Hank Crawford - Indigo Blue (1983) CD Rip

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Artist: Hank Crawford
Title: Indigo Blue
Year Of Release: 1983
Label: Milestone[0025218911924]
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 35:00
Total Size: 197 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01 - All Alone And Blue
02 - The Very Thought Of You
03 - Things Ain't What They Used To Be
04 - Funny
05 - Indigo Blue
06 - Just For A Thrill

Hank Crawford - Indigo Blue (1983) CD Rip

personnel :

Hank Crawford - alto sax, electric piano
Dr. John - piano, organ
Melvin Sparks - guitar
Wilbur Bascomb - bass
Bernard Purdie - drums
Martin Banks - trumpets
Danny Moor - trumpets
David Fathead - tenor sax
Newman - tenor sax
Howard Johnos - bariton sax

Hank Crawford's Indigo Blue was released in August of 1983, less than a year after his excellent comeback set, Midnight Ramble, and proves that his renewed sense of creativity was no fluke. Here he teams once more with Dr. John on piano and organ and drummer Bernard Purdie. Melvin Sparks took over the guitar chair from Calvin Newborn, and Wilber Bascombe, Jr. holds down the rhythm section on bass. In addition, a horn section that includes David "Fathead" Newman, Danny Moore, Howard Johnson, and Martin Banks, arranged by Crawford, follows the same recipe as Midnight Ramble. The performances here are solid, truly impressive. Crawford plays sweet and slow as well as honking mean in getting at the root source of straight-ahead jazz and soul-jazz: the blues. And speaking of blues, the opener, "All Alone and Blue," is a barrelhouse of nasty guitar and organ work with Crawford's alto walking the bar while playing a mean solo. It's quite a changeup to open a set with — but the only other thing you could do is close with it. This is followed by a gorgeous reading of Ray Noble's "The Very Thought of You," all slow, deep, and refined with only Crawford's alto allowed to bring in the edges. But there are more surprises as Crawford and band tackle Willie Nelson's "Funny" and reveal both the blues and jazz roots in the tune. The swing between Dr. John and Sparks in the title track is truly canny, and Crawford's response in blowing shows it. This one is in the cut, and the groove is everywhere. The bittersweet ballad "Just for a Thrill" ends the set, with some of the sweetest and most lyrical piano and alto playing either man had done on a record until that time. Indigo Blue is a winner; it's hungry and elegant, sophisticated and swaggering. It's a trademark recording by Hank Crawford.- Thom Jurek

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