You Say
click on a star to rate
click on a star to rate
It's a Funky Thing to Do
Released: Dec 7, 2004
Label: N\A
Released: Dec 7, 2004
Label: N\A
It's a Funky Thing to Do was Hank Crawford's final recording for Atlantic after a commercially successful ten-year run. The soulful altoist is backed by a funky rhythm section (either Eric Gale or...
Continue[+]
You Say
click on a star to rate
click on a star to rate
Dig These Blues/After Hours
Released: Nov 9, 2004
Label: N\A
Released: Nov 9, 2004
Label: N\A
This is one smokin' two-fer. Two of Hank Crawford's finest albums are packaged here on a single disc. Both issued in the mid-'60s, they showcase Crawford in fine company and wonderful contrast. Dig...
Continue[+]
You Say
click on a star to rate
click on a star to rate
The Best of Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff
Released: Nov 14, 2001
Label: N\A
Released: Nov 14, 2001
Label: N\A
Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff didn't co-lead a studio date until 1986, when Bob Porter (one of the top producers in the soul-jazz field) produced their Soul Survivors album for Milestone. But...
Continue[+]
You Say
click on a star to rate
click on a star to rate
True Blue/Double Cross
Released: Aug 14, 2001
Label: N\A
Released: Aug 14, 2001
Label: N\A
This two-fer from Collectables features a pair of out of print Hank Crawford LPs: True Blue and Double Cross, originally issued in 1964 and 1968, respectively. These 18 soul-jazz tracks include...
Continue[+]
You Say
click on a star to rate
click on a star to rate
I Hear a Symphony - JAPAN
Released: Jul 25, 2001
Label: N\A
Released: Jul 25, 2001
Label: N\A
Hank Crawford's June 1975 date was an attempt to swing for the same fences that cats like Grover Washington had sailed over the year before with Mister Magic, and had crossed again a month before...
Continue[+]
You Say
click on a star to rate
click on a star to rate
You Say
click on a star to rate
click on a star to rate
The World of Hank Crawford
Released: Jul 18, 2000
Label: N\A
Released: Jul 18, 2000
Label: N\A
Rather than stick completely with the down-home soul-jazz rituals that have served him well in his previous several releases, Crawford mixes up his pitches in this more-inclusively titled outing --...
Continue[+]
You Say
click on a star to rate
click on a star to rate
Soul Clinic/Blues Shout
Released: Jul 27, 1999
Label: N\A
Released: Jul 27, 1999
Label: N\A
The labels "soul" and "blues" don't exactly tell the story on this reissue of a 1960 session by saxophonist/flutist Leo Wright and a 1961 date by alto player Hank Crawford. The Crawford set is...
Continue[+]
You Say
click on a star to rate
click on a star to rate
Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul
Released: May 18, 1999
Label: N\A
Released: May 18, 1999
Label: N\A
When Ray Charles' musical director has the words "blues" and "soul" in large type on the covers of his own releases, there's a strong chance that's what the listener will find inside. They're...
Continue[+]
You Say
click on a star to rate
click on a star to rate
Crunch Time
Released: Mar 9, 1999
Label: N\A
Released: Mar 9, 1999
Label: N\A
Over at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Jersey, it's just like 1969 in the '90s with soul-jazz sessions bursting forth at a more leisurely yet no less insistent clip. This can only mean that Hank...
Continue[+]