Spotify Release Info
Track: Shotgun House Groove
Artist: The Crusaders
Album: Rural Renewal
Artist Bio
Name: The Crusaders
Spotify Genres: jazz funk, jazz fusion, smooth jazz, soul jazz
Followers: 138,665
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Biography
American jazz group formed in Los Angeles in 1960. Houston Texas school friends [a=Wilton Felder] (tenor sax, bass), Nesbert [a="Stix" Hooper] (percussion) and [a=Joe Sample] (keyboards) playing together in a high school marching band, forming the Swingsters in 1954. While attending Texas Southern University, they met [a=Wayne Henderson] (trombone) and with two others formed the Modern Jazz Sextet. 1958 saw the future Jazz Crusaders Sample, Felder, Hooper and Henderson drop out of college and move to Los Angeles, where they performed as The Nite Hawks. In 1960, they returned to jazz and formed the Jazz Crusaders as a quintet with a succession of different bass players, landing a contract with [l=World Pacific Jazz] in 1961. As the 1960s progressed their hard bop stylings evolved with the times incorporating more of a soul-jazz feeling. Shortening their name to The Crusaders in 1971, most of the 1970's saw them with [l=Blue Thumb Records], by which time they had become even funkier utilizing the guitar vamps of new member [a=Larry Carlton]. Their best-known hit “Street Life” was responsible for bringing guest vocalist [a=Randy Crawford] to the public attention. The group is perhaps best remembered as backing musicians on more the 200 gold records, backing Steely Dan, Curtis Mayfield, Joni Mitchell, Ray Charles, & Van Morrison to name a few.
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Check this outPopular Tracks on Spotify
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2.Street LifeStreet Life
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3.Soul Shadows - EditThe Vocal Album
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5.Keep That Same Old FeelingThose Southern Knights
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6.Put It Where You Want ItWay Back Home
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7.Stomp And Buck DanceSouthern Comfort
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8.Way Back HomeHollywood
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9.Look Beyond The HillThe 2nd Crusade
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10.A Message From The Inner CityThe 2nd Crusade
Discogs Release Info
Release: The Crusaders - Rural Renewal
Year: 2003
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk