Still Hard Times
{{Infobox album
| name = Still Hard Times
| type = Studio album
| artist = David "Fathead" Newman
| cover = Still Hard Times.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1982
| recorded = April 14, 1982
| venue =
| studio = Sound Heights Studio, Brooklyn, NY
| genre = Jazz
| length = 49:21 CD release with bonus tracks
| label = Muse
MR/MCD 5283
| producer = Michael Cuscuna
| chronology = David "Fathead" Newman
| prev_title = Resurgence!
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Heads Up
| next_year = 1987
}}
Still Hard Times is an album by American jazz saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman recorded in 1982 and released on the Muse label.[http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Still_Hard_Times_DN.htm Jazzlists: David Newman discography - album details] accessed November 27, 2018[http://mrmanri.la.coocan.jp/DavidNewman/index.html David "Fathead" Newman Incomplete Discography] accessed November 27, 2018[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5250.htm Jazzlists: Muse LP series discography: 5250 to 5299] accessed November 27, 2018[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/david-fathead-newman/ Enciclopedia del Jazz; David "Fathead Newman] accessed November 29, 2018
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
}}
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".{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000208014|first= Scott|last=Yanow|label= David "Fathead" Newman: Still Hard Times: Review|accessdate=November 27, 2018}}
Track listing
All compositions by David "Fathead" Newman except where noted
- "Shana" – 4:55
- "Blisters" (Hank Crawford) – 5:08
- "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:55
- "To Love Again" (Crawford) – 4:55
- "Still Hard Times" – 6:00
- "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 5:47
- "Shana" [alternative take] – 5:18 Additional track on CD release
- "To Love Again" [alternative take] (Crawford) – 5:03 Additional track on CD release
- "Still Hard Times" [alternative take] – 6:20 Additional track on CD release
Personnel
- David Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
- Hank Crawford – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, & 4–9)
- Charlie Miller – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7–9)
- Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7–9)
- Steve Nelson – vibraphone (tracks 3 & 6)
- Larry Willis – piano
- Walter Booker – bass
- Jimmy Cobb – drums
References
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