Honkers & Bar Walker

Honkers & Bar Walkers (Series), Jimmy Forrest | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (April 16, 1995)
• Label: Delmark
• ASIN: B000004BFJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,829,413 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Night Train

2. Everybody Get Together

3. Mixin' With Dixon

4. Cozy's Beat

5. Big Heavy (Blue Lights Boogie)

6. Because of You

7. Ace High

8. After Hours Joint

9. Fast Blues

10. Sausage Rock

11. Sentimental Blues

12. Duck Fever

13. Cool One-Groove Two

14. You Belong to Me

15. Duck Soup

16. Wish You Were Here

17. High Tide

18. Pink Cadillac

19. Blues and the Beat

20. More Blues-More Beat

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An unexpected Gem, April 4, 2007

By 

R. Kessler (Wellington, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

I'm a product of Alan Freed's NYC WINS radio shows in the mid 50's and was surfing Amazon for a recording of Night Train he played almost every night. I came across this CD and although it really pre-dated my R&R days I decided it was worth a go. A wise choice - although Jimmy Forrest's Night Train is not the one I was seeking, the CD is super. Sax's at their best.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars That mellow (and not-so-mellow) saxophone sound, June 3, 2010

By 

Blackbird Crow Raven "Blackbird Crow Raven" (Oconomowoc, WI USA (but my heart is in the gold rush country of Northern California)) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

I was expecting and hoping for a more rollickin' sound than what this CD contains, for the most part.

I was hoping for gobs of the beautifully rich and bouncing, bubbling, blasting, cajoling, exhorting, grunting, growling, honking, insistent, persistent, sailing, wailing, soaring, scolding, screaming, and testifying tones of the saxophone as sometimes heard on early 50s rock 'n' roll and much of Louis Jordan's music.

I DO like this CD quite a bit, it's just a little too laid-back in places. I'm a drummer and wanted some really hot sax wailing to play along to. I recommend this CD*, but I'm still looking for something a little "hotter."

* For the record (no pun intended), my favorite tunes on this CD are:

1. Night Train - Jimmy Forrest
4. Cozy's Beat - Cozy Eggleston
5. Big Heavy (Blue Lights Boogie) - Cozy Eggleston
7. Ace High - Tab Smith
10. Sausage Rock - Doc Sausage
12. Duck Fever - Freddie Jackson

14. You Belong to Me - Fats Noel (not for playing along to, just for listening - mellow!)

15. Duck Soup - Fats Noel
17. High Tide - Fats Noel
22. Flight 3-D - Jimmy Forrest