''Lighthouse '68'' is a live album by

The Jazz Crusaders The Crusaders (formerly known as The Jazz Crusaders) were an American jazz/jazz fusion group performing from the 1960s to the 2010s. The group was known as the Jazz Crusaders from their formation in 1960 until shortening their name in 1971. The ...

recorded in 1967 and released on the

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Reception

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rated the album with 4 stars noting: "Feel is what dictates the material and its execution on this set, without unnecessary attention paid to crowd or recording apparatus. This is one fthe most intimate jazz shows captured on tape during the 1960s. It gives record buyers the sound of a band in full possession of their considerable capabilities, celebrating them in a relaxed environment, playing their own brand of grooved-out '60s jazz".

Track listing

# "Ooga-Boo-Ga-Loo" (Stix Hooper) - 6:39 # "

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) - 7:32 # "Native Dancer" (Buster Williams) - 8:52 # "Never Had It So Good" (Joe Sample) - 7:15 # "The Emperor" (Williams) - 8:50 # "

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) - 6:12 # "Cathy the Cooker" (Wayne Henderson) - 6:22 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Shadows" (Williams) - 4:03 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Tough Talk" (Henderson, Hooper, Sample) - 8:01 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Third Principle" (Wilton Felder) - 8:45 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

* Wayne Henderson -

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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 ...

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Joe Sample Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American jazz keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, whose name was shortened to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained a p ...

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Buster Williams Charles Anthony "Buster" Williams (born April 17, 1942) is an American jazz bassist. Williams is known for his membership in pianist Herbie Hancock's early 1970s group, as well as working with guitarist Larry Coryell, the Thelonious Monk reperto ...

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Stix Hooper Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (born August 15, 1938) is an American drummer and founding member of The Crusaders (Houston group), The Crusaders. Career Hooper developed an interest in music, drums, and percussion at an early age. Starting in middle sc ...

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References

{{The Crusaders The Crusaders (jazz fusion group) live albums 1968 live albums Pacific Jazz Records live albums Albums recorded at the Lighthouse Café