More Soul
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{{Infobox album
| name = More Soul
| type = studio
| artist = Hank Crawford
| cover = More_soul_hank_crawford_250px.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1961}}
| recorded = {{Start date|1960|10|07}}
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=38|s=10}}
| label = Atlantic
| producer = Nesuhi Ertegun
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = The Soul Clinic
| next_year = 1961
}}
More Soul is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Crawford. Atlantic Records released the album in 1961. More Soul is Crawford's first album as a leader, recorded on October 7, 1960 while he was the music director in Ray Charles' group. Charles provided the arrangement for the track "The Story."
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}
| rev2 = Penguin Guide to Jazz
|rev3 = DownBeat
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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." 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).
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."
Track listing
All titles arranged by Hank Crawford, except where indicated.
{{Track listing
| title1 = Boo's Tune
| writer1 = Moody
| length1 = 6:41
| title2 = Angel Eyes
| length2 = 6:34
| title3 = Four Five Six
| writer3 = Crawford
| length3 = 5:09
| title4 = The Story
| writer4 = Moody
| length4 = 4:43
| note4 = Charles, arr.
| title5 = Dat Dere
| length5 = 4:53
| title6 = Misty
| length6 = 5:34
| title7 = Sister Sadie
| writer7 = Silver
| length7 = 4:36
}}
Personnel
- Hank Crawford – alto saxophone, piano
- David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
- Leroy "Hog" Cooper – baritone saxophone
- Phillip Guilbeau – trumpet
- John Hunt – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Edgar Willis – bass
- Milt Turner – drums
Production
- Nesuhi Ertegun – producer
- Tom Dowd – engineer
- Phil Iehle – engineer
- Gary Kramer – liner notes
- Lee Friedlander – photography
- Loring Eutemey – cover design
References
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- {{Discogs release|release=838347|name=More Soul|type=album}}
- {{cite interview |last=Crawford |first=Hank |interviewer=Terry Gross |title=Hank Crawford, Memphis Rhythm King |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=100139098 |work=Fresh Air |publisher=NPR |date=2 February 2009 | origyear=1998 |accessdate=24 April 2014 |quote=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. }}
- {{Cite web | title=Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series | url=http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1300-series/#1356 | work=Jazz Discography Project | accessdate=24 April 2014 }}
- {{AllMusic | last=Jurek | first=Thom | class=album | tab=review | id=r137157 | label=More Soul: Review | accessdate=March 31, 2011 }}
- {{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|origyear = 1992|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0|pages = 316–317}}
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- {{AllMusic | class=album | tab=credits| id=r137157 | label=More Soul: Credits| accessdate=March 31, 2011 }}
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Category:Atlantic Records albums