{"id":6328,"date":"2016-04-19T11:32:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T16:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6328"},"modified":"2016-04-19T11:32:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T16:32:03","slug":"the-crusaders-gotta-get-it-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6328","title":{"rendered":"The Crusaders – Gotta Get It On"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Crusaders on the cover of ‘2nd Crusade’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download – The Crusaders – Gotta Get It On MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I though we\u2019d all ease into the middle of the week with something funky by the mighty Crusaders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a seasoned digger, it\u2019d just about be a miracle if you weren\u2019t already deep into the Crusaders catalog.<\/p>\n

Their records, both in their earlier incarnation as the Jazz Crusaders<\/strong> (for World Pacific\/Pacific Jazz) and then in their time as the Crusaders (the funky instrumentals on Blue Thumb\/Chisa, like today\u2019s selection) and the smoother hitmakers (like \u2018Street Life\u2019 on MCA), are ubiquitous and almost always affordable, and in most cases, worth taking home.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s tune, the very groovy \u2018Gotta Get It On\u2019 hails from their 1972 LP \u20182nd Crusade\u2019.<\/p>\n

Written by drummer Stix Hooper<\/strong>, the tune is pushed along by Joe Sample\u2019s<\/strong> electric piano, the horns of Wayne Henderson<\/strong> and Wilton Felder<\/strong>, and Larry Carlton\u2019s<\/strong> guitar.<\/p>\n

The Crusaders always had a funky edge (\u2018small \u2018f\u2019 funky\u2019 in the old school, down and dirty soul jazz stylee), and their early 70s albums pump it into upper case, creating a very tasty, bright, somewhat laid back Southern California groove that you can hear echoes of in early Steely Dan<\/strong> albums.<\/p>\n

You probably won\u2019t be spinning this stuff for a funk 45 crowd, but its ability to get heads nodding is second to none.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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