Tight
Studio album by
Hank Crawford
Released1996
RecordedApril 8 and 29 & May 13, 1996
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length47:39
LabelMilestone
MCD-9259-2
ProducerBob Porter
Hank Crawford chronology
Blues Groove
(1995)		 Tight
(1996)		 Road Tested
(1997)

Tight is an album by saxophonist Hank Crawford recorded in 1996 and released on the Milestone label.[1][2][3]

Reception

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

Allmusic's Michael G. Nastos called it: "a clear effort to sell some records" and noted "this commercially inclined recording is all right, not his most essential, but likable in many more spots than not".[4] In JazzTimes, Ron Welburn wrote "Mr. Crawford is immersed in his grooves. Pyrotechnical wails are not associated with his recordings ... Consistency of a groove, however, remains his abiding principle, so much that Hank Crawford seems incapable of spoiling a good thing".[6] On All About Jazz, Douglas Payne stated "Here's a most pleasant surprise from the familiar tenor of Hank Crawford - a terrific collection of familiar soul/jazz tunes worthy of his deeply soulful skills and abundant talent ... a welcome return of one of the most revered sounds in soulful jazz".[7]

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Crawford except where noted

  1. "I Had a Dream" (Hubert Laws) – 7:23
  2. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn) – 4:56
  3. "Breezin'" (Bobby Womack) – 5:56
  4. "Don't Start Nuttin', Won't Be Nuttin'" (Melvin Sparks) – 7:47
  5. "Mona Lisa" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:29
  6. "Little Sunflower" (Freddie Hubbard) – 7:18
  7. "Everything I Have Is Yours" (Burton Lane, Harold Adamson) – 6:13
  8. "Manhattan Blues" (Hank Crawford) – 4:37

Personnel

References

  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. 1 2 Nastos, Michael G.. Hank Crawford: Tight – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ↑ Welburn, R. JazzTimes Review, accessed October 23, 2018
  7. ↑ Payne, D. All About Jazz Review, accessed October 23, 2018
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