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The Crusaders were an American jazz fusion group that was popular in the 1970s. The group was known as the Jazz Crusaders before shortening its name in 1971.^[1]

Recorded live at the Roxy Many thanks to the remote recording facilities of Wally Heider Recording and The Records Plant, Los Angeles, California. Mastered at The Mastering Lab Other Versions (5 of 31) View All. Cat# Artist Title (Format) Label. The Crusaders: Scratch. Scratch was an important album for The Crusaders with Joe Sample on piano and Wilton Felder on saxophone. Andy Ross, saxophone player for UK acid jazz band Incognito named this album as a huge inspiration for his own playing.

History[edit]

In 1960, following the demise of a few short-lived Houston-based groups called The Swingsters and the Nite Hawks, Joe Sample (piano), Stix Hooper (drums), Wilton Felder (saxophone), and Wayne Henderson (trombone), relocated to Los Angeles. After changing their name to 'The Jazz Crusaders,' the group signed with Pacific Jazz Records, where they would remain throughout the 1960s. Employing a two-manned front-line horn section (trombone and tenor saxophone), the group's sound was rooted in hard bop, with an emphasis on R&B and soul.

The group shortened their name to 'The Crusaders' in 1971, and adopted a jazz-funk style. They also incorporated the bass guitar and electric guitar into their music. Bass guitarist Robert 'Pops' Popwell and guitarist Larry Carlton joined the band, and featured on the group's albums throughout most of the 1970s. With this new style came increased crossover appeal, and the group's recordings started to appear on the Billboard pop charts. The height of the group's commercial success came with 1979's Street Life, with Randy Crawford as featured singer, which peaked at No. 18 on the pop album charts and the title track from the album made the Top 10 on the R&B chart and No. 36 on Billboard′s Hot 100 chart.

In 1975, following the release of their 28th album (their ninth as The Crusaders), Henderson left the group to pursue a full-time career as a record producer. His departure created a void, permanently changing the character of the group. Another founding member, Hooper, left the group in 1983, thus signaling the end to the group's most popular period. Three more albums were recorded in the mid-1980s; however by the 1990s, The Crusaders, for the most part, had disbanded, with a comprehensive discography behind them.

In 1991, The Crusaders (with Sample and Felder the only original members present) released Healing the Wounds. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Top Contemporary Jazz chart and No. 174 on the Billboard 200. The group did not release any more albums during the decade, as Sample focused on a solo career.

Henderson, who had left the group in 1975, revived the 'Jazz Crusaders' moniker (despite Sample's objections) for 1995's Happy Again. The lineup for Happy Again included founding member Wilton Felder and former Crusaders guitarist Larry Carlton. The new Jazz Crusaders released a series of recordings in the late 1990s, but the music bore little resemblance to the acoustic, hard bop style of the original group, instead emphasizing synthesizers, sampling, electronics, and drum machines in the style of smooth jazz, rap, or contemporary R&B.

In 2003, founding members Sample, Felder and Hooper revived The Crusaders and released Rural Renewal. Ray Parker Jr. and Eric Clapton played guitar on the album. That same year, the Henderson-led Jazz Crusaders released Soul Axess.

In April 2010, Joe Sample announced a reunion tour with Wayne Henderson and Wilton Felder (but not Stix Hooper), the first reunion of these founding members of the Jazz Crusaders since 1974. Wayne Henderson died on April 5, 2014.^[2] Joe Sample died in Houston on September 12, 2014.^[3] Wilton Felder died on September 27, 2015.^[4]

Discography[edit]

As The Jazz Crusaders[edit]

• Freedom Sound (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
• Lookin' Ahead (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
• The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
• Tough Talk (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
• Heat Wave (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
• Jazz Waltz (Pacific Jazz, 1963) with Les McCann
• Stretchin' Out (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
• The Thing (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
• Chile Con Soul (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
• Live at the Lighthouse '66 (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
• Talk That Talk (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
• The Festival Album (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
• Uh Huh (Pacific Jazz, 1967)
• Lighthouse '68 (Pacific Jazz, 1968)
• Powerhouse (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
• Lighthouse '69 (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
• Give Peace a Chance (Liberty, 1970)
• Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes (Chisa, 1970)

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As The Crusaders[edit]

• Pass the Plate (Chisa, 1971)
• Hollywood (MoWest, 1972)
• Crusaders 1 (Blue Thumb, 1972)
• The 2nd Crusade (Blue Thumb, 1973)
• Unsung Heroes (Blue Thumb, 1973)
• Scratch (Blue Thumb, 1974)
• Southern Comfort (Blue Thumb, 1974)
• Chain Reaction (Blue Thumb, 1975)
• Those Southern Knights (Blue Thumb, 1976)
• Free as the Wind (Blue Thumb, 1977)
• Images (Blue Thumb, 1978)
• Street Life (MCA, 1979)
• Rhapsody and Blues (MCA, 1980)
• Live in Japan (Crusaders, 1981; GRP, 1993)
• Standing Tall (MCA, 1981)
• Royal Jam (MCA, 1982) with B.B. King
• Ghetto Blaster (MCA, 1984)
• The Good and the Bad Times (MCA, 1986)
• Life in the Modern World (MCA, 1988)
• Healing the Wounds (GRP, 1991)
• Rural Renewal (Verve, 2003)
• Live in Japan 2003 (P.R.A., 2004)

as The Jazz Crusaders[edit]

n.b. (Wayne Henderson & Wilton Felder)

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• Happy Again (Sin-Drome, 1994)
• Louisiana Hot Sauce (Sin-Drome, 1996)
• Break'n Da Rulz! (Indigo Blue, 1998)
• Power of Our Music: The Endangered Species (Indigo Blue, 2000)
• Soul Axess (True Life, 2003)
• Alive in South America (True Life, 2006)

References[edit]

1. ^'The Crusaders - Biography'. Allmusic. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
2. ^'Jazz legend Wayne Henderson dies at age 74 - SoulTracks - Soul Music Biographies, News and Reviews'. Soultracks.com. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
3. ^'Houston jazz great Joe Sample dies - Rant & Rave'. Blog.chron.com. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
4. ^Legendary Crusaders Sax Man Wilton Felder Passes Away
5. ^'The Crusaders Album Discography'. AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

This is the discography for American jazz band The Crusaders.

Albums as The Jazz Crusaders^[1][edit]

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Compilations as The Jazz Crusaders[edit]

Albums as Jazz Crusaders (Wayne Henderson & Wilton Felder)[edit]

Albums as The Crusaders[edit]

Compilations as The Crusaders[edit]

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Singles as The Nite Hawks[edit]

Singles as The Night Hawks[edit]

Singles as The Jazz Crusaders[edit]

Singles as The Crusaders[edit]

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References[edit]

1. ^The Jazz Crusaders Catalog, accessed January 22, 2016
2. ^'The Crusaders @ARTISTdirect'. ARTISTdirect.
3. ^'The Crusaders - Biography, Albums, Streaming Links - AllMusic'. AllMusic.