Street Life - The Crusaders (1979)

"Street Life" was the title track of a 1979 studio album by the American jazz band The Crusaders. It represents the peak of the band's commercial popularity, as it was a Top 20 album on three Billboard charts. The title track, written by Will Jennings and Joe Sample, was also a Top 40 pop single peaking at number thirty-six, became the group's most successful entry on the soul chart, and also hit the disco chart peaking at number seventy-five. The album's personnel consisted of Joe Sample (keyboards, producer), Wilton Felder (saxophone, producer), Stix Hooper (drums, producer), Randy Crawford (vocals), Arthur Adams (guitar), Roland Bautista (guitar), Oscar Brashear (trumpet), Garnett Brown (trombone), Paulinho Da Costa (percussion), Barry Finnerty (guitar), William Green (saxophone), Paul Jackson Jr. (guitar), James Jamerson (bass guitar), Alphonso Johnson (bass guitar), Robert O'Bryan (trumpet), Jerome Richardson (saxophone), and Billy Rogers (guitar). The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group (some live and compilations), 19 of which were recorded under the name The Jazz Crusaders (1961--1970). In 1960, following the demise of a few short-lived Houston-based groups called The Swingsters and The Nite Hawks , pianist Joe Sample, drummer Stix Hooper, saxophonist Wilton Felder and trombonist Wayne Henderson relocated to Los Angeles, California. After changing their name to The Jazz Crusaders, the group signed with Pacific Jazz Records, where they would remain throughout the 1960s. Employing a two-manned front-line horn section (trombone and tenor saxophone), the group's sound was rooted in hard bop, with an emphasis on R&B and soul. The group shortened their name to The Crusaders in 1971, and adopted a jazz-funk style. They also incorporated the electric bass and electric guitar into their music. Bass guitarist Robert 'Pops' Popwell and guitarist Larry Carlton joined the band, and featured on the group's albums throughout most of the 1970s. With this new style came increased crossover appeal, and the group's recordings started to appear on the Billboard pop charts. The height of the group's commercial success came with 1979's "Street Life", which peaked at #18 on the pop album charts, and the title track from the album made the Top 10 on the R&B chart and #36 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. This channel is dedicated to the classic jazz music you've loved for years. The smokin' hot, icy cool jams that still make you tap your feet whenever you hear them . . . Cool Jazz is here!

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[lcolco1963]

memories hmmm...



[trinihammer]

absolutely fantastic.

[dorkdoll]

brilliant funk fab song great song

[1962sharif]

o my when i 1st heard this in 1979 i was in a the army blah blah any way 2011, I lisened to it again 1st time in 3 degades and still the power of this song speaks volumes to me what it was like as a young man in burnley and as a young squaddie being reminded in saddness is joy and peace you just have to find it, it is their god bless you all.