Powerhouse (The Jazz Crusaders album)
| Powerhouse | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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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 AllMusic review, would mark a turning point for the band.[1][2]
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
- "Promises, Promises" - (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
- "Love and Peace" - (Arthur Adams)
- "Hey Jude" - (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- "Sting Ray" - (Wayne Henderson)
- "Fancy Dance" - (Joe Sample)
- "Love is Blue" - (André Popp, Blackburn, Pierre Cour)
- "Cookie Man" - (Wayne Henderson)
- "Upstairs" - (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
- "Fire Water" - (Charles Williams)
Personnel
- Wayne Henderson - Trombone
- Wilton Felder - Saxophone
- Joe Sample - Keyboards
- Stix Hooper - Drums
- Charles "Buster" Williams - Bass
- Richard Bock - Producer and liner notes
- Thorne Nogar - Engineer
- Woody Woodward - Art Direction
- Gabor Halmos - Design
- Fred Seligo - Cover photography
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions[3] | ||
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| US | US R&B |
Jazz Albums | ||
| 1969 | Powerhouse | 184 | 38 | 6 |
References
- ↑ Bock, Richard (1969). Powerhouse (Media notes). The Jazz Crusaders. Los Angeles, California: World Pacific Jazz Records.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Powerhouse (The Jazz Crusaders album) at AllMusic
- ↑ "The Crusaders US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
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