The Crawl (Mickey Tucker album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Crawl
| type = Studio
| artist = Mickey Tucker
| cover = The Crawl.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1980
| recorded = May 16, 1979
CI Recording Studio, New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Muse
MR 5223
| producer = Mitch Farber
| chronology = Mickey Tucker
| prev_title = Theme for a Woogie Boogie
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Blues in Five Dimensions
| next_year = 1989
}}
The Crawl is an album by pianist Mickey Tucker which was recorded in 1979 and released on the Muse label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records discography] accessed May 2, 2014
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 194
}}
}}
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars stating "Tucker plays decent piano and outstanding organ, and it's the organ solos and accompaniment that generate the infrequent sparks".Wynn, R., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-crawl-mw0000864601 Allmusic listing], accessed May 2, 2014
Track listing
All compositions by Mickey Tucker except as indicated
- "The Crawl" - 6:48
- "It Could Be, If It Was, But It Ain't" - 7:17
- "Just a Thought for Love" - 4:05
- "June Bug, June Bug; Where You Fly?" - 6:05
- "Pisces Brothers" (Roy Brooks) - 8:35
- "Marcus Tiberius and the Gladiator" - 4:02
Personnel
- Mickey Tucker - piano
- Marcus Belgrave - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Slide Hampton - trombone
- Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
- Ted Dunbar - guitar (track 1)
- Earl May - bass
- Billy Hart - drums
References
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