Night Beat (Hank Crawford album)

Night Beat is an album by saxophonist Hank Crawford, recorded in 1988 and released on the Milestone label the following year.[1][2][3]

Night Beat
Studio album by
Released1989
RecordedSeptember and October, 1988
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length40:23
LabelMilestone
M-9168/MCD-9168-2
ProducerBob Porter
Hank Crawford chronology
Steppin' Up
(1987)
Night Beat
(1989)
On the Blue Side
(1990)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings     [5]

AllMusic's Scott Yanow called the album an "accessible and enjoyable soul-jazz outing".[4]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Hank Crawford except where noted

  1. "For the Love of You" (The Isley Brothers) – 8:07
  2. "Mobile Bay" (Mac Rebennack) – 5:01
  3. "Midnight Fantasy" – 6:55
  4. "K.C. Blues" (Charlie Parker) – 5:30
  5. "What a Wonderful World" (George Douglas, George David Weiss) – 5:30
  6. "Sleepin' on the Sidewalk" – 4:57
  7. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 4:19

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jazzlists: album details, accessed October 23, 2018
  2. ^ Jazzlists:Milestone Records 9000 Series, accessed October 23, 2018
  3. ^ Both Sides Now: Milestone Label Discography, accessed October 23, 2018
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Hank Crawford: Night Beat – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.