Revenge of the Fat People

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Revenge of the Fat People
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Studio album by
The Jack Walrath Group
Released1982
RecordedMay 23, 1981
StudioMadison Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length39:07
Label Stash
ST-221
Producer Jack Walrath
Jack Walrath chronology
In Montana
(1980)
Revenge of the Fat People
(1982)
In Europe
(1982)

Revenge of the Fat People is an album by trumpeter Jack Walrath, recorded in 1981 and released on the Stash label in 1982. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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The Globe and Mail wrote that Walrath's "music continues the filips that characterized the Mingus bands, the playful tempos, the gospel roots, the passionate solos." [4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This Stash LP is a strong effort by the adventurous trumpeter Jack Walrath who contributed four of the six compositions... The music is as colorful and as adventurous its the titles". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack Walrath except where noted

  1. "Revenge of the Fat People" – 5:10
  2. "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" (Charles Mingus) – 6:29
  3. "Beer!" – 8:10
  4. "Sliding Doors" (Michael Cochrane) – 7:58
  5. "Piggy Love" – 4:42
  6. "Blues in the Guts" – 6:38

Personnel

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References

  1. Discogs album details, accessed September 27, 2017
  2. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Jack Walrath, accessed September 27, 2017
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Jack Walrath: Revenge of the Fat People – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. Miller, Mark (27 Nov 1982). "Revenge of the Fat People The Jack Walrath Group". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.