Rusty Bryant • Fire Eater

Review by Richie Unterberger

Fire-Eater features just four long cuts, all between seven and ten minutes in length, on 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. All of the material was written by Bryant or members of the quartet, and favors a laid-back groove that's on the slow side, except for "Mister S.," on which guitarist Wilbert Longmire has a particularly engaging solo.

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Reseña de Richie Unterberger

Fire-Eater presenta sólo cuatro cortes largos, todos de entre siete y diez minutos de duración, en una sesión en la que Bryant extiende su tono carnoso e improvisa un poco más de lo habitual. Es un respetable soul-jazz con mucho funk, pero sin fusión, empleando la alineación de saxo tenor, órgano, guitarra y batería. Todo el material fue escrito por Bryant o los miembros del cuarteto, y favorece un ritmo relajado que está en el lado lento, excepto para "Mister S.", en el que el guitarrista Wilbert Longmire tiene un solo particularmente atractivo.

Tracklist
A1 Fire Eater 9:30
A2 Free At Last 8:35
B1 The Hooker 9:25
B2 Mister S. 7:45


Credits:
Drums – Idris Muhammad
Guitar – Wilbert Longmire
Organ – Bill Mason (tracks: A1, A2), Leon Spencer, Jr. (tracks: B1, B2)
Saxophone [Tenor] – Rusty Bryant


Producer [Supervision] – Bob Porter
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder

Recorded: February 22, 1971
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

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