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THE CRUSADERS
Los Angeles, California, USA
* 1971

Line-Up (2003):

Joe Sample - kb
Wilton Felder - sax
Stix Hooper - ds

Former Members:

Arthur Adams (g, 1971-74, 1976-77); Larry Carlton (g, 1972-6/77); David T. Walker (g, 1972-73); Roland Bautista (g, 1977-cca 1980); Dean Parks (g, 1977-cca 1980); Billy Rogers (g, 1978-cca 1980); Barry Finnerty (g, cca 10/80); Roy Gaines (g, cca 10/80); Michael Landau (g, cca 1988)

Chuck Rainey (bg, 1972 g.a.); Max Bennett (bg, 1973-74); Robert Popwell (bg, cca 7/76); Keith Jones (bg, cca 10/80); Nathan East (bg, cca 1988)

Stix Hooper (ds, 1971-83); Leon Chancler (ds, 1983-?); John Robinson (ds, cca 1988)

Paulinho Da Costa (perc, 1977-cca 1980)

Wayne Henderson (tr, 1971-cca 4/76)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Pass the Plate	5/1971	Verve
2.	Crusaders (2LP)	3/1972	Blue Thumb			96
3.	Hollywood	1972
4.	The Second Crusade	3/1973	Blue Thumb			45
5.	Unsung Heroes	12/1973	Blue Thumb
6.	Scratch	4/1974	Blue Thumb			73
7.	Southern Comfort (2LP)	10/1974	Blue Thumb			31
8.	Chain Reaction	8/1975	Blue Thumb			26
9.	Those Southern Knights	4/1976	Blue Thumb			38
10.	The Best Of The Crusaders (2LP)	12/1976	Blue Thumb
11.	Free As The Wind	03.06.1977	Blue Thumb			41
12.	Images	14.07.1978	Blue Thumb			34
13.	Street Life	6/1979	MCA		10	18
14.	Rhapsody And Blues	3/1980	MCA		40	29
15.	Midnight Believer	1980
16.	Standing Tall	9/1981	MCA		47	59
17.	Ongaku Da - Live In Japan	4/1982	MCA
18.	Royal Jam & B.B. King & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2LP)	18.06.1982	MCA
19.	The Vocal Album	8/1983	MCA
20.	Ghetto Blaster	3/1984	MCA		46	79
21.	Night Ladies	26.03.1984	MCA
22.	The Good And Bad Times	11/1986	MCA
23.	Life In The Modern World	6/1988	MCA
24.	Sample A Decade (2LP)	1/1989	Connoisseur
25.	Healing The Wounds	5/1991	GRP			174
26.	The Golden Years (3CD)	9/1992	GRP
27.	Images	10/1992	GRP
28.	And Beyond ...	7/1994	Music Club
29.	The Greatest Crusade	2/1995	Calibre
30.	Soul Shadows	3/1995	Connoisseur
31.	The Ultimate Collection	3/1995	Nectar
32.	The Collection	4/1995	Castle Communications
33.	Way Back Home	14.10.1996	Blue Thumb/MCA
34.	Rural Renewal	04.03.2003	PRA/Verve
35.	Groove Crusade	19.08.2003	Blue Thumb
36.	Lighthouse '68	20.04.2004	Blue Note
37.	Live in Japan	25.01.2005	Video Artist International
38.	Gold	03.04.2007	Hip-O
39.	Global Warming	23.10.2007
40.	Kick the Jazz	13.05.2008	WMGW
41.	Live in Japan 2003	10.06.2008	Pra
42.	Revisit… & Roberto Di Gioia & Christian Prommer	06.11.2012	C.A.R.E. Music Group
43.	Live New Orleans 1977	24.06.2016	Hi Hat

Larry Carlton:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Singing Playing	1973
2.	Larry Carlton	1978
3.	Live In Japan	1979
4.	Strikes Twice	1980
5.	Sleepwalk	1981
6.	Eight Times Up	1983	Wounded Bird
7.	Friends	03.06.1983	Warner Bros
8.	Sleepwalk	1984
9.	Last Nite	17.02.1986
10.	Alone, But Never Alone	6/1986				141
11.	Discovery	7/1987				180
12.	On Solid Ground	6/1989				126
13.	Collection	6/1990				156
14.	Kid Gloves	1992
15.	Renegade Gentleman	1993
16.	Larry & Lee & Lee Ritenour	1995
17.	Fingerprints	07.03.2000	Warner Bros
18.	No Substitutions: Live In Osaka & Steve Lukather	20.03.2001	Favored Nations
19.	Deep Into It	20.11.2001	Warner Bros
20.	Saphire Blue	13.01.2004	RCA
21.	Very Best of Larry Carlton	09.08.2005	GRP
22.	Firewire	07.03.2006	RCA
23.	20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection	20.06.2006	Hip-O
24.	Jazz King: H.M. The King Bhumibol Adulyadej Musica & Friends	11.03.2008	Sony BMG
25.	Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One	2008	335
26.	Take Your Pick	2010	335
27.	PlaythesoundofPhiladelhia	07.06.2011
28.	The Paris Concert credited to: Larry Carlton Trio	10.01.2012
29.	Then & Now: Featuring Four Hands And A Heart	11.09.2012	335
30.	Unplugged & Robben Ford	19.02.2013	335
31.	Four Hands & A Heart Christmas	04.11.2014	335
32.	@ Billboard Live Tokyo & David T. Walker	10.07.2015	335
33.	My Father's Place, New York, 1978	12.02.2016	Iconography
34.	At Blue Note Tokyo & Steve Lukather	08.07.2016	335

Wayne Henderson:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Soul Sound System	1968
2.	People Get Ready	1969
3.	Big Daddy's Place	1977
4.	Living On A Dream	1978
5.	Wayne Henderson Collection	14.10.2003	Varese

Joe Sample:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Three & Ray Brown	28.11.1975
2.	Rainbow Seeker	2/1978	ABC			62
3.	Fancy Dance	1/1979	Sonet
4.	Carmel	2/1979	ABC			56
5.	Voices In The Rain	1/1981	MCA			65
6.	Swing Street Cafe & David T. Walker	4/1982	MCA
7.	The Hunter	3/1983	MCA
8.	The Three	1985
9.	Oasis	10/1985	MCA
10.	Roles	6/1987	MCA
11.	Spellbound	1/1989	Warner Bros			129
12.	Ashes To Ashes	1990
13.	Invitation	4/1993				194
14.	Did You Feel That? & The Soul Committee	9/1994	Warner Bros
15.	Old Faces Old Places	26.02.1996	WEA
16.	Sample This	28.07.1997	WEA
17.	The Song Lives On & Lalah Hathaway	20.04.1999	GRP			196
18.	Pecan Tree	11.06.2002	Universal
19.	Soul Shadows	12.10.2004	Verve
20.	Creole Love Call & Nils Landgren	12/2005	Act Music
21.	Introducing Joe Sample	07.03.2006	WEA International
22.	Feeling Good & Randy Crawford	20.02.2007	Pra
23.	No Regret & Randy Crawford	04.11.2008	Universal
24.	Soul Shadows	18.11.2008	Pra
25.	Step Into Our Life / Prime Time	06.12.2011	Cherry Red
26.	Live & Randy Crawford	31.07.2012	PRA
27.	Creole Joe Band	25.06.2013	JVC
28.	Christmas With Friends & India.Arie	16.10.2015	Soulbird/Motown			107

Stix Hooper:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The World Within	11/1979	MCA
1.	The World Within produced by: Wilton Felder/Stix Hooper/Joe Sample	16.11.1979	MCA
2.	We Went West	23.10.2015	Stix Hooper Enterprises
2.	Touch The Feeling	1983
3.	Live in LA & Viewpoint	23.10.2015	Stix Hooper Enterprises
4.	Friends Across the Pond: A Tribute to the George Shearing Quintet & Charlie Shoemake	14.10.2016	Stix Hooper Enterprises

Arthur Adams:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Midnight Serenade	?	?
2.	It's Private Tonight	1972
3.	Home Brew produced by: Arthur Adams/Wayne Henderson	11.07.1975	Fantasy
4.	I Love Love Love My Lady	1979
5.	Back On Track	22.06.1999
6.	Rock Crazy Baby	30.09.2003	Collector
7.	Stomp the Floor	17.11.2009	Delta Groove

Paulinho Da Costa:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Agora	2/1977	Pablo
2.	Happy People	1979
3.	Tudo Bem!	1982
4.	Sunrise	1984

Wilton Felder:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Bullitt	1968
2.	We All Have A Star	11/1978	ABC
3.	Inherit The Wind	11/1980	MCA
4.	Gentle Fire	4/1983	MCA
5.	Secrets	2/1985	MCA		77	81
6.	Nocturnal Moods	21.04.1997	Charly/Koch
7.	Let's Spend Some Time	11.04.2006	BCS

Stix Hooper:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The World Within	11/1979	MCA
1.	The World Within produced by: Wilton Felder/Stix Hooper/Joe Sample	16.11.1979	MCA
2.	We Went West	23.10.2015	Stix Hooper Enterprises
2.	Touch The Feeling	1983
3.	Live in LA & Viewpoint	23.10.2015	Stix Hooper Enterprises
4.	Friends Across the Pond: A Tribute to the George Shearing Quintet & Charlie Shoemake	14.10.2016	Stix Hooper Enterprises

David T. Walker:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Real T.	1973	Ode
2.	Press On	1974
3.	Sidewalk	1975
4.	On Love	1976
5.	Plumm Happy	1977
6.	Swing Street Cafe & Joe Sample	4/1982	MCA
7.	Y-Ence	1987
8.	Ahimsa	1989
9.	With a Smile	18.05.2007
10.	Dream Catcher	21.11.2007
11.	Thoughts	04.11.2008	Universal
12.	@ Billboard Live Tokyo & Larry Carlton	10.07.2015	335

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Put It Where You Want It / Mosadi Woman	7/1972	Blue Thumb		52
2.	Don't Let It Get You Down / Journey From Within	4/1973	Blue Thumb		86
3.	Scratch (live) / Way Back Home	4/1974	Blue Thumb		81
4.	Way Back Home	12/1974	Blue Thumb
5.	Stomp And Buck Dance / Ballad For Joe (Louis)	2/1975	Blue Thumb		102
6.	Creole / I Felt The Love	12.12.1975	Blue Thumb
7.	Keep That Same Old Feeling / Till The Sun Shines	18.06.1976	Blue Thumb
8.	Put It Where You Want It / Don't Let It Get You Down	9/1976	Blue Thumb
9.	Feel It / The Way We Was	6/1977	Blue Thumb
10.	Bayou Bottoms / Covert Action	7/1978	Blue Thumb
11.	Street Life / The Hustler & Randy Crawford	6/1979	MCA	3	36
12.	Soul Shadows / Put It Where You Want It (v GB)	7/1980	MCA
13.	Soul Shadows / Sweet Gentle Love & Bill Withers, (v USA)	7/1980	MCA
14.	Last Call / Honky Tonk Strutting	1/1981	MCA
15.	I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today / Standing Tall featuring Joe Cocker	14.08.1981	MCA	61	97
16.	This Old World's Too Funky For Me / I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today & Joe Cocker	11/1981	MCA
17.	Streetlife / Overture & B.B. King	6/1982	MCA
18.	Scratch (live)	6/1982	MCA
19.	Street Life	12/1983	MCA
20.	Night Ladies / Megastreet (Megamix)	3/1984	MCA	55
21.	New Moves / Mr. Cool (v USA)	4/1984	MCA
22.	Dead End / Dream Street (v USA)	6/1984	MCA
23.	New Moves / Dead End 12" + 1984 Street Life (v GB)	13.08.1984	MCA
24.	Gotta Lotta Shakalada / Zalal'e Mini (Take It Easy)	11/1984	MCA
25.	The Way It Goes / Good Times	1/1987	MCA
26.	Street Life / Inherit The Wind & Wilton Felder	4/1987	Old Gold
27.	Viva de Funk	2/2003	Verve
28.	Street Life	23.02.2011	MCA

Larry Carlton:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	The Theme From Hill Street Blues & Mike Post	8/1981	Asylum	16	16
2.	Sleepwalk	2/1982	Warner Bros		74
3.	Minute By Minute	1987	MCA

Wilton Felder:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Let's Dance Together / Ride On	1/1979	ABC
2.	Inherit The Wind / Until The Morning Comes & Bobby Womack	17.10.1980	MCA	39
3.	Insight / I Know Who I Am (v GB)	1/1981	MCA
4.	Insight / L.A. Light (v USA)	1/1981	MCA
5.	Inherit The Wind / Someday We'll All Be Free & Bobby Womack	1982	MCA
6.	Gentle Fire / Gentle Fire (part 2) & Taste Of Honey	1983	MCA
7.	(No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Lookin' Up To You / La Luz & Bobby Womack	1/1985	MCA	63
8.	Secrets / Someday We'll All Be Free	2/1985	MCA
9.	Street Life / Inherit The Wind & The Crusaders	4/1987	Old Gold

Joe Sample:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Carmel / Rainy Day In Monterey	9/1979	MCA
2.	Burnin' Up The Carnival / Dream Of Dreams	2/1981	MCA
3.	The Survivor / Wonderland	10/1985	MCA
4.	U-Turn / Serialized	2/1989	Warner Bros
5.	Spellbound / Leading Me Back To You	4/1989	Warner Bros

Stix Hooper:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Rum Or Tequila / Brazos River Breakdown (v USA)	10/1979	MCA
2.	Cordon Bleu / Brazos River Breakdown (v GB)	16.11.1979	MCA
3.	Cordon Bleu / Passion (v USA)	1/1980	MCA

Wayne Henderson:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Heat Of The Beat & Roy Ayers	12.01.1979	Polydor	43
2.	Dancin' Love Affair	11/1979	Polydor

Paulinho Da Costa:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Deja Vu	9/1979	Pablo
2.	Supalatino Vol 1: The Funky Sound Of Latin America EP (Meu Amigo Branco / Pastime Paradise / Spirit Of Love / Love 'Til The End Of Time / Sunny) & Eddie Palmieri & Ray Barretto & Yambu & Marcia Maria	07.10.2013	Supalatino

Arthur Adams:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	You Got The Floor	10/1981		38

David T. Walker:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	My Baby Loves Me	12/1969	Revue		128
2.	Love Vibrations	12/1970	Zea		117
3.	Hot Fun In The Summertime	1973	Ode

Various:

till 1958 The Modern Jazz Sextet
1958-61 The Night Hawks
1961-71 The Jazz Crusaders
od 1971 The Crusaders

Joe Sample:

appeared on the LP:

Joni Mitchell: Court And Spark (22.2.74, Asylum)
Minnie Riperton: Adventures In Paradise (20.6.75, Epic)
Joni Mitchell: The Hissing Of The Summer Lawns (5.12.75, Asylum)
Albert King: Truckload Of Lovin' (3/76, Utopia)
Joan Baez: Blowin' Away (24.6.77, Portrait)
Steely Dan: Aja (9/77, ABC)
Dusty Springfield: It Begins Again (10.2.78, Mercury)
Eric Clapton: The Pilgrim (9.3.98, Reprise)
Eric Clapton: Reptile (13.3.01, Reprise)
Natalie Cole: Ask a Woman Who Knows (17.9.02, Verve)
B.B. King: Reflections (10.6.03, MCA)
Anita Baker: Christmas Fantasy (4.10.05, Blue Note)
Queen Latifah: Trav'lin' Light (25.9.07, Verve)

Awards:

2000 Billboard/BET On Jazz Awards - Contemporary Jazz Vocal Album ("The Song Lives On", & Lalah Hathaway)

Robert Popwell:

appeared on the LP:

Les Dudek: Say No More (24.6.77, CBS)

Larry Carlton:

http://www.larrycarlton.net

appeared on the LP:

Joni Mitchell: Court And Spark (22.2.74, Asylum)
Minnie Riperton: Adventures In Paradise (20.6.75, Epic)
Joni Mitchell: The Hissing Of The Summer Lawns (5.12.75, Asylum)
Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker: I've Got The Music In Me (1/76, Sheffield)
Joan Baez: From Every Stage (2/76, A&M)
Leo Sayer: Endless Flight (29.10.76, Chrysalis)
Joni Mitchell: Hejira (3.12.76, Asylum)
Steely Dan: Aja (9/77, ABC)
Leo Sayer: Thunder In My Heart (30.9.77, Chrysalis)
Joni Mitchell: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (12/77, Asylum)
The V.T.'s: The V.T.'s (10/80, Criminal)
Donald Fagen: The Nightfly (10/82, Warner Bros)
Joni Mitchell: Wild Things Run Fast (11/82, Geffen)
The Crusaders: The Good And Bad Times (11/86, MCA)
Anita Baker: Christmas Fantasy (4.10.05, Blue Note)

Awards:

1981 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Instrumental Performance (SP "The Theme From Hill Street Blues", & Mike Post)
1987 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) (SP "Minute By Minute")
1990 Guitar Player - studiový Best Guitar
2001 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Instrumental Album ("No Substitutions - Live In Osaka", & Steve Lukather)
2010 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Instrumental Album ("Take Your Pick")

Wayne Henderson:

produced by LP:

Arthur Adams: Home Brew (11.7.75, Fantasy)

Paulinho Da Costa:

appeared on the LP:

Rod Stewart: Foot Loose And Fancy Free (10/77, Riva)
Dolly Parton: Heartbreaker (9/78, RCA)
Jean-Luc Ponty: Mystical Adventures (2/82, Atlantic)
Michael McDonald: If That's What It Takes (8/82, Warner Bros)
Christopher Cross: Another Page (2/83, Warner Bros)
Level 42: Standing In The Light (8/83, Polydor)
Andy Taylor: Thunder (1986, WEA)
Toto: Fahrenheit (1986, CBS)
Richard Marx: Richard Marx (6/87, Manhattan)
Indigo Girls: Indigo Girls (4/89, Epic)
Indigo Girls: Nomads, Indians, Saints (5.11.90, Epic)
Eric Clapton: Reptile (13.3.01, Reprise)
Diana Krall: Diana Krall - Live In Paris (10/02, Verve)
Kevyn Lettau: Bye Bye Blackbird (28.6.05, MCG Jazz)

Wilton Felder:

appeared on the LP:

Joni Mitchell: Court And Spark (22.2.74, Asylum)

Arthur Adams:

appeared on the LP:

Mitch Ryder: Detroit Breakout! (14.6.19, Cleopatra)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	27.11.1971	10	Pop Albums	album review
1975	32	09.08.1975	26	Jazzscene	interview
1975	35	30.08.1975	34	Jazz Records	album review
1975	39	27.09.1975	23	Albums	album review
1976	29	17.07.1976	21	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	29	17.07.1976	36		interview
1977	26	25.06.1977	4
1977	28	09.07.1977	22	Albums	album review
1978	39	07.10.1978	61		profile
1979	30	11.08.1979	18	Singles	single review
1979	35	15.09.1979	54	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	25	02.08.1980	9	Albums	album review
1980	36	18.10.1980	47	Caught In The Act	gig review
1981	7	14.02.1981	17	Singles	single review
1981	38	19.09.1981	15	Albums	album review
1981	38	19.09.1981	19	Caught In The Act	gig review
1984	25	04.08.1984	22	It's Alive
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1976	0	10.07.1976	17	Singles	single review