| Platinum Jazz | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1971–1977 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion[1] | |||
| Length | 79:36 | |||
| Label | Blue Note/United Artists | |||
| Producer | Jerry Goldstein with Lonnie Jordan and Howard Scott | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
Platinum Jazz is a double album, the ninth studio album by War, released on Blue Note Records in July 1977.[3]
The album is an unusual entry in War's discography in several aspects. Its first half is new material, while its second half is a compilation of tracks from previous albums. It is also the only record they made for Blue Note, a jazz label, which was then owned and controlled by their current label at the time, United Artists Records, so it was not a matter of changing labels or going outside of contract. And it is their first album to put an emphasis on instrumental jazz-based music, although some tracks have vocals. This album was apparently Blue Note's first Platinum Disc selling album.
A single from the album was issued, also on Blue Note: "L.A. Sunshine" backed with "Slowly We Walk Together"; both are edited versions. The Album was released as re-issue in UK, on Island Records, as Platinum Funk and as a single album with tracks as Side 1 - War is Coming War is Coming, I got you, L.A.Sunshine (Shortened to 8.40 from original 11.52) Side 2 River Niger, Slowly We Walk Together, Platinum Jazz
- ^ a b AllMusic review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "War: Platinum Jazz". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306804093. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ^ Umphred, Neal, Goldmine Price Guide to Collectibble Record Albums, Fifth Edition, 1996 (source of release date, though album has copyright date of 1977)