me" (Porter) - 7:03

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Muse Records discography accessed September 19, 2013
  2. ↑ Willis Jackson discography, accessed September 19, 2013
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Willis Jackson – Bar Wars: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 110. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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