Captain Buckles Explained

Captain Buckles
Type:	Studio
Artist:	David "Fathead" Newman
Cover:	Captain Buckles.jpg
Released:	1971
Recorded:	November 3–5, 1970 Atlantic Recording Studios in NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	32:45
Label:	Cotillion SD 18002
Producer:	Joel Dorn
Chronology:	David "Fathead" Newman
Prev Title:	The Many Facets of David Newman
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Lonely Avenue
Next Year:	1972

Captain Buckles is an album by American saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman featuring performances recorded in 1970 and released on the Cotillion label.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it a "soulful but relatively straight-ahead effort" and "An improvement over David Newman's preceding projects".

Track listing

All compositions by David Newman except as indicated

1. "Captain Buckles" - 4:36
2. "Joel's Domain" - 4:15
3. "Something" (George Harrison) - 3:40
4. "Blue Caper" (Blue Mitchell) - 4:22
5. "The Clincher" - 6:17
6. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:04
7. "Negus" - 5:15

Personnel

• David "Fathead" Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
• Blue Mitchell - trumpet
• Eric Gale - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Steve Novosel - bass Bernard Purdie - drums

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Cotillion Album Discography accessed September 15, 2015
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Captain_Buckles.htm David Newman discography
3. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/david-fathead-newman/ Enciclopedia del Jazz; David "Fathead Newman
4. http://mrmanri.la.coocan.jp/DavidNewman/index.html David "Fathead" Newman Incomplete Discography