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

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)

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