Night Beat (Hank Crawford album)

Night Beat is an album by saxophonist Hank Crawford, recorded in 1988 and released on the Milestone label the following year.[1][2][3]

Night Beat

Studio album by

Released

1989

Recorded

September and October, 1988

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Length

40:23

Milestone
M-9168/MCD-9168-2

Hank Crawford chronology

Steppin' Up
(1987)

Night Beat
(1989)

On the Blue Side
(1990)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

AllMusic's Scott Yanow called the album an "accessible and enjoyable soul-jazz outing".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Crawford except where noted

"For the Love of You" (The Isley Brothers) – 8:07
"Mobile Bay" (Mac Rebennack) – 5:01
"Midnight Fantasy" – 6:55
"K.C. Blues" (Charlie Parker) – 5:30
"What a Wonderful World" (George Douglas, George David Weiss) – 5:30
"Sleepin' on the Sidewalk" – 4:57
"Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 4:19

Personnel

Hank Crawford – alto saxophone, electric piano, arranger
Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff – trumpet
David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone, flute
Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone
Dr. John – piano, organ
Melvin Sparks – guitar
Wilbur Bascomb - bass
Bernard Purdie − drums, percussion

References

Jazzlists: album details, accessed October 23, 2018
Jazzlists:Milestone Records 9000 Series, accessed October 23, 2018
Both Sides Now: Milestone Label Discography, accessed October 23, 2018
Yanow, Scott. Hank Crawford: Night Beat – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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