True Blue (Hank Crawford album)

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

True Blue
Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedJune 7 and October 9, 1963 and March 19, 1964
NYC
GenreJazz
LabelAtlantic
SD 1423
ProducerNesuhi Ertegun
Hank Crawford chronology
Soul of the Ballad
(1963)
True Blue
(1964)
Dig These Blues
(1965)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

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."[2]

Track listing

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series accessed October 2, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. True Blue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2015.