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jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4694
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 1:26 pm:   Edit Post

http://www.houstonpress.com/music/legendary-crusaders-sax-man-wilton-felder-passes-away-7800449

Such a sad loss. He was one of my favourite saxophonists and also a great bass player too.

https://youtu.be/YqDF-wL3VXM?t=11m45s
ed_zeppelin
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Username: ed_zeppelin

Post Number: 110
Registered: 2-2010
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 2:18 pm:   Edit Post

What a fantastic musician. He played bass on everything from Seals and Crofts' "Diamond Girl" and Billy Joel's "Piano Man" to my favorite Joni Mitchell album; "the Hissing Of Summer Lawns."

Here' something interesting, though not necessarily a worthy tribute to such a great musician: Wilton Felder's isolated bass track from "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5:

http://youtu.be/z91l_lPz1oc

The full song:

http://youtu.be/s3Q80mk7bxEl
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11935
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 2:20 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks Jazzyvee; that's a nice video cut.
jcdlc72
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Username: jcdlc72

Post Number: 440
Registered: 11-2009
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 7:13 pm:   Edit Post

My first introduction to the Crusaders, when I was a little kid toddling my first forays into jazz-funk, was "Keep that same old feeling" from the "These Southern Knights" album. Oh man, how I loved that sound! That album had a lot of play in my little record player (and whenever Dad was not around, on his Stereo!). Then it came "Street Life" and I was hooked for life. Absolutely classy!. RIP Wilton..
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11937
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 7:28 pm:   Edit Post

I have the Crusaders' CD "Healing the Wounds" from 1991. Here is Wilton Felder featured on Mercy, Mercy, Mercy from that album. The bass player on this album is Marcus Miller. And of course the piano here is the late Joe Sample. Beautiful tune.
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4697
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 5:00 am:   Edit Post

The first track of theirs I heard was Spiral. When I was just starting out as a guitarist, I was talking to one of the elder musicians in my area, ha, was probably in his early 20's, anyway I was curious as to what kind of music I could learn from. He pushed the album "Those Southern Knights" in my hands said, learn the solo on Spiral.
That was my first introduction to The Crusaders and have been a big fan ever since. I saw them in concert three times here in the UK. I think once was before street life and got to meet the band by the stage entrance and got their autographs. I always remember Wilton's signature because he did the W on it's side, a bit like a number 3 which I thought was really cool. I'll see if I can find the picture.
edwin
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Username: edwin

Post Number: 2119
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 7:31 pm:   Edit Post

Oh man. What a great musician. Of course, my introduction to his work was via the Crusaders, but he's done so much more than that. Are there even musicians like this any more, who can do so much for so many different kinds of artists, now that the studio/record company paradigm has collapsed?
funkyjazzjunky
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 1007
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Monday, October 05, 2015 - 1:32 pm:   Edit Post

His solo on Street Life is epic

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