''Free as the Wind'' is a studio album by
The Crusaders issued in December 1976 on
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group.
Pre-history
MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 w ...
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The album rose to No. 8 on the
Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
Tracklisting
Adapted from album's text.
Personnel
Adapted from album's text.
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Robert "Pops" Popwell - bass
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Stix Hooper
Stix or STIX may refer to:
People
* Stix Hooper (born 1938), American jazz musician
* Gary Stix, American journalist
* Thomas H. Stix (1924–2001), American physicist
* Christine Stix-Hackl (born 1957), Austrian jurist
Arts and entertainment ...
- drums, percussion
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Arthur Adams (track: B4),
Dean Parks
Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas.
Albums
Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...
,
Larry Carlton,
Roland Bautista (tracks: B1, B3) - guitar
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Joe Sample
Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, the band which shortened its name to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained ...
- keyboards, string and horn orchestration
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Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (track: B1)
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Ralph MacDonald
Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist.
His compositions include "Where Is the Love", a Gra ...
- special percussion
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Wilton Felder
Wilton Lewis Felder (August 31, 1940 – September 27, 2015) was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as The Crusaders. Felder played bass on the Jackson 5's hits "I Want ...
- saxophone
;Technical
*Rik Pekkonen - engineer, mixing
*Frank Mulvey - art direction
*Tim Ritchie - album design
*Ed Simpson - photography
Charts
References
1976 albums
The Crusaders albums
MCA Records albums
Albums produced by Stewart Levine
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