Way Back Home (1996)

About this title: The music on this four-CD box set is mostly excellent, and this is not a bad sampler of the recordings of the (Jazz) Crusaders, but there are some problems. The 1961-70 group is covered much too quickly in the first disc, and the last two discs jump around chronologically throughout the '70s. The lack of recording dates is rather inexcusable, and the odd programming makes it difficult to trace the popular band's evolution. On the other hand, the extensive liner notes by Quincy Troupe are refreshingly honest, and many of the high points of the group's existence (including "The Young Rabbits," ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Young Rabbits [Henderson]
2. Freedom Sound [Sample]
3. Brother Barnard [Sample]
4. Tough Talk [Henderson/Hooper/Sa]
5. Scratch [Henderson]
6. Blues up Tight [Sample]
7. Eleanor Rigby [Lennon/McCartney]
8. Inside the Outside [Hooper]
9. Jazz! [Sample]
10. Thank You [Stewart]
11. Golden Slumbers [Lennon/McCartney]
12. Way Back Home [Felder]
13. Put It Where You Want It [Sample]
14. So Far Away [King]
15. Sweet Revival [Sample]
16. That's How I Feel [Felder]
17. Three Children [Felder]
18. Mosadi [Henderson]
19. A Shade of Blue [Sample]
20. Tough Talk [Henderson/Hooper/Sa]
21. Don't Let It Get You Down [Sample]
22. A Message from the Inner City [Sample]
23. A Search for Soul [Sample]
24. Scratch [Henderson]
25. Hard Times [Mitchell/Newman]
26. Stomp and Buck Dance [Henderson]
27. Double Bubble [Sample]
28. Crossfire [Sample]
29. Lilies of the Nile [Felder]
30. When There's Love Around [Hooper]
31. Ballad for Joe (Louis) [Sample]
32. Whispering Pines [Henderson]
33. Chain Reaction [Sample]
34. Creole [Felder]
35. Free as the Wind [Sample]
36. Sweet 'N' Sour [Sample]
37. I Felt the Love [Hooper]
38. Spiral [Sample]
39. Night Crawler [Carlton]
40. Keep That Same Old Feeling [Henderson]
41. It Happens Everyday [Sample]
42. Snowflake [Sample]
43. Fairy Tales [Sample]
44. Street Life [Sample/Jennings]
45. Way Back Home [Felder]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.