Help Me Make It Through the Night (Hank Crawford album)

Help Me Make It Through the Night
Studio album by Hank Crawford
Released	1972
Recorded	August 1971 and January 1972
Studio	Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:02
Label	Kudu KU-06
Producer	Creed Taylor
Hank Crawford chronology
It's a Funky Thing to Do (1971) Help Me Make It Through the Night (1972) We Got a Good Thing Going (1972)

Help Me Make It Through the Night is the twelfth album led by saxophonist Hank Crawford and his first released on the Kudu label in 1972.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "This 1972 set by Crawford is an exemplary portrait of his movin' and groovin' style".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Kris Kristofferson) - 5:40
2. "Brian's Song" (Michel Legrand) - 3:25
3. "Uncle Funky" (Hank Crawford) - 5:32
4. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (John Moon Elliott, Inez James) - 2:48
5. "Go Away Little Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 4:20
6. "Imagine" (John Lennon) - 4:05
7. "Ham" (Pee Wee Ellis) - 3:07
8. "The Sun Died" (Hubert Giraud, Pierre Delanoë, Ray Charles, Ann Gregory) - 4:05

Personnel

• Hank Crawford - alto saxophone
• Al DeRisi, Snooky Young - trumpet (track 7)
• Wayne Andre - trombone (track 7)
• Grover Washington, Jr. - tenor saxophone (track 7)
• Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (track 7)
• Richard Tee - piano, electric piano, organ
• Cornell Dupree (tracks 1-6 & 8), Eric Gale (track 7) - electric guitar
• Ron Carter - bass, electric bass
• Phil Kraus - vibraphone (tracks 1, 4 & 5)
• Idris Muhammad (track 7), Bernard Purdie (tracks 1-6 & 8) - drums
• Airto Moreira - percussion (track 7)
• Bernard Eichen, Felix Giglio, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Gene Orloff, Max Polikoff, Rlliot Rosoff - violin (tracks 1-6 & 8)
• Alfred Brown, Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi - viola (tracks 1-6 & 8)
• Charles McCracken, George Ricci - cello (tracks 1-6 & 8)
• Pee Wee Ellis (track 7), Don Sebesky (tracks 1-6 & 8) - arranger, conductor

References

1. Payne, D. Kudu Records discography accessed October 6, 2015
2. Jurek, Thom. Help Me Make It Through the Night – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2015.