Cracklin'

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{{Infobox album

| name = Cracklin'

| type = Studio

| artist = Roy Haynes with Booker Ervin

| cover = Cracklin'.jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1963|7}}

| recorded = April 6, 1963

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

| genre = Jazz, hard bop

| length = 40:53

| label = New Jazz
NJLP 8286

| producer = Ozzie Cadena

| chronology = Roy Haynes

| prev_title = Out of the Afternoon

| prev_year = 1962

| next_title = Cymbalism

| next_year = 1963

}}

Cracklin' is an album recorded by American jazz drummer Roy Haynes with tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin and released in July 1963 by Prestige Records.{{cite news |title=Prestige & Subsids Bow New Product|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1963/CB-1963-07-06-OCR-Page-0037.pdf|access-date=15 April 2020|work=Cash Box|publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co.|location=New York|date=July 6, 1963}}[http://www.jazzdisco.org/roy-haynes/discography/#630406 Roy Haynes discography] on Jazzdisco.org. Accessed March 28, 2014

The two tracks written by pianist Ronnie Mathews–"Honeydew" and "Dorian"– were also released on single by the parent Prestige label.{{Discogs release|id=5752382|name= Roy Haynes – "Honey Dew" (45-264)|type=single}}

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=675}}

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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating: "Most of drummer Roy Haynes' dates as a leader put the focus on a star soloist... Ervin's unique sound, soulful yet very advanced, is well showcased".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/cracklin-mw0000626437 Allmusic Review] accessed March 28, 2014

Track listing

  1. "Scoochie" (Booker Ervin) – 5:53
  2. "Dorian" (Ronnie Mathews) – 6:48
  3. "Sketch of Melba" (Randy Weston) – 7:37
  4. "Honeydew" (Mathews) – 3:46
  5. "Under Paris Skies" (Hubert Giraud) – 7:40
  6. "Bad News Blues" (Roy Haynes) – 6:49

Personnel

References