Fire Eater (album)

Fire Eater
Studio album by Rusty Bryant
Released	1971
Recorded	February 22, 1971
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:08
Label	Prestige PR 10014
Producer	Bob Porter
Rusty Bryant chronology
Soul Liberation (1970) Fire Eater (1971) Wild Fire (1971)

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

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

• Rusty Bryant - tenor saxophone
• Bill Mason (tracks 1 & 2), Leon Spencer (tracks 3 & 4) - organ
• Wilbert Longmire - guitar
• Idris Muhammad - drums

Production

• Bob Porter - producer
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

References

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