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The group was known as the Jazz Crusaders from their formation in 1960 until shortening their name in 1971. The Crusaders played a wide assortment of genres, including straight ahead jazz, urban R&B, R&B-based jazz, and the blues .
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 Crusade song was not confined to the topic of the Latin East, but could concern the Reconquista in Spain, the Albigensian Crusade in Languedoc, or the political crusades in Italy. The first Crusade to be accompanied by songs, none of which survive, was the Crusade of 1101 , of which William IX of Aquitaine wrote, according to Orderic Vitalis .
"Street Life" is a song by American jazz band the Crusaders, released in 1979 by MCA Records as a single from the album of the same name. The lead vocals were performed by Randy Crawford. [1] The song was a hit in the US, reaching number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, [2] and in Europe, where it peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. [3]
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]
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]
The Crusaders' debut release was a single produced by the newly created No.1 Productions of veteran arranger-conductor Hank Levine, [19] who was previously the A&R director for Colpix Records, [20] who had produced songs for The Monkees' Davy Jones, [21] and psychedelic hard rock band The Other Half, [22] and record producer Larry Goldberg, [23 ...
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". [1]