27/01/2023

The Crusaders "Rhapsody And Blues" (1980) -Jazz Funk / Smooth Soul-



Label : MCA Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Soul Shadows (Joe Sample & Will Jennings)
02 - Honky Tonk Struttin' (Wilton Felder)
03 - Elegant Evening (Stix Hooper)

Side 2

01 - Rhapsody And Blues (Joe Sample)
02 - Last Call (Joe Sample)
03 - Sweet Gentle Love (Stix Hooper)


Produced by Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper & Joe Sample for Crusaders Productions Inc.
Engineered & Mixed by Greg Venable with Russell Bracher Assisting
Recorded at Britannia Studios, Hollywood, CA, March 1980
Mastered at A&M Studios by Bernie Grundman
Executive Assistant - Crusaders Productions, Inc. : Tom Hooper
Production Coordinator - Crusaders Productions, Inc. : Pamela Hope Lobue
Synthesizer Arrangements by Joe Sample with Programming by Rory Kaplan

The Crusaders :
Wilton Felder : Soprano, Alto & Tenor Saxophones ; Bass on "Last Call" & "Honky Tonk Struttin'"
Stix Hooper : Drums & Percussion
Joe Sample : Acoustic, Electric & Synthesizer Keyboards

Guest Musicians :
Guitars : Dean Parks, Roland Bautista, Bob Mann (Guitar Solos), Phil Upchurch
Bass : Abraham Laboriel (Solo on "Soul Shadows"), Alphonso Johnson on "Sweet Gentle Love"
Special Percussion
Paulinho Da Costa on "Soul Shadows" & "Last Call"
Sheila Escovedo : All Other Selections except "Elegant Evening"

Trumpet : Ralf Rickert on "Soul Shadows"

Featured Vocalist on "Soul Shadows" : Bill Withers