Hank Crawford, whose distinctively funky and soulful saxophone was a staple in the Ray Charles band before it became widely recognized as a solo force in the jazz world, died last week at his home in Memphis. He was 74. “He has a rich, throbbing tone and a way of phrasing like a blues singer,” Jon Pareles wrote in The New York Times in 1986. “Mr. Crawford’s solos are artfully shaped, but they convey a naked emotionality.” Read more here.
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