No Sweat

Performer: Blood, Sweat & Tears
Producer: Steve Tyrell
Distributor: Bayside Record Dist.

Notes: Personnel: George Wadenius (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, background vocals); Jerry Fischer, Valerie Simpson (vocals, background vocals); Chuck Winfield (trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn); Tom "Bones" Malone (trumpet, horns, ARP synthesizer, electric bass); Lew Soloff (trumpet); Dave Bargeron (trombone, tenor trombone, bass trombone, tambourine); Larry Willis (keyboards); David Hentschel, Paul Buckmaster (synthesizer, ARP synthesizer); Jim Fielder (electric bass); Bobby Colomby (drums, percussion, background vocals); Frank Ricotti, Steve Tyrell, Jimmy Maelen (percussion); Lou Marini (wind); Maretha Stewart, Joshie Armstead (background vocals). Arrangers: Dave Bargeron; Paul Buckmaster; Blood, Sweat & Tears. The second Blood, Sweat & Tears recording without David Clayton-Thomas, No Sweat may be the jazziest BS&T ever. Surprisingly, most of the material comes from outside the band, with the exception of two tracks by Lou Marini, Jr., two co-written by George Wadenius (the featured guitarist in the band following Steve Katz's departure), and the concluding "Inner Crisis" by Larry Willis. Jerry Fisher is more integrated into the band in his role as lead singer, and the band shines throughout on material ranging from Traffic's "Empty Pages" to John Lewis' "Django." The highlight is "Almost Sorry," which features Bobby Colomby's rock-solid drumming, and solos from the entire horn section: Dave Bargeron on trombone, Lew Soloff and Tom "Bones" Malone on electric trumpets, and Marini on alto flute. ~ Ross Boissoneau

As initially conceived by Al Kooper, Blood, Sweat & Tears was the first and best of the jazz-rock horn bands. Though Kooper departed after the debut album, new singer David Clayton-Thomas led the band to huge commercial success with a more pop-oriented approach. BST--in both its Kooper and Clayton-Thomas incarnations--epitomized post-'60s eclecticism, crafting Top 40 hits out of musical influences as disparate as Billie Holiday, Tim Buckley, and Erik Satie.

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