Sax Maniac Explained
| Sax Maniac |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | James White and the Blacks |
| Cover: | Sax_Maniac_album_cover.jpeg |
| Released: | 1982 |
| Recorded: | Blank Tapes, New York |
| Label: | Animal Records[1] |
| Producer: | James White |
| Prev Title: | Off White |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Melt Yourself Down |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
Sax Maniac is a 1982 album by the New York jazz-punk band James White and the Blacks.[2] The album was released on Chris Stein's Animal Records label and dedicated to Anya Phillips.[3]
Critical reception
The Globe and Mail wrote that, "although there are no great departures here, the music has lost some of its wise-guy stance and is beginning to move into more emotional territory."[4] The New York Times opined that, "while the music on Sax Maniac is as deliberately tacky and mordantly funny as ever, it also evidences considerable growth... Mr. White's horn arrangements are much more sophisticated and inventive, especially on his demolition derby deconstruction of Arlen and Mercer's 'That Old Black Magic' and the woefully perverse 'Disco Jaded'."[5]
Track listing
All tracks composed by James White, except where indicated
- "Disco Jaded"
- "Irresistible Impulse"
- "Money to Burn"
- "Sax Machine"
- "Sax Maniac"
- "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)[6]
- "The Twitch"
Personnel
- Jame White and the Blacks
- James White - lead vocals, alto saxophone, piano on "Irresistible Impulse" and "Disco Jaded"
- Chris Cunningham, Jerry Antonius - guitar
- The Discolitas (Bemshi Jones and Cherie Donovan) - backing and lead vocals
- Colin Wade - bass
- Ralph Rolle - drums, percussion
- Guests
- Luther Thomas - saxophone
- Robert Aaron - tenor saxophone, piano on "That Old Black Magic"
- Joseph Bowie - trombone on "Irresistible Impulse", "Sax Machine" and "Sax Maniac"
- John Mulkerin - trumpet on "Irresistible Impulse", "Sax Machine" and "Sax Maniac"
- Jack Walrath - trumpet on "That Old Black Magic"
- Ray Maldonado - trumpet on "Money to Burn" and "The Twitch"
Notes and References
- Web site: James White, Sax Maniac. HOWARD. WUELFING. February 11, 1983. www.washingtonpost.com.
- Web site: James White And The Blacks - Sax Maniac. Light In The Attic Records.
- Web site: James White and the Blacks - Sax Maniac (Futurismo). The Big Takeover.
- News: Lacey . Liam . Sax Maniac James White and the Blacks . The Globe and Mail . 16 Oct 1982 . F8.
- News: Palmer . Robert . They Stake Out the Frontiers of Pop . The New York Times . 31 Oct 1982 . A21.
- Web site: TrouserPress.com :: James Chance. www.trouserpress.com.
