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played on the Fender Rhodes and according to Thom Jurek in his

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review, would mark a turning point for the band.

Track listing

#" Promises, Promises" - (

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) #"Love and Peace" - ( Arthur Adams) #"

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" - (

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) #"Sting Ray" - ( Wayne Henderson) #"Fancy Dance" - (

) #" Love is Blue" - ( André Popp, Blackburn,

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) #"Cookie Man" - (Wayne Henderson) #"

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" - (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) #"Fire Water" - ( Charles Williams)

Personnel

* Wayne Henderson – trombone *

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 *

– keyboards * Charles "Buster" Williams – bass *

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– drums

Charts

References

The Jazz Crusaders albums 1969 albums World Pacific Records albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub