"Davell Crawford has been playing piano since he was seven and first toured Europe in his early teens. and he was only 21 when he played the organ exclusively on The B-3 and Me. This soul-jazz/hard bop CD showed the New Orleans native to have a Smith-based approach to the instrument, and there isn't much to set B-3 apart from the many similar organ-combo recordings that had come out 30 and 35 years earlier. But while Crawford (whose competent backing includes tenor saxman Clarence Johnson III and drummer Shannon Powell) won't win many awards for innovation, he's likable and consistently swinging ..." (AMG)
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Tracks: VBR
1. Ooh Wee Sugar (4:12)
2. Struttin' (7:07)
3. The Cat (5:57)
4. Stormy Weather (6:57)
5. House That Jack Built (7:01)
6. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (4:00)
7. Uptown (6:38)
8. I Can't Stop Loving You (9:01)
9. I Can't Give You Anything but Love (4:45)
10. Hallelujah I Love Her So (8:48)
Thanks for sharing this!
My mini review:
Crawford is very, very good playing ballads (top-notch!) and he has a really fine-tuned ear regarding sounds you can get from the B-3. He has dived deep into his B-3 drawbar registrations, Leslie speeds, Percussion settings, etc, no doubt about it.
This record would be better without the sax.
I do not agree with AMG that Crawford has a Jimmy Smith-based approach to the instrument. I say that Crawford instead comes from the gospel tradition.
/Jazz Organ Fan
Thank you JOF as always. your comment or review is somehow ... addictive.
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