Artist's albums
Love Like Yours And Mine
1999 · album
Born With the Funk
1999 · album
The B-3 And Me
1998 · album
Let Them Talk
1995 · album
O Amor Em Paz
2023 · single
Abide with Me: Hymns & Spirituals for Solo Piano
2021 · album
Dear Fats, I Love You
2019 · album
Merry Christmas from Davell Crawford
2017 · single
Piano in the Vaults, Vol. 1
2016 · album
My Gift to You
2013 · album
My Gift to You Bonus Tracks
2013 · single
Piano in the Vaults Preview EP
2013 · EP
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Biography
Singer and pianist Davell Crawford continues the New Orleans piano tradition begun by musicians like Professor Longhair and James Booker. Crawford is the grandson of 1950s R&B star James "Sugar Boy" Crawford. His debut record, Let Them Talk (1995, Rounder Records), amply demonstrates his gospel, R&B and jazz influences. His gift for ballad singing is on display in full force, and he's accompanied by some of the Crescent City's top musicians, including drummer Herman Ernest III and saxophonist Alvin "Red" Tyler. Crawford has been playing piano since he was seven and first toured Europe in his early teens. Although Crawford didn't know his grandfather was a musician, the elder Crawford did give a set of keyboards to him when he was 11. Like other young New Orleans musicians, Crawford brings a synthesis of styles (i.e., funk, gospel, and R&B) to his piano playing, songwriting and singing. His recordings include 1995's Let Them Talk, 1996's Just Friends, 1998's B-3 and Me and 1999's Love Like Yours and Mine. ~ Richard Skelly, Rovi