Help Me Make It Through the Night (Hank Crawford album)
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | August 1971 and January 1972 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:02 | |||
| Label | Kudu KU-06 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
| Hank Crawford chronology | ||||
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Help Me Make It Through the Night is the twelfth album led by saxophonist Hank Crawford and his first released on the Kudu label in 1972.[1]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "This 1972 set by Crawford is an exemplary portrait of his movin' and groovin' style".[2]
Track listing
[edit]- "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Kris Kristofferson) - 5:40
- "Brian's Song" (Michel Legrand) - 3:25
- "Uncle Funky" (Hank Crawford) - 5:32
- "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (John Moon Elliott, Inez James) - 2:48
- "Go Away Little Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 4:20
- "Imagine" (John Lennon) - 4:05
- "Ham" (Pee Wee Ellis) - 3:07
- "The Sun Died" (Hubert Giraud, Pierre Delanoë, Ray Charles, Ann Gregory) - 4:05
Personnel
[edit]- Hank Crawford - alto saxophone
- Al DeRisi, Snooky Young - trumpet (track 7)
- Wayne Andre - trombone (track 7)
- Grover Washington, Jr. - tenor saxophone (track 7)
- Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (track 7)
- Richard Tee - piano, electric piano, organ
- Cornell Dupree (tracks 1-6 & 8), Eric Gale (track 7) - electric guitar
- Ron Carter - bass, electric bass
- Phil Kraus - vibraphone (tracks 1, 4 & 5)
- Idris Muhammad (track 7), Bernard Purdie (tracks 1-6 & 8) - drums
- Airto Moreira - percussion (track 7)
- Bernard Eichen, Felix Giglio, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Gene Orloff, Max Polikoff, Rlliot Rosoff - violin (tracks 1-6 & 8)
- Alfred Brown, Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi - viola (tracks 1-6 & 8)
- Charles McCracken, George Ricci - cello (tracks 1-6 & 8)
- Pee Wee Ellis (track 7), Don Sebesky (tracks 1-6 & 8) - arranger, conductor
References
[edit]- ^ Payne, D. Kudu Records discography accessed October 6, 2015
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Help Me Make It Through the Night – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
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