Southern Comfort

by The Crusaders

Southern Comfort cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1974
  • Label: Blue Thumb
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:58
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Wayne Henderson, Stewart Levine, Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, "Stix" Hooper, Wilton Felder

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This expansive double album solidifies The Crusaders' mastery of accessible, groove-oriented jazz-funk. Driven by Joe Sample's electric piano and Wayne Henderson's trombone, the record delivers relaxed, deep-pocket rhythms that became a commercial staple of mid-70s fusion.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, improvisation, fusion, groove-laden, rhythmic, soulful

Tracklist

  1. Stomp And Buck Dance (5:51)
  2. Greasy Spoon (3:14)
  3. Get On The Soul Ship (It's Sailing) (3:22)
  4. Super-Stuff (2:42)
  5. Double Bubble (2:44)
  6. The Well's Gone Dry (4:46)
  7. Southern Comfort (2:07)
  8. Time Bomb (6:40)
  9. When There's Love Around (5:28)
  10. Lilies Of The Nile (9:35)
  11. Whispering Pines (9:00)
  12. A Ballad For Joe (Louis) (7:29)

Credits

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