LC control no. | no 91019027 |
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Corporate name heading | Crusaders (Musical group) |
Variant(s) | Swingsters |
See also | Jazz Crusaders |
Found in | Southern comfort [SR] 1974: labels (The Crusaders) container (members include Wayne Henderson, trb; Wilton Felder, t sax; Joe Sample, kbd; Stix Hooper, dr; Larry Carlton, gtr) New Grove dict. of jazz (Crusaders; hard-bop, later jazz-rock, group; formed in early 50s in Houston as trio called The Swingsters [No publs. in LC data base]; addition of members prompted name change to Modern Jazz Sextet; upon move to Calif., name changed to Night Hawks [No publs. in LC data base] and then to the Jazz Crusaders (1961); change of name to Crusaders (1971) coincident with broadening of musical style) |