''Lookin' Ahead'' is the second album by

The Jazz Crusaders The Crusaders (formerly known as The Jazz Crusaders) were an American jazz/jazz fusion group performing from the 1960s to the 2010s. The group was known as the Jazz Crusaders from their formation in 1960 until shortening their name in 1971. The ...

recorded in 1962 and released on

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.Stix Hooper Discography
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Reception

Writing for

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wrote, "The tenor-trombone frontline created by Wilton Felder and Henderson, along with the funky yet swinging playing of pianist Joe Sample, drummer Stix Hooper and bassist Jimmy Bond on this hard-to-find set made the group instantly recognizable and surprisingly popular from the start".

Track listing

# " Song of India" (

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) – 4:02 # "Big Hunk of Funk" (Wilton Felder) – 5:00 # "

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) – 2:50 # "507 Neyland" (Wayne Henderson) – 3:56 # "Till All Ends" (Joe Sample) – 3:33 # "Tortoise and the Hare" (Sample) – 4:24 # "In a Dream" (Henderson) – 3:20 # "Sinnin' Sam" (Stix Hooper) – 4:39 # "The Young Rabbits" (Henderson) – 3:35

Personnel

* Wayne Henderson – trombone *

Wilton Felder Wilton Lewis Felder (August 31, 1940 – September 27, 2015) was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as the Crusaders. Felder played bass on the Jackson 5's hits "I Want ...

– tenor saxophone *

Joe Sample Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American jazz keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, whose name was shortened to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained a p ...

– piano * Jimmy Bond – bass *

Stix Hooper Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (born August 15, 1938) is an American drummer and founding member of The Crusaders (Houston group), The Crusaders. Career Hooper developed an interest in music, drums, and percussion at an early age. Starting in middle sc ...

– drums

References

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