We Got a Good Thing Going

1972 studio album by Hank Crawford

We Got a Good Thing Going

Studio album by

Hank Crawford

Released| 1972
Recorded| September 21 & 28 and October 10, 1972
Studio| Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre| Jazz
Length| 38:11
Label| Kudu
KU-08
Producer| Creed Taylor
Hank Crawford chronology
| Help Me Make It Through the Night
(1972)  | We Got a Good Thing Going
(1972)  | Wildflower
(1973)

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We Got a Good Thing Going is the thirteenth album led by the saxophonist Hank Crawford and his second release on the Kudu label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating, "Of Hank Crawford's somewhat erratic output for Kudu during 1971-78, this is the album to get. The Don Sebesky arrangements for strings and an oversized rhythm section fit Crawford's soulful style well and the altoist performs consistently strong material that was also commercially successful".[2]

## Track listing

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1. "We Got a Good Thing Going" (The Corporation) - 6:00
2. "I Don't Know" (Bill Withers) - 4:20
3. "Down to Earth" (Ron Miller, Avery Vandenberg) - 3:25
4. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Duke Ellington, Mack David) - 6:55
5. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:15
6. "Little Tear" (Don Sebesky) - 3:33
7. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 3:38
8. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 3:35
9. "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) - 3:30
10. "Dirt Dobbler" (Alfred Ellis) - 3:32
11. "Betcha by Golly, Wow" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) - 5:10
12. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) - 3:41
13. "Jazz Bridge" (Sebesky) - 2:50

## Personnel

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* Hank Crawford \- alto saxophone
* Richard Tee \- piano, electric piano, organ
* George Benson, Cornell Dupree \- electric guitar
* Ron Carter, Gordon Edwards - double bass, electric bass
* Bernard Purdie \- drums
* Phil Kraus - vibraphone, orchestra bells
* Art Jenkins - congas, tambourine
* Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice - violin
* Al Brown, Harold Coletta, Ted Israel - viola
* Charles McCracken, George Ricci - cello
* Margaret Ross - harp
* Bob James, Don Sebesky \- arranger, conductor

## References

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1. ^ Payne, D. Kudu Records discography accessed October 6, 2015
2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. We Got a Good Thing Going – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2015.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Albums|

* More Soul (1960)
* The Soul Clinic (1960 & 1961)
* From the Heart (1961 & 1962)
* Soul of the Ballad (1963)
* True Blue (1963 & 1964)
* Dig These Blues (1964 & 1965)
* After Hours (1965 & 1966)
* Mr. Blues (1965 & 1966)
* Double Cross (1965 & 1967)
* Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (1969)
* It's a Funky Thing to Do (1970)
* Help Me Make It Through the Night (1971 & 1972)
* We Got a Good Thing Going (1972)
* Wildflower (1973)
* Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing (1974)
* I Hear a Symphony (1975)
* Hank Crawford's Back (1976)
* Tico Rico (1977)
* Midnight Ramble (1982)
* Soul Survivors (with Jimmy McGriff, 1986)
* Mr. Chips (1986)
* Steppin' Up (with Jimmy McGriff, 1987)
* Night Beat (1988)
* On the Blue Side (with Jimmy McGriff, 1989)
* Groove Master (1990)
* Tight (1996)
* Road Tested (with Jimmy McGriff, 1997)
* After Dark (1998)
* Crunch Time (with Jimmy McGriff, 1998)
* The World of Hank Crawford (2000)

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