| More Soul | ||||
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| Studio album by Hank Crawford | ||||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | October 7, 1960 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:10 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
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More Soul is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Crawford. Atlantic Records released the album in 1961. [1] More Soul is Crawford's first album as a leader, [2] recorded on October 7, 1960 [3] while he was the music director in Ray Charles' group. [4] Charles provided the arrangement for the track "The Story." [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
| DownBeat | [6] |
Thom Jurek of allmusic gives the album a three-and-a-half star rating (of a possible five), noting that "[t]he material is swinging, front-ended, soul-inflected hard bop with tunes arranged by Crawford" and that "Crawford's tone as a soloist is sweet yet edgy and raw, full of emotion and warmth." [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz describes the album as "sonorous and churchy in the Brother Ray mode…" and gives the album a three-star rating (of a possible four). [5]
In his five-star 1961 review for DownBeat , Ralph J. Gleason praised the album, saying, "I played it more than 20 times in the first 48 hours it was in my possession." He called it "one of the very best small-band albums in years and by all odds the best one this year." [6]
All titles arranged by Hank Crawford, except where indicated. [2]
Bennie Ross "Hank" Crawford, Jr. was an American alto saxophonist, pianist, arranger and songwriter whose genres ranged from R&B, hard bop, jazz-funk, and soul jazz. Crawford was musical director for Ray Charles before embarking on a solo career releasing many well-regarded albums for labels such as Atlantic, CTI and Milestone.
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The musical turning point in his life came in 1958 when Ray Charles asked him to play baritone in his band. Crawford eventually switched to alto and in 1960 became the band's music director. Three years later, he left Ray Charles to lead his own band.
