the Crusaders
USA
Formed: 1960
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Fusion, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz/Groove, Bop, Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Pop
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Back in 1954, Houston pianist Joe Sample teamed up with high school friends tenor saxophonist Wilton Felder and drummer Stix Hooper to form the Swingsters. Within a short time, they were joined by trombonist Wayne Henderson, flutist Hubert Laws, and bassist Henry Wilson and the group became the Modern Jazz Sextet. With the move of Sample, Felder, Hooper, and Henderson to Los Angeles in 1960, the band (a quintet with the bass spot constantly changing) took on the name of the Jazz Crusaders. The following year they made their first recordings for...
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