GROOVE ADDICT : THE JAZZ CRUSADERS POWERHOUSE

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Read an article on a post Bob Stanley on Guardian

"In the summer, the scene would move en masse to Ostend, Belgium's equivalent to Blackpool. DJ Freddy Cousaert played at the Groove, a late night downstairs bar frequented by US marines, lovers of blues and soul music and tourists, it was Cousaert who later looked after Marvin Gaye during his 80s sejourn in Ostend. The music he played at the Groove included ska, Latin jazz and even Broadway songs such as Stranger in Paradise, or Whatever Lola Wants from Damn Yankees...."

dimanche 29 mars 2020

THE JAZZ CRUSADERS POWERHOUSE

PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDS 1968 ST 20136

Powerhouse is a 1969 album by The Jazz Crusaders.
It was their fourteenth album produced by Richard Bock
for World Pacific Jazz Records. It was the first album
in which Joe Sample played on the Fender Rhodes
and according Thom Jurek in his All Music review,
would mark a turning point for the band.

credits:

Wayne Henderson - Trombone
Wilton Felder - Saxophone
Joe Sample - Keyboards
Stix Hooper - Drums
Charles "Buster" Williams - Bass

on A4,A5,B3
joe sample - electric piano
Arthur Adams Guitar

Richard Bock - Producer and liner notes

Thorne Nogar - Engineer

Woody Woodward - Art Direction

Recorded: July 9-10-11, 1968
Pacific Jazz Studios, LA,

tracks list:

A1 Promises, Promises 6:13

A2 Love And Peace 3:20

A3 Hey Jude
Written-By – John Lennon, Paul McCartney 3:17

A4 Sting Ray 3:24

A5 Fancy Dance 4:25

B1 Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu) 4:35

B2 Cookie Man 5:35