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True Blue (Hank Crawford album)

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Released
  
1964

Artist
  
Hank Crawford

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

True Blue (1964)
  
Dig These Blues (1965)

Release date
  
1964

Label
  
Rhino Atlantic

Recorded
  
June 7 and October 9, 1963 and March 19, 1964 NYC

Similar
  
Dig These Blues, Soul of the Ballad, More Soul, The Soul Clinic, Mr Blues Plays Lady Soul

True Blue is the fifth album led by saxophonist Hank Crawford featuring performances recorded in 1963 and 1964 for the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "This lesser-known Hank Crawford set has plenty of enjoyable numbers that fit into the R&Bish soul/jazz idiom."

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Crawford except as indicated

  1. "Shake-a-Plenty" - 2:36
  2. "Mellow Down" - 3:01
  3. "Read 'Em and Weep" - 3:15
  4. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) - 3:50
  5. "Save Your Love for Me" (Buddy Johnson) - 3:57
  6. "Skunky Green" - 2:37
  7. "Two Years of Torture" (Percy Mayfield, Charles Morris) - 4:27
  8. "Blues in Bloom" (Norman Mapp) - 4:14
  9. "Got You on My Mind" (Howard Biggs, Joe Thomas) - 3:12
  10. "Shooby" - 4:24

Personnel

  • Hank Crawford - alto saxophone
  • Julius Brooks (tracks 2, 4 & 8), Phil Guilbeau (tracks 3 & 5-7), John Hunt, Charlie Patterson (tracks 1, 9 & 10) - trumpet
  • Wilbur Brown (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 8-10), James Clay (tracks 3 & 5-7) - tenor saxophone
  • Leroy Cooper (tracks 2-8), Alexander Nelson (tracks 1, 9 & 10) - baritone saxophone
  • Sonny Forriest - guitar (tracks 3 & 5-7)
  • Charles Green (tracks 2, 4 & 8), Edgar Willis (tracks 3 & 5-7), Lewis Worrell (tracks 1, 9 & 10) - bass
  • Bruno Carr (tracks 3 & 5-7), Carl Lott (tracks 1, 9 & 10), Milt Turner (tracks 2, 4 & 8) - drums

    • Songs

    1Read 'Em And Weep3:16
    2Two Years Of Torture4:27
    3Save Your Love For Me3:57

    References

    True Blue (Hank Crawford album) Wikipedia
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