Hank Crawford
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bennie Ross "Hank" Crawford, Jr.
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- Heart and Soul (2 CDs)
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Bennie Ross "Hank" Crawford, Jr. (21 December 1934 – 29 January 2009) was an American R&B, hard bop, jazz-funk, soul jazz, alto saxophonist, arranger and songwriter. Crawford was musical director for Ray Charles before embarking on a solo career, during which he released many well-regarded albums for jazz record labels CTI Records and then Milestone Records. Crawford was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He began formal piano studies at age nine and was soon playing for his church choir. <a href="htt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ross
- Family name
- Crawford
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Place of death
- Memphis
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Tennessee State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- alto saxophone
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Image
- Hankcrawford.jpg
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- cause of death
- cerebrovascular disease
- Commons category
- Hank Crawford
- date of birth
- 1934-12-21
- date of death
- 2009-01-29
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- birth name
- Bennie Ross Crawford, Jr.
- pseudonym
- Hank Crawford
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