Going to see the CRUSADERS tonight!

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 13 Apr 2011 3:41 am

Am heading into NYC tonight to see 3 of the four original Crusaders at the Blue Note. It's overpriced and usually short sets, but after being a hugh fan for almost 30 years and having never seen them with Wayne Henderson, I am looking forward to it. If only Dean Parks was playing with them

I'll give a short review after the show.

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 13 Apr 2011 4:37 am

I dig the Crusaders. Enjoy the show!

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 13 Apr 2011 6:36 am

Thanks Mike, I do too. They have that great funky sound that I think most Jazz fans overlooked, some of their stuff would be great on Steel Guitar too.

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 13 Apr 2011 7:11 am

I played Put It Where You Want It at the Dallas show, but it was little rough, as some of the guys got lost in the chart.

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 13 Apr 2011 9:19 am

That is cool playing that in their home state, a Larry Carlton contribution. I know that Chuck Lettes is a fan of their, he may have some stuff tabbed out.

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 13 Apr 2011 9:36 am

I did a festival gig Sunday and the soundman was playing some old Crusaders before our set. Reminded me how great they were.

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 13 Apr 2011 1:01 pm

That's good to hear Mark. I first heard them in Lubbock, Tx. when I worked at Texas Tech Radio station
KTXT, and another DJ was playing their album 'Free as the Wind' on his Jazz Night Show and I was instantly hooked, became a big Larry C. fan and have seen the Crusaders many times over the years. I still go back to those albums from the early to late seventies and they are timeless, all different but so much soul.

Joe Sample is such a great guy and I am really looking foreward to seeing Wayne Henderson for the first time. Joe's son is playing bass, and he is a real nice guy too, like his dad.

There is a box set out on their early years on the Mosaic label, I have to get it, they did so many records back in the late 50's and early 60's as the Jazz Crusaders which I have a lot on Album, but would like to get it on CD. Also some unreleased stuff on that box.

Thanks for the comments.