Powerhouse (The Jazz Crusaders album)

Powerhouse
Studio album by The Jazz Crusaders
Released May 1969
Recorded July 9-11, 1968
Genre Jazz/Jazz-fusion
Label World Pacific Jazz Records
Producer Richard Bock
The Jazz Crusaders chronology
Live At The Lighthouse '68
(1968)		 Powerhouse
(1969)		 Live At The Lighthouse '69
(1969)

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.[1][2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. Promises, Promises - (Burt Bacharach/Hal David)
  2. Love and Peace - (Arthur Adams)
  3. Hey Jude - (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
  4. Sting Ray - (Wayne Henderson)
  5. Fancy Dance - (Joe Sample)
  6. Love is Blue - (Andre Popp/Blackburn/Pierre Cour)
  7. Cookie Man - (Wayne Henderson)
  8. Upstairs - (Burt Bacharach/Hal David)
  9. Fire Water - (Charles Williams)

Personnel

Charts

Year Album Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B		 Jazz Albums
1969 Powerhouse 184 38 6

References

  1. ^ Bock, Richard (1969). Album notes for Powerhouse. Los Angeles, California: World Pacific Jazz Records.
  2. ^ a b http://www.allmusic.com/album/r164179/review
  3. ^ "The Crusaders US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6351/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-09-09.