No Sweat (Blood, Sweat & Tears album)
No Sweat is an album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1973.
By mid-1973, Steve Katz, one of the founding members of BS&T had left the band as the members leaned further towards jazz fusion. No Sweat continued in the jazz-fusion vein and featured intricate horn work.
No Sweat was re-released on CD in 2005 on the Wounded Bird label.Reception
Writing for Allmusic, critic Ross Boissoneau wrote the album "may be the jazziest BS&T ever."- "Roller Coaster" – 3:23
- "Save Our Ship" – 3:43
- "Django " – 2:08
- "Rosemary" – 3:13
- "Song for John" – 2:53
- "Almost Sorry" – 6:26
- "Back Up Against the Wall" – 3:21
- "Hip Pickles" – 1:31
- "My Old Lady" – 3:15
- "Empty Pages" – 3:15
- "Mary Miles" – 2:26
- "Inner Crisis" – 5:40
Personnel
- Jerry Fisher – vocals
- Dave Bargeron - trombone, tuba, bass trombone, baritone horn, background vocals
- Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, background vocals
- Jim Fielder - bass, background vocals
- Lou Marini - woodwinds
- Lew Soloff - trumpet
- Tom Malone – trumpet, ARP, 12-String fiddle
- Georg Wadenius – guitar, background vocals
- Larry Willis – keyboards
Additional musicians
- Paul Buckmaster – synthesizer, ARP, horn arrangements, string arrangements, string conductor
- David Hentschel – synthesizer, ARP
- Steve Katz – guitar
- Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn
- Jimmy Maelen – percussion
- Frank Ricotti – percussion
- Joshie Armstead – background vocals
- Valerie Simpson – background vocals
- Maretha Stewart – background vocals
Charts