Dig These Blues

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Dig These Blues
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Studio album by
Released1966
RecordedApril 13 and December 10, 1964 and February 11, 1965
NYC
Genre Jazz
Length35:32
Label Atlantic
SD 1436
Producer Nesuhi Ertegun and Arif Mardin
Hank Crawford chronology
True Blue
(1964)
Dig These Blues
(1966)
After Hours
(1966)

Dig These Blues is the sixth album led by saxophonist Hank Crawford featuring performances recorded in 1964 and 1965 for the Atlantic label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Crawford except as indicated

  1. "Dig These Blues" - 4:34
  2. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 5:04
  3. "Banana Head" - 3:00
  4. "H.C. Blues" - 2:50
  5. "These Tears" - 2:37
  6. "Hollywood Blues" - 3:20
  7. "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield. Clarence Williams) - 5:48
  8. "New Blues" (Phineas Newborn, Jr.) - 4:25
  9. "Bluff City Blues" - 3:54

Personnel

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References

  1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series accessed October 2, 2015
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed October 2, 2015