Jazz Crusaders

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Chile Con Soul New - LP - ST 20092 Sealed 1965 Deep Groove Blue Label Stereo Original. Small Corner Crease. One Of Their Very Best Albums! Features "Aqua Dulce," "Soul Bourgoisie," "Ontem A Note," "Tough Talk," "Tacos," "Latin Bit," "The Breeze And I" And "Dulzura." Top Recommendation. more
	Festival Album Used - LP - ST 20115 1966 Gatefold Stereo Original. Recorded Live At The Newport And Pacific Jazz Festivals. Features "A Trance Dance," "A Summer Madness," (The Jazz Crusaders' Signature Piece At Te Time); "Young Rabbits" And "Freedom Sound." Appears Glossy, Unplayed. more
	Heat Wave Used - LP - 76 Beautiful 1963 Virgin Red Vinyl Stereo Original Housed In A Laminated Jacket With The Original Glassine Inner. Writing On One Label And Back Cover ("Taped"). more
	Heat Wave New - LP - PJ 76 Sealed 1963 Heavy Vinyl Stereo Original. more
	Jazz Crusaders At Their Best New - LP - M 796V1 Sealed 1973 Compilation. more
	Lighthouse '68 New - LP - ST 20131 Sealed 1968 Gatefold Stereo Original Recorded Live In Hermosa Beach. “Lighthouse '68 Is The Third Date The Jazz Crusaders Cut At The Popular California Venue. Previous Outings Recorded Here, Though Very Fine, Carried The Sonic Weight Of A Band Very Aware Of Their Audience And That They Were Making Live Records. Here, They Get It Completely Right. …..This Is One The Most Intimate Jazz Shows Captured On Tape During The 1960s. It Gives Record Buyers The Sound Of A Band In Full Possession Of Their Considerable Capabilities, Celebrating Them In A Relaxed Environment, Playing Their Own Brand Of Grooved-Out '60s Jazz. What Is Most Apparent Is How Seamlessly The Jazz Crusaders Wove Together Hard Bopping Blues, Soul-Jazz, Horace Silver's Funky Rhythmic Ideas, And Gospel. One Listen To The Set's Opener, "Oogo-Boo-Ga-Loo," With Its Funky Strut And Call-And-Response Chorus, Brings The Sunday Morning Church Music To The Saturday Discotheque For A Workout. As It Cascades Into "Eleanor Rigby," Sample's Solo Goes Deeply Into The Blues For His Inspiration And Comes Out With A Funky Panoply Of Cadences That Are Double-Timed And Stretched Out Into A Loping Soul Groove By The Rhythm Section Before The Horns Bring The Melody Back With Finger-Popping Assent. Sample's Street-Smart "Never Had It So Good" Offers An Elongated Front Line With A Summer Stroll Through A Latin Theme Before Erupting Into Deep Soul. But The Kicker Is In Buster Williams' Compositions. As A Jazz Composer, Williams Was Closely Aligned With Hard Bop As It Evolved. His Expansive Rhythms, Smooth Melodic Lines, And Tight Harmonic Palette Offered Soloists A Chance To Stretch His Grooves Further, Bringing Modality -- As First Articulated By Miles Davis' Mid-'60s Quintet -- And A Warm Yet Expressed Sophistication To His Tunes (Check "Native Dancer" With Its Latin Tinge And The Shimmering Melodic Pulse Of "The Emperor," Which Gives Way To The Set's Closer, A Graceful, Profoundly Subtle, And Gorgeous Reading Of John Coltrane's "Impressions"). In Sum, This Record Delivers What Most Records Only Promise: It Literally Sings With Great Musicianship Displayed With Verve And Acumen, Along With A Warm Human Feeling That Amounts To Joy.” Thom Jurek, AMG. more
	Lighthouse '69 Used - LP - ST 20165 1969 Gatefold Stereo Original. Tunes Are: "Inside The Outside," "Ruby's P'Gonia," "It's Your Thing," "Reflections," "Willie & Laura Mae Jones," "It's Gotta Be Real," "Get Back" And "Svenska Flicka." Appears Unplayed. more
	Live At Th Lighthouse '66 New - LP - PJ-10098 Sealed 1966 Rare Mono Original Housed In A Heavy-Duty Gatefold Cover. Minor Corner Wear. “Because The Jazz Crusaders In The Early '70s Dropped The "Jazz" From Their Name And Later In The Decade Veered Much Closer To R&B And Pop Music Than They Had Earlier, It Is Easy To Forget Just How Strong A Jazz Group They Were In The 1960s. This CD Reissues One Of Their Rarer Sessions, Augmenting The Original Seven-Song LP Program (Highlighted By "Blues Up Tight," "Doin' That Thing," And "Milestones") With Previously Unissued Versions Of "'Round Midnight" And John Coltrane's "Some Other Blues." The Jazz Crusaders (Comprised Of Tenor Saxophonist Wilton Felder, Trombonist Wayne Henderson, Pianist Joe Sample, Drummer Stix Hooper, And, During This Period, Bassist Leroy Vinnegar) Are Heard In Prime Form. Felder Shows The Strong Influence Of Coltrane, Henderson Recalls J.J. Johnson, Sample Displays The Most Originality And The Quintet On A Whole (With Its Tenor-Trombone Frontline) Sounds Quite Distinctive. An Excellent Set Of Primarily Straight-Ahead (But Soulful) Jazz.” Scott Yanow, AMG. more
	Live At The Lighthouse '66 New - LP - ST 20098 Sealed 1966 Stereo Original Housed In A Heavy-Duty Gatefold Cover. “Because The Jazz Crusaders In The Early '70s Dropped The "Jazz" From Their Name And Later In The Decade Veered Much Closer To R&B And Pop Music Than They Had Earlier, It Is Easy To Forget Just How Strong A Jazz Group They Were In The 1960s. This CD Reissues One Of Their Rarer Sessions, Augmenting The Original Seven-Song LP Program (Highlighted By "Blues Up Tight," "Doin' That Thing," And "Milestones") With Previously Unissued Versions Of "'Round Midnight" And John Coltrane's "Some Other Blues." The Jazz Crusaders (Comprised Of Tenor Saxophonist Wilton Felder, Trombonist Wayne Henderson, Pianist Joe Sample, Drummer Stix Hooper, And, During This Period, Bassist Leroy Vinnegar) Are Heard In Prime Form. Felder Shows The Strong Influence Of Coltrane, Henderson Recalls J.J. Johnson, Sample Displays The Most Originality And The Quintet On A Whole (With Its Tenor-Trombone Frontline) Sounds Quite Distinctive. An Excellent Set Of Primarily Straight-Ahead (But Soulful) Jazz.” Scott Yanow, AMG. more
	Lookin' Ahead New - LP - ST 43 Sealed 1962 Deep Groove, Blue And Silver Label Stereo Original Housed In A Laminated Jacket. Cut Corner And Bottom Left Corner Of Rear Jacket Has A Discolored Patch (See 2nd Scan), Hence Reduced Price. “The Jazz Crusaders' Second Recording Is Most Notable For The Introduction Of Wayne Henderson's "The Young Rabbits," The Best-Known Of The Seven Group Originals Which Are Performed On This LP Along With "Song Of India" And Leonard Bernstein's "Tonight." The Tenor-Trombone Frontline Created By Wilton Felder And Henderson, Along With The Funky Yet Swinging Playing Of Pianist Joe Sample, Drummer Stix Hooper And Bassist Jimmy Bond On This Hard-To-Find Set Made The Group Instantly Recognizable And Surprisingly Popular From The Start.” Scott Yanow, AMG. more
	Old Socks, New Shoes Used - LP - CS 804 1970 Gatefold Original Still In Shrink Wrap. Appears Unplayed. A Killer Set From Start To Finish And Their Final Album As The Jazz Crusaders Before They Became The Crusaders. more
	Old Socks, New Shoes Used - LP - CS 804 1970 Gatefold Original. . A Killer Set From Start To Finish And Their Final Album As The Jazz Crusaders Before They Became The Crusaders. more
	Powerhouse New - LP - ST 20136 Sealed 1969 Stereo Original Housed In A Heavy-Duty Gatefold Jacket. Small Cut Corner. more
	Stretchin' Out New - LP - 83 Sealed 1964 Stereo Original. Re-Wrapped. more
	Talk That Talk Used - LP - PJ 10106 1966 Stereo Gatefold Original. Wilton Felder, Tenor sax; Wayne Henderson, Trombone; Joe Sample, Piano; Stix Hooper, Drums; Leroy Vinnegar, Bass. Tunes Are "Up Tight (Everything's Alright)," "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog," "Mohair Sam," "Walk On By," "1, 2, 3" And "I Can't Believe You Love Me." Appears Glossy, Unplayed. more
	The Thing New - LP - ST 87 Sealed 1964 Blue & Silver Label Stereo Original. more
	The Thing Used - LP - ST 87 Rare 1964 Blue & Silver Label Stereo Original Still In Shrink Wrap. LP Appears Unplayed. more