True Blue (Hank Crawford album) explained

True Blue
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Hank Crawford
Cover:	True Blue (Hank Crawford album).jpg
Released:	1964
Recorded:	June 7 and October 9, 1963 and March 19, 1964 NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Atlantic SD 1423
Producer:	Nesuhi Ertegun
Chronology:	Hank Crawford
Prev Title:	Soul of the Ballad
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Dig These Blues
Next Year:	1965

True Blue is the fifth album led by saxophonist Hank Crawford featuring performances recorded in 1963 and 1964 for the Atlantic label.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1400-series/#1423 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series