Brass Fever (album)

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Brass Fever
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Released1975
Recorded1975
Genre Jazz
Length34:23
Label Impulse!
ASD 9308
Producer Esmond Edwards
Brass Fever chronology
Brass Fever
(1975)
Time Is Running Out
(1976)
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Brass Fever is the debut album by American jazz/R&B group Brass Fever, recorded in 1975 and released on the Impulse! label. [2]

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Reception

The AllMusic review states: "Brass Fever is unapologetically funky, and this very enjoyable LP (which is the band's most essential release) is strictly for those who like their jazz laced with lots of R&B". [1]

Track listing

  1. "Lady Marmalade" (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan) - 5:58
  2. "Djingi" (B. Branynon) - 6:51
  3. "Sunshine Superman" (Donovan Leitch) - 6:28
  4. "Back at the Chicken Shack" (Jimmy Smith) - 7:26
  5. "Bach Bone" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 7:40

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed May 17, 2012
  2. Impulse! Records discography accessed May 17, 2012