Midnight Ramble (album)
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Midnight Ramble is a soul-jazz album by saxophonist Hank Crawford
. Released in 1982, it was his first recording for Milestone Records
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Hank Crawford
Bennie Ross "Hank" Crawford, Jr. was an American R&B, hard bop, jazz-funk, soul jazz alto saxophonist, arranger and songwriter...
. Released in 1982, it was his first recording for Milestone Records
Milestone Records
Milestone Records is a United States based jazz record label, founded in 1966 by Orrin Keepnews and Dick Katz in New York City. The company was incorporated into Fantasy Records in 1972, since then it has been used for reissues as well as for new recordings....
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Track listing
- "Midnight Ramble"
- "Forever Mine"
- "Theme for Basie"
- "Sister C"
- "Street of Dreams"
- "Next Time You See MeNext Time You See Me"Next Time You See Me" is a blues song recorded in 1956 by Junior Parker . The song was Parker's first record chart appearance after joining Duke Records and one of his most successful singles in both the R&B and pop charts...
" - "Deep River"
Personnel
- Hank Crawford - alto saxophone, electric piano
- David “Fathead” Newman - tenor saxophone
- Howard JohnsonHoward Johnson (jazz musician)Howard Lewis Johnson in Montgomery, Alabama, is an American jazz musician known mainly for his work on tuba and baritone saxophone, although he also plays the bass clarinet, trumpet and other reed instruments....
- baritone saxophone - Waymon ReedWaymon ReedWaymon Reed was an American jazz trumpeter. While he was principally a bebop soloist, he also did work in R&B....
- trumpet - Charlie Miller - trumpet
- Dick GriffinDick GriffinDick Griffin is an American trombonist known for his work in free jazz, especially with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the Sun Ra Arkestra, and Charles Mingus...
- trombone - Calvin NewbornCalvin NewbornCalvin Newborn is an American jazz guitarist.-Career:He is the brother of pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. , with whom he recorded between 1953 and 1958. They also formed an R&B band, with their father Phineas Newborn Sr. on drums and Tuff Green on bass...
- guitar - Dr. JohnDr. JohnMalcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...
- piano, organ - Charles "Flip" Greene - bass
- Bernard PurdieBernard PurdieBernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie is an American session drummer, and is considered an influential and innovative exponent of funk...
- drums