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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Crankin'
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Curtis Fuller]]
| cover      = Crankin'.jpg
| released   = 1973
| recorded   = July 27 & 28, 1973
| studio     = [[Record Plant]], New York City
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 37:46
| label      = [[Mainstream Records|Mainstream]]<br><small>MRL 333</small>
| producer   = [[Bob Shad]]
| chronology = [[Curtis Fuller]]
| prev_title = [[Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller album)|Cabin in the Sky]]
| prev_year  = 1962
| next_title = [[Smokin' (Curtis Fuller album)|Smokin']]
| next_year  = 1972
}}
'''''Crankin'''''' is an album by American trombonist [[Curtis Fuller]] recorded in 1973 and released on the [[Mainstream Records|Mainstream]] label.<ref>[https://www.jazzdisco.org/curtis-fuller/catalog/#mainstream-mrl-333 Jazzdisco: Curtis Fuller Catalog], accessed October 22, 2019</ref><ref>Fitzgerald, M. [https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/FullerCurtis-ldr.php Curtis Fuller Leader Entry], accessed October 22, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.bsnpubs.com/new/mainstream.pdf Both Sides Now: Discography Preview for the Mainstream label], accessed October 22, 2019</ref>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
}}
The [[AllMusic]] website awarded the album 3½ stars stating "At the time, this was his most adventurous playing in quite a while".<ref name="Allmusic">Wynn, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/crankin-and-smokin-mw0000870054 AllMusic Review] accessed September 6, 2012</ref>
==Track listing==
''All compositions by Curtis Fuller''
# "Crankin'" – 6:53
# "Maze" – 10:56
# "Black Bath" – 9:30
# "Ballade" – 4:52
# "The Spirit" – 5:35
==Personnel==
*[[Curtis Fuller]] – [[trombone]]
*Ramon Morris – [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Bill Hardman]] – [[trumpet]]
*[[Bill Washer]] – [[guitar]]
*[[George Cables]] – [[electric piano]]
*[[Stanley Clarke]] –  [[double bass|bass]], [[electric bass]]
*[[Lenny White]] – [[drum kit|drums]], [[Electronic drum|electric percussion]]
== References ==
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{{Curtis Fuller}}
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[[Category:1971 albums]]
[[Category:Curtis Fuller albums]]
[[Category:Mainstream Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Bob Shad]]
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