Still Hard Times

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Still Hard Times
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Studio album by
David "Fathead" Newman
Released1982
RecordedApril 14, 1982
StudioSound Heights Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Genre Jazz
Length49:21CD release with bonus tracks
Label Muse
MR/MCD 5283
Producer Michael Cuscuna
David "Fathead" Newman chronology
Resurgence!
(1981)		Still Hard Times
(1982)		 Heads Up
(1987)

Still Hard Times is an album by American jazz saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman recorded in 1982 and released on the Muse label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Reception

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In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow stated: "Newman has a particularly strong supporting cast. ... The music is soulful, swinging, and full of honest feeling, with Newman and Crawford heard in prime form". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by David "Fathead" Newman except where noted

  1. "Shana" – 4:55
  2. "Blisters" (Hank Crawford) – 5:08
  3. "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:55
  4. "To Love Again" (Crawford) – 4:55
  5. "Still Hard Times" – 6:00
  6. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 5:47
  7. "Shana" [alternative take] – 5:18 Additional track on CD release
  8. "To Love Again" [alternative take] (Crawford) – 5:03 Additional track on CD release
  9. "Still Hard Times" [alternative take] – 6:20 Additional track on CD release

Personnel

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