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'Bennie Ross Crawford, Jr', 'aka Hank Crawford', (born December 21, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an R&B, hard bop, jazz-funk and soul-jazz alto saxophonist. From 1958 to 1963 he worked in Ray Charles's backup band. He also has done musical arrangement for Etta James, Lou Rawls, and others.^[1] Much of his career has been in R&B, but in the 1970s he had several successful jazz albums with ''I Hear a Symphony'' reaching 11 on Billboard (magazine)'s Jazz albums list and 159 for Pop albums.^[2]
American saxophonist David Sanborn cites Hank Crawford as being one of his primary influences. Crawford is recognized by saxophonists as having a particularly unique and pleasing sound.^[3]

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1. Down Beat Profile
2. All Music
3. YouTube: Hank Crawford on Nightmusic