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Those Southern Knights is a 1976 studio album by the Crusaders. It peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, [4] as well as number 9 on the Soul LPs chart [5] and number 2 on the Top Jazz LPs chart. [6] It includes "Keep That Same Old Feeling" and "And Then There Was the Blues". [1]
Crusaders 1: Blue Thumb: BTS-6001 96 29 3 — 1973 The 2nd Crusade: BTS-7000 45 4 1 — Unsung Heroes: BTS-6007 173 33 — — 1974 Scratch: Live BTS-6010 73 16 4 — Southern Comfort: Studio BTSY-9002 31 3 — — 1975 Chain Reaction: BTSD-6022 26 9 1 — 1976 Those Southern Knights: BTSD-6024 38 9 2 — 1977 Free as the Wind: BT-6029 41 8 1 ...
The decision was taken to call the group simply the Crusaders, so as not to limit their scope and potential audience. After a second album with Chisa, (Pass the Plate, 1971), and one album for the MoWest label (Hollywood, 1972) they signed with Blue Thumb Records, where they remained until the late 1970s.
The AllMusic reviewer Jason Elias wrote: "A good representation of the Crusaders' tasteful and intelligent playing, Southern Comfort is more than recommended to their fans." [ 1 ] Track listing
In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/hard bop group The Jazz Crusaders. [2] Henderson left the group (who by then had changed their name to The Crusaders) in 1976 to pursue a career in producing, but revived The Jazz Crusaders in 1995. In 2007, Henderson took a position with the California College of Music in Pasadena, California.
The AllMusic review by Jim Newsom says the album "finds the Crusaders at the top of their form" and that it is "one of the tastiest concoctions of the mid-'70s jazz-fusion era". [1] It concludes that Chain Reaction "helped lure young, rock and soul-oriented listeners over to check out the jazz side".
Street Life is a studio album by the American jazz band the Crusaders. It was a top 20 album on three Billboard charts and represents the peak of the band's commercial popularity. The title track , featuring singer Randy Crawford , was a Top 40 pop single (No. 36) and became the group's most successful entry on the soul chart (No. 17). [ 1 ]
Their debut album The Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitar, which was also recorded in 1966, and produced by Levine and Goldberg, [14] was released by the middle of November 1966. [26] The album's liner notes claim: "For the first time, God is praised in song through the most contemporary musical expression: The Beat!".