The Jazz Crusaders - Pacific Jazz Studio Sessions (2005) (6CD)

CD1: 
1.The Geek
2.M.J.S Funk
3.That's It
4.Freedom Sound
5.Theme From Exodus
6.Coon
7.M.J.S. Funk (alternate version)
8.Coon (alternate version)
9.Song Of India
10.Big Hunk Of Funk
11.Tonight								play
12. 507 Neyland
13.Till All Ends
14.Tortoise & The Hare
15.In A Dream

CD2: 
1.Sinnin' Sam
2.Weather Beat
3.Scandalizing
4.White Cobra
5.Cathy's Delight
6.Congolese Sermon
7.One Leg Dance
8.Deacon Brown
9.Turkish Black
10.Brahms Lullaby
11.Boopie
12.Tough Talk
13.No Name Samba						play
14.Lazy Canary
15.Lonely Horn
16.Brother Bernard
17.Moon River.

CD3: 
1.On Broadway
2.Greenback Dollar
3.Close Shave							play
4.Free Sample
5.Mr. Sandman
6.Heat Wave
7.Sassy
8.Theme From “The L-Shaped Room” (T-Shaped Twist)
9.Some Samba
10.Stix March
11.Purple Onion
12.Long John
13.Robbins' Nest
14.You Are Sometimes Only Rain
15.Out Back
16.Bachafillen
17.I'll Remember Tomorrow
18.Polka Dots And Moonbeams
19.Sweetwater.

CD4: 
1.The Thing
2.Sunset In The Mountains
3.While The City Sleeps
4.White Cobra
5.New Time Shuffle
6.Para Mi Espoza
7.Soul Kosher
8.Tribute To Charles
9.A Trane Thing
10.New Time Shuffle (alternate version)
11.The Thing (alternate version)
12.Uptight (Everything's Alright)
13.The Shadow Do
14.Scratch
15.Isa's Chant.							play

CD5: 
1.Blue Monday
2.Night Theme
3.Uh Huh
4.Air Waves
5.Ice Water
6.Watts Happening
7.Promises, Promises
8.Love And Peace						play
9.Hey Jude
10.Sting Ray
11.Fancy Dance.

CD6: 
1.Love is Blue
2.Cookie Man
3.Upstairs
4.Firewater
5.Give Peace A Chance					play
6.I Think It Was A Dream
7.Black Bird
8.The Thrill Is Gone
9.Anita's New Dance
10.Space Settlement
11.All The Lonely Years
12.Another Blues.

Personnel: 
Joe Sample: piano; 
Wilton Felder: tenor saxophone; 
Wayne Henderson: trombone; 
Stix Hooper: drums; 
Jimmy Bond, Bobby Haynes, Monk Montgomery, Victor Gaskin,
  Leroy Vinnegar, Buster Williams: bass; 
Roy Gaines, Joe Pass, Arthur Adams: guitar.

A great discovery lies ahead for music buyers whose collections were assembled primarily in the CD era. And for others who let intervening years dull their memory of this band's truly original talent. The Pacific Jazz Quintet Studio Sessions is the first major retrospective of The Jazz Crusaders, a band that, later in its lifespan, would highlight different influences and become one of the most popular bands in music. This collection, from the 1960s, presents them at a time when they were largely un-amplified, full of energy, and unbelievably prolific (sessions from 9 LPs are represented here, and that's just the studio stuff).

When they surfaced in Los Angeles in 1961, poised to make their first LP, no one knew quite what to make of these musicians who seemed unlike any other "west coast" organizations. Not only weren't they part of the west coast sound, whatever that was, but they didn't seem to even care about it or recognize its relevance. The Jazz Crusaders featured their own eclectic line-up; played a signature mix of sounds, all with an appealing, tight groove, that had more to do with the music's roots than a lot of the jazz they were hearing.

When Dick Bock of Pacific Jazz heard their music, he couldn't name it, categorize it, or resist it. Two tunes into their audition, they had a deal! With the music on this set - which, except for the band's premiere recording, appears on CD for the first time anywhere - we get to learn why, all over again.

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

ziddu: CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6

yandex: CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6

4shared: CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6

mega: CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6

solidfiles: CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6

zalivalka: CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6

cloudmailru: CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6

filecloudio: CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6

oboom: CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6

back