''Soul Crib'' is an album by organist
Charlie Earland which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Choice label. Most of the tracks were reissued on
Muse Records
Muse Records was a jazz record company and label founded in New York City by Joe Fields (producer), Joe Fields in 1972.
Fields worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s. Several of the albums were previously released on Cobbleston ...
in 1977 with three tracks on ''
Smokin''' and three on ''
Mama Roots''.
Muse Records listing
accessed November 27, 2017
Reception
The AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
review by Wichael Erlewine simply stated "Earland with George Coleman on tenor sax, Jimmy Ponder on guitar, and Walter Perkins on drums".
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Earland except where noted
# " Soon It's Gonna Rain" (Harvey Schmidt
Harvey Lester Schmidt (September 12, 1929 – February 28, 2018) was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, '' The Fantasticks'', which ran of ...
, Tom Jones) – 7:30
# "Strangers in the Night
"Strangers in the Night" is a song composed by Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. Kaempfert originally used it under the title "Beddy Bye" as part of the instrumental score for the movie ''A Man Could Get ...
" (Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records and wrote the mus ...
, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
Edward Abraham Snyder (February 22, 1919 – March 10, 2011) was an American composer and songwriter. Snyder is credited with co-writing the English language lyrics and music for Frank Sinatra's 1966 hit, " Strangers in the Night".
Snyder was bo ...
) – 5:30
# " Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison
Willard Robison (September 18, 1894 – June 24, 1968) was an American vocalist, pianist, and composer of popular songs, born in Shelbina, Missouri. His songs reflect a rural, melancholy theme steeped in Americana and their warm style has ...
) – 5:30
# "The Dozens" – 2:50
# " Milestones #2" (Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musi ...
) – 3:30
# "Mus' Be LSD" – 6:30
# "Undecided
"Undecided" is a popular song written by Sid Robin and Charlie Shavers and published in 1938.
Recordings
*The first recording was made by John Kirby and The Onyx Club Boys on October 28, 1938, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 22 ...
" (Charlie Shavers
Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) was an American jazz trumpeter who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, Tommy Dorsey, and Billie Holiday ...
, Sid Robin) – 6:45
Personnel
* Charles Earland – organ
*George Coleman
George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master.
Early life
Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was ...
– tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
* Jimmy Ponder – guitar
* Walter Perkins – drums
References
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Charles Earland albums
1969 albums
Albums produced by Ozzie Cadena
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio