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until his untimely passing in late 2008 the late, great British saxophonist Pat
Crumly had been playing regularly at the 606. This album from 1992, recorded at The 606 Club, is an
enticing mix of re-worked standards and Crumly’s own compositions. The quote
below, from British jazz legend Ronnie Scott, should cement in your mind what a
powerful jazz figure Crumly was:
“Pat Crumly is one of the saxophone players in this
country that I most admire. He plays tenor, alto and soprano equally well and
he is an impressive flautist and no mean composer. He seems at home in any
context – I’ve heard him play rock music as well as standard tunes and ballads
with emotion and feeling. He plays melodically without any of the
flavour-of-the-month pseudo hip noises and pyrotechnics that pass for music too
often these days. He is a jazz musician.”
Ronnie Scott – July 1992
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