Sax Maniac
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| Sax Maniac | ||||
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Blank Tapes, New York | |||
| Label | Animal[1] | |||
| Producer | James White | |||
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Sax Maniac is a 1982 album by the New York jazz band James White and the Blacks.[2] The album was released on Chris Stein's Animal Records label and dedicated to band manager, collaborator, and girlfriend of frontman James Chance, Anya Phillips.[3][4]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Sounds | [6] |
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."[7] 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'."[8]
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)[9]
- "The Twitch"
