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| 1. | Centerpiece
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| 2. | Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You
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| 3. | Breezin'
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| 4. | I Had a Dream
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| 5. | I Can't Stand It
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| 6. | Frame for the Blues
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Jazz
Hank Crawford - Arranger, Conductor, Piano, Producer, Sax (Alto)
Calvin Newborn - Guitar (Electric)
Alex Foster - Sax (Tenor)
Billy Kaye - Drums
Crusher Bennett - Percussion
Howard Glover "Johnny" Johnson - Sax (Baritone)
Joseph J. Shepley - Trumpet
Mario E. Sprouse - Post Production Supervisor, String Arrangements, String Ensemble, Strings
Michael Lawrence - Trumpet
Warren Chiasson - Vibraphone
* Aldo Venturacci - Art Direction
* Bill Dahl - Liner Notes
* Chuck Stewart - Photography
* Llew Horowitz - Engineer
* Michael Lauzardo - Graphic Design
* Neal Pozner - Design
* Paul Klein - Reissue Producer
* Roger Kash - Project Coordinator
* Ted Brosnan - Assistant Engineer
* Vladimir Meller - Mastering
This little-known Hank Crawford LP was a transitional record between his long associations with Kudu and Milestone. More straightahead than his Kudu dates, the program is highlighted by the Harry "Sweets" Edison blues "Centerpiece," "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" and Slide Hampton's "Frame for the Blues." In addition to Crawford (who splits his time between his soulful alto and a Fender Rhodes electric piano), guitarist Calvin Newborne (the brother of pianist Phineas) has plenty of solo space. Crawford provided the arrangements for a five-piece horn section and the results are soulful and pleasing.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Hank Crawford
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Dec 21, 1934 in Memphis, TN
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Crossover Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz-Funk, R&B, Soul-Jazz
With an unmistakable blues wail, full of emotion and poignancy, altoist Hank Crawford bridges the gap between that tradition and that of jazz more completely than any other living horn player. Born in Memphis, Crawford was steeped in the blues tradition from an early age. He began playing piano but switched to alto when his father brought one home from the army. He claims his early influences as Louis Jordan, Earl Bostic, and Johnny Hodges. Crawford hung out with Phineas Newborn, Jr., Booker Little, and George Coleman in high school. Upon graduating, Crawford played in bands fronted by Ike Turner, B.B. King, Junior Parker, and Bobby "Blue" Bland at Memphis' Palace Theater and Club Paradise. In 1958 Crawford went to college in Nashville where he met Ray Charles. Charles hired Crawford originally as a baritone saxophonist. Crawford switched to alto in 1959 and remained with Charles' band -- becoming its musical director -- until 1963. The phrasing and voicings he learned there proved invaluable to him as the hallmark of his own sound. He also wrote and arranged a tune for Charles. The cut, "Sherry," his first for the band, was put on the Live at Newport album. Crawford cut a slew solo albums for Atlantic while with the band, and when he formed his group, he remained with the label until 1970. He signed with Creed Taylor's Kudu in 1971 and cut a series of fusion-y groove jazz dates through 1982. In 1983 he moved to Milestone and returned to form as a premier arranger, soloist, and composer, writing for small bands -- that included guitarist Melvin Sparks, organist Jimmy McGriff, and Dr. John -- as well as large. Crawford has been constantly active since then, as a leader and sideman, recording the best music of his long career.
---Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Calvin Newborn
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1933
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Jazz Blues
The often overlooked brother of Phineas Newborn, guitarist Calvin Newborn has almost as much command of his instrument as his pianist sibling. He's an excellent melodic interpreter, plays with great fluidity and blues sensibility, and can smoothly execute complex chord progressions or subtly accompany vocalists. Newborn's problem has been a lack of a recorded legacy and his willingess to remain in Memphis, where he's played in local clubs and with various groups in the '70s,'80s and '90s. Newborn worked and recorded with his brother from 1953 to 1958, and a year later joined Earl Hines.' Newborn recorded with Hines in 1960, and toured and recorded with Lionel Hampton in both New York and Paris, as well as Jimmy Forrest, Wild Bill Davis, Al Grey and Freddie Roach in the early '60s. Newborn also did his own date for Rooster in the '70s. Unfortunately, virtually everything he's done is no longer available and hasn't been reissued on disc.
---Ron Wynn, All Music Guide |
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