COVERED/RECORD CRACK: Freddie Hubbard vs. Chris Crofton
Comedian Chris Crofton released his debut album last month, one that his label says was recorded live at “Nashville’s most notorious shithole, The Springwater.” The album cover looks like this:
If you’re a jazz fan, you know those blocks could only mean one thing. It is an homage to Blue Note Records, more specifically Freddie Hubbard’s Hub-Tones, which looks like this:
Put them together, and you can see them side to side:
Nice right? Crofton is known for his podcast The Chris Crofton Show, which are free if you would like to see what kind of self-proclaimed “abuse” he gives to his audiences. While he has been at work as a comedian since 1991, m Pearls Before Swine: Live at The Springwater (Chicken Ranch) is the first of his efforts to be documented in “album” form and vinyl junkies fear not: this album has been released on vinyl as well.
For a brief preview of what the album is about, listen below.
The album also features a song by Chris Crofton and The Alcohol Stuntband called “Traditional Blues Song”, so you have been warned.
What do you think?