Hank Crawford
Help Me Make it Through the Night
KUDU (US) 1972
KU-0 (LP)
sleeve : VG+(SRW, SOC, SPSE/TOC: crack and tape on bottom, wear and collapse on corner.)
media : EX-/EX(some slightly noise. side A has one long and slightly hairline that does not affect to sounds.)
This 1972 album by American alto saxophonist Hank Crawford—an artist who thrived across a wide range of Black music genres, from hard bop to R&B—features an impressive lineup including Cornell Dupree (g), Idris Muhammad (ds), Bernard Purdie (ds), Richard Tee (og, p), Ron Carter (b), Airto Moreira (perc), Grover Washington, Jr. (ts), and Pepper Adams (bs), among many others associated with the CTI label. The album presents instrumental Black music characteristic of the label, with its distinct clarity of sound, ranging from funky soul jazz and blues to mood-driven jazz featuring string orchestra arrangements.