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| 1. | The Compendium Suite
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| 2. | Miss April
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| 3. | Impossible
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| 4. | I Knew Prez
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| 5. | Smooth Groove
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Jazz
Ray Crawford - Guitar
Ben Tucker - Bass
Cecil Payne - Sax (Baritone)
Frankie Dunlop - Drums
Johnny Coles - Trumpet
Junior Mance - Piano
* Alan Bates - Liner Notes, Producer
* Bob d'Orleans - Engineer
* Malcolm Walker - Cover Design, Design
* Mark Weber - Liner Notes, Photography, Sleeve Photo
* Nat Hentoff - Supervisor
Guitarist Ray Crawford, best known for his associations with pianist Ahmad Jamal and organist Jimmy Smith, only led one session in his early years. Because the Candid label soon went bankrupt, the set went unreleased altogether until this 1988 CD. Comprised of five Crawford originals, the session finds the guitarist playing fairly advanced hard bop with trumpeter Johnny Coles, baritonist Cecil Payne (in top form), pianist Junior Mance, bassist Ben Tucker, and drummer Frankie Dunlop. Everyone sounds fine, making one regret that this set fell between the cracks for so many years.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Ray Crawford
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s
Born: Feb 07, 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died: Dec 30, 1997 in Pittsburgh, PA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop
Ray Crawford played tenor and clarinet with Fletcher Henderson during 1941-1943 but tuberculosis forced him to give them up. He switched to guitar and was an important part of Ahmad Jamal's early groups (1949-1955); his ability to make his guitar sound like bongos by hitting it was soon adopted by Herb Ellis. Crawford also recorded with Gil Evans (1959-1960), played off and on with Jimmy Smith from 1958 into the 1980s, and in the '60s settled in Los Angeles. He led fairly obscure records for Candid (1961, but not released until the '80s), Dobre (1977), and United National (1978).
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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