The rest of Unsung Heroes is solid, too. Night Theme is the perfect track to hang with when you're working into the wee hours, Let's Boogie cooks, and Freedom Sound is beautiful. "What a shame," said my Choice Sides co-host Obliveon. "They used to be the world's greatest hard bop group." Well, you can argue the merits of jazz-funk fusion vs. the real jazz shit all you want, and I like both, but jazz nuts and funkateers alike can agree this album right here is a winner.
And as of right now, Heavy Up isn't on YouTube. In fact, none of the Crusaders tracks mentioned in this post are. WTF?! Good candidates for future SOUL YouTube channel uploads.
(Note from May, 2012 - looks like about six months ago, somebody finally came correct and added this gem to the YouTube multiverse. So we could in turn pass it along.)
(Note from July, 2014 - Unfortunately, that one got taken down. But thanx to FunkJazz Did, it's back up. Nice looking out!)
- Dyn-O-Mite
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