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The Crusaders played a wide assortment of genres, including straight ahead jazz, urban R&B, R&B-based jazz, and the blues. The band reached a commercial apex in 1979 with their hit single " Street Life ", featuring lead vocals by Randy Crawford , and their accompanying album of the same name .
US Jazz [1] 1969 The Best of the Jazz Crusaders: World Pacific ST-20175 13 1973 Tough Talk: Blue Note BN-LA170-G2 — 1975 The Young Rabbits: BN-LA530-H2 — 1980 Live Sides: LT-1046 — 1993 The Best Of... Pacific Jazz CDP 077778928324 — 2005 The Pacific Jazz Quintet Studio Sessions: Mosaic MD6-230 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [ 4 ] AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars; in their review, Lindsay Planer said: " Chile con Soul (1965) is one of the best examples of The Jazz Crusaders at one of the many musical pinnacles in their 30-plus year existence".
The Crusaders, Bobby Womack, David T. Walker, Marvin Gaye Musical artist Wilton Lewis Felder (August 31, 1940 – September 27, 2015) was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as The Crusaders .
The Jazz Crusaders became a strong concert draw during those years. While Sample and his bandmates continued to work together, he and the other band members pursued individual work as well. In 1969, Sample made his first recording under his own name; Fancy Dance featured the pianist as part of a jazz trio. [3]
Jazz Waltz is an album by pianist Les McCann with the Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1963 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. [1] [2] Reception. Professional ratings;
The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse (1962) Lookin' Ahead is the second album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1962 and released on Pacific Jazz Records. [1] [2]
Wayne Maurice Henderson (September 24, 1939 – April 5, 2014) [1] was an American soul jazz and hard bop trombonist and record producer.In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/hard bop group The Jazz Crusaders. [2]