{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Groove Master | type = Album | artist = Hank Crawford | cover = Groove Master.jpg | alt = | released = 1990 | recorded = January and March, 1990 | venue = | studio = Giant Studios, NYC | genre = Jazz | length = 44:00 | label = Milestone<small><br>M-9182/MCD-9182-2</small> | producer = Bob Porter | chronology = Hank Crawford | prev_title = On the Blue Side | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Bossa International | next_year = 1990 }}
'''''Groove Master''''' is an album by saxophonist Hank Crawford recorded in 1990 and released on the Milestone label.<ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Groove_Master.htm Jazzlists: album details], accessed October 23, 2018</ref><ref name="Milestone discography">[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Milestone_9150.htm Jazzlists:Milestone Records 9000 Series], accessed October 23, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.bsnpubs.com/new/milestone.pdf Both Sides Now: Milestone Label Discography], accessed October 23, 2018</ref>
== Reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" /> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}} <ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=317}}</ref> }} Allmusic's Scott Yanow stated: "Hank Crawford always puts a lot of passion into each note he plays. On this set of blues and soulful ballads, Crawford caresses each melody as usual but the lack of tempo variations and the generally so-so material keep this from being one of his more essential recordings. ... Although a pleasant enough listen, Hank Crawford has recorded many more significant dates than ''Groove Master''".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott|last=Yanow|class=album |id= mw0000309467 |title=Hank Crawford: ''Groove Master'' – Review |accessdate=October 23, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing== # "Grown and Gone" (Hank Crawford) – 5:11 # "There Is a Way" (Gloria Coleman) – 4:11 # "Blues for the Red Boy" (Todd Rhodes) – 7:06 # "Saving All My Love for You" (Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin) – 4:22 # "Bluebird" (Charlie Parker) – 6:01 # "A Toast to Lovers" (Danny Overbea) – 6:05 # "Holy Moly" (Melvin Sparks) – 5:42 # "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 5:32
==Personnel== *Hank Crawford – alto saxophone, electric piano, arranger, conductor *Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff – trumpet *Lou Marini – tenor saxophone *Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone *Gloria Coleman – organ *Dr. John – piano *Melvin Sparks – guitar *Wilbur Bascomb - bass *Bernard Purdie − drums, percussion
==References== {{reflist}} {{Hank Crawford}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Milestone Records albums Category:Hank Crawford albums Category:1990 albums Category:Albums produced by Bob Porter (record producer)