The album reached #4 on the Billboard jazz chart and #43 on the Billboard Top 200.[4]Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating ""Hard Work" became a surprise hit, and overall, the set is open to the influence of R&B, although there are some strong moments from Handy on both alto and tenor".[3] A single, Hard work, did reach the bubbling under positions of the UK Top 50 in September 1976.
hard, work, this, article, about, album, other, uses, hard, work, disambiguation, album, american, jazz, saxophonist, john, handy, which, recorded, 1976, originally, released, impulse, label, studio, album, john, handyreleased1976recordedjanuary, 1976studioabc. This article is about the album For other uses see Hard work disambiguation Hard Work is an album by American jazz saxophonist John Handy which was recorded in 1976 and originally released on the ABC Impulse label 1 2 Hard WorkStudio album by John HandyReleased1976RecordedJanuary 1976StudioABC Recording Studios Los Angeles CaliforniaGenreJazzLabelABC ImpulseASD 9314ProducerEsmond EdwardsJohn Handy chronologyKaruna Supreme 1975 Hard Work 1976 Carnival 1977 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 ReferencesReception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 3 The album reached 4 on the Billboard jazz chart and 43 on the Billboard Top 200 4 Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating Hard Work became a surprise hit and overall the set is open to the influence of R amp B although there are some strong moments from Handy on both alto and tenor 3 A single Hard work did reach the bubbling under positions of the UK Top 50 in September 1976 Track listing EditAll compositions by John Handy Hard Work 6 56 Blues for Louis Jordan 5 43 Young Enough to Dream 7 10 Love for Brother Jack 3 48 Didn t I Tell You 4 35 Afro Wiggle 4 44 You Don t Know 3 18Personnel EditJohn Handy alto saxophone tenor saxophone vocals Hotep Cecil Barnard keyboards Mike Hoffmann guitar Chuck Rainey electric bass Zakir Hussain tabla tracks 3 4 amp 6 James Gadson drums Eddie Bongo Brown congas percussionReferences Edit John Handy discography accessed November 10 2015 Impulse Records Catalog 9300 series accessed November 11 2015 a b Yanow Scott Hard Work Review at AllMusic Retrieved November 11 2015 Allmusic charts This 1970s jazz album related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hard Work amp oldid 1137739246, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
