Jazz Crusaders, The

• 4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

• 12-PAGE BOOKLET

• 3 BONUS TRACKS

This release presentes the Jazz Crusaders’ complete live LP At the Lighthouse (Pacific Jazz ST-57). Employing a two-horn front line (trombone and tenor saxophone), the group’s sound was rooted in hard bop, with an emphasis on R&B and soul. They would shorten their name to “The Crusaders” in 1971, when they decided to adopt a jazzfunk style. This set is unique among the group’s recordings because of the presence of bassist Victor Gaskin, who replaced The Crusaders’ first bassist, Jimmy Bond. Two songs from the same engagement not present on the original LP (“Penny Blue” and “Boopie”), as well as three tracks from a later session also featuring Gaskin have been added here as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

• WILTON FELDER tenor sax
• WAYNE HENDERSON trombone
• JOE SAMPLE piano
• VICTOR GASKIN bass
• STIX HOOPER drums

Live at the Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California, August 5, 1962.

• [10-12](*) BONUS TRACKS: Same personnel. Los Angeles, September 24, 1962.

TRACKS:

• 01 Introduction By Ken Jones
• 02 Congolese Sermon
• 03 Cathy’s Dilemma
• 04 Blues For Ramona
• 05 Weather Beat
• 06 Scandalizing
• 07 Appointment In Ghana
• 08 Penny Blue
• 09 Boopie
• 10 The Thing (*)
• 11 White Cobra (*)
• 12 New Time Shuffle (*)

• Total time: 74:55 min.
• (*) Bonus tracks