Heat Wave (The Jazz Crusaders album)

Heat Wave is the fifth album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1963 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[1][2]

Heat Wave
Studio album by
Released1963 (1963)
RecordedSeptember 24, 25 & 26, 1963
StudioPacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreJazz
LabelPacific Jazz
ProducerRichard Bock
The Jazz Crusaders chronology
Tough Talk
(1963)
Heat Wave
(1963)
Jazz Waltz
(1963)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]

AllMusic rated the album with 2 stars; in his review, Scott Yanow said: "Some of the material is rather unlikely for the popular hard bop group ...but the band performs those tunes plus a few originals with their usual ingenuity and soulful approach".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "On Broadway" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:27
  2. "Green Back Dollar" (Hoyt Axton, Ken Ramsey) - 2:20
  3. "Close Shave" (Joe Sample) - 2:35
  4. "Free Sample" (Sample) - 3:31
  5. "Mr. Sandman" (Pat Ballard) - 2:58
  6. "Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin) - 2:52
  7. "Sassy" (Les McCann) - 4:27
  8. "Theme from The L-Shaped Room (T-Shaped Twist)" (John Barry) - 4:11
  9. "Some Samba" (Wayne Henderson) - 2:35
  10. "Stix March" (Stix Hooper) - 2:44
  11. "Purple Onion" (Wilton Felder) - 2:55

Personnel

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The Jazz Crusaders

References

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  1. ^ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10000/20000 series accessed January 12, 2016
  2. ^ Stix Hooper Discography Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 12, 2016
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Heat Wave – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2016.