True Blue is the fifth album led by saxophonist Hank Crawford featuring performances recorded in 1963 and 1964 for the Atlantic label.Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series accessed October 2, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "This lesser-known Hank Crawford set has plenty of enjoyable numbers that fit into the R&Bish soul/jazz idiom."
Track listing All compositions by Hank Crawford except as indicated "Shake-a-Plenty" - 2:36 "Mellow Down" - 3:01 "Read 'Em and Weep" - 3:15 "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) - 3:50 "Save Your Love for Me" (Buddy Johnson) - 3:57 "Skunky Green" - 2:37 "Two Years of Torture" (Percy Mayfield, Charles Morris) - 4:27 "Blues in Bloom" (Norman Mapp) - 4:14 "Got You on My Mind" (Howard Biggs, Joe Thomas) - 3:12 "Shooby" - 4:24
Personnel Hank Crawford - alto saxophone Julius Brooks (tracks 2, 4 & 8), Phil Guilbeau (tracks 3 & 5–7), John Hunt, Charlie Patterson (tracks 1, 9 & 10) - trumpet Wilbur Brown (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 8–10), James Clay (tracks 3 & 5–7) - tenor saxophone Leroy Cooper (tracks 2–8), Alexander Nelson (tracks 1, 9 & 10) - baritone saxophone Sonny Forriest - guitar (tracks 3 & 5–7) Charles Green (tracks 2, 4 & 8), Edgar Willis (tracks 3 & 5–7), Lewis Worrell (tracks 1, 9 & 10) - bass Bruno Carr (tracks 3 & 5–7), Carl Lott (tracks 1, 9 & 10), Milt Turner (tracks 2, 4 & 8) - drums
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