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Crusaders (Musical group)

LC control no.no 91019027
Corporate name headingCrusaders (Musical group)
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Variant(s)Swingsters
See alsoJazz Crusaders
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Found inSouthern 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)