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Heat Wave (The Jazz Crusaders album)

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Released
  
1963 (1963)

Artist
  
The Crusaders

Producer
  
Richard Bock

Genre
  
Jazz

Heat Wave (1963)
  
Jazz Waltz (1963)

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Pacific Jazz Records

Recorded
  
September 24, 25 & 26, 1963

Studio
  
Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, California

Similar
  
The Crusaders albums, Jazz albums

The jazz crusaders heat wave


Heat Wave is the fifth album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1963 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic rated the album with 2 stars; in his review, Scott Yanow said: "Some of the material is rather unlikely for the popular hard bop group ...but the band performs those tunes plus a few originals with their usual ingenuity and soulful approach".

Track listing

  1. "On Broadway" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:27
  2. "Green Back Dollar" (Hoyt Axton, Ken Ramsey) - 2:20
  3. "Close Shave" (Joe Sample) - 2:35
  4. "Free Sample" (Sample) - 3:31
  5. "Mr. Sandman" (Pat Ballard) - 2:58
  6. "Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin) - 2:52
  7. "Sassy" (Les McCann) - 4:27
  8. "Theme From "The L-Shaped Room" (T-Shaped Twist)" (John Barry) - 4:11
  9. "Some Samba" (Wayne Henderson) - 2:35
  10. "Stix March" (Stix Hooper) - 2:44
  11. "Purple Onion" (Wilton Felder) - 2:55

Personnel

  • Wayne Henderson - trombone
  • Wilton Felder - tenor saxophone
  • Joe Sample - piano, harpsichord
  • Bobby Haynes - bass
  • Stix Hooper - drums

    • References

    Heat Wave (The Jazz Crusaders album) Wikipedia
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