# Bar Talk

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Bar Talk
| type       = [Studio Album](/source/Studio_Album)
| artist     = [John Scofield](/source/John_Scofield)
| cover      = Bar Talk.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1980 <small>([LP album)</small>
| recorded   = August 1980
| venue      =
| studio     = Celebration Studios, [New York City](/source/New_York_City)
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [post-bop](/source/post-bop)
| length     =
| label      = [Arista](/source/Arista_Records)/[Novus](/source/Novus_Records) <small>AN 3022</small>
| producer   = John Scofield, [Mark Bingham](/source/Mark_Bingham_(musician%2Fmusic_producer))
| prev_title = [Four Keys](/source/Four_Keys)
| prev_year  = 1979
| next_title = [Shinola](/source/Shinola_(John_Scofield_album))
| next_year  = 1981
}}

{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r152554}}</ref>
}}

'''''Bar Talk''''' is an album by [jazz](/source/jazz) guitarist [John Scofield](/source/John_Scofield). It was recorded in August 1980 at Celebration Studios in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) and produced by [Mark Bingham](/source/Mark_Bingham_(musician%2Fmusic_producer)) and John Scofield. It was the first release featuring Scofield’s trio with bass guitarist [Steve Swallow](/source/Steve_Swallow) and drummer [Adam Nussbaum](/source/Adam_Nussbaum).

The John Scofield Trio, established here, went on to release two live albums which were recorded sixteen months later in [Munich](/source/Munich) and released on the German [Enja](/source/Enja_Records) label: ''[Out Like a Light](/source/Out_Like_a_Light)'' and ''[Shinola](/source/Shinola_(John_Scofield_album))''. ''Bar Talk'' is stylistically very close to the later live recordings and features four Scofield compositions ("New Strings Attached", "How to Marry a Millionaire", "Fat Dancer", and "Nature Calls") along with "Never" by Swallow and "Beckon Call" written by Gary Campbell.

The album was released on the Arista subsidiary Novus label. Four of the tracks were added as bonus material on the 1990 digital re-release of the preceding album ''[Who's Who?](/source/Who's_Who%3F)''.

==Track listing==
All compositions written by John Scofield except where noted.

'''Side A'''
#"Beckon Call" (Gary Campbell) – 7:05
#"New Strings Attached" – 6:12
#"Never" (Steve Swallow) – 6:47

'''Side B'''
#"How to Marry a Millionaire" – 6:35
#"Fat Dancer" – 6:55
#"Nature Calls" – 5:44

==Personnel==
*John Scofield - [electric guitar](/source/electric_guitar)
*[Steve Swallow](/source/Steve_Swallow) - [bass](/source/bass_guitar)
*[Adam Nussbaum](/source/Adam_Nussbaum) - [drums](/source/Drum_kit)

== References ==
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{{John Scofield}}

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Category:1980 albums
Category:Post-bop albums
Category:John Scofield albums
Category:Novus Records albums

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