Standing Tall (The Crusaders album)
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| Released | October 1981 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:23 | |||
| Label | MCA[1] | |||
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| AllMusic | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Standing Tall is an album by the jazz group the Crusaders, their third studio album with MCA Records. It features singer Joe Cocker as guest artist on two tracks: the 1981 Grammy-nominated song "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" and "This Old World's Too Funky for Me".[5]
Track listing
- "Standing Tall" (Stix Hooper) - 6:46
- "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" (Joe Sample, Will Jennings) - 5:02
- "Sunshine in Your Eyes" (Sample) - 6:11
- "This Old World's Too Funky for Me" (Sample, Jennings) - 5:25
- "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons) - 4:23
- "The Longest Night" (Sample) - 6:24
- "Reprise (I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today) (Instrumental)" (Sample. Jennings) - 2:59
Personnel
The Crusaders
- Joe Sample – acoustic, electric and synthesizer keyboards; horn and string arrangements
- Wilton Felder – saxophones, electric bass (5)
- Stix Hooper – drums, percussion
With:
- Barry Finnerty – guitar solos
- David T. Walker – guitars
Guest musicians
- Billy Preston – organ
- Larry Carlton – guitars
- Steve Gibson – guitars
- Jon Goin – guitars
- Dean Parks – guitars
- Reggie Young – guitars
- Marcus Miller – bass (1–3, 6, 7)
- Louis Johnson – bass (4)
- Paulinho da Costa – special percussion
Vocalists
- Joe Cocker – vocals (2, 4)
- Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
- Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
- Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals
Production
- Wilton Felder – producer
- Stix Hooper – producer
- Joe Sample – producer
- Bill Harris – engineer
- Galen Senogles – engineer, mixing
- Russell Castillo – assistant engineer
- David Debusk – assistant engineer
- Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Tom Hooper – executive assistant
- Robin Howell – production coordinator
- Wes Leathers – equipment coordinator
- John Malta – equipment coordinator
- George Osaki – art direction
- Georgopoulos/Imada Design, Inc. – design
- Alan Messer – photography
References
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Closeup". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 17, 1981. p. 84 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Standing Tall - The Crusaders | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ The Crusaders, The Vocal Album: The Greatest Vocal Hits from the Crusaders, CD, MCA Records Capitol Records, 1987