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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Royal Jam is a live recording by the jazz-funk band The Crusaders with B.B. King, Josie James and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The album was recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall.[3]

Critical reception

Richard S. Ginell of Allmusic claimed "Around this time in their heyday, the Crusaders were experimenting with orchestral/jazz fusions in concert -- and MCA thought enough of them to capture the music in London's Royal Festival Hall one fine summer...it's one of the band's most enjoyable albums of that period."[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Joe Sample and Will Jennings except as noted.

  1. "Overture (I’m So Glad I’m Standing Here Today)" – 5:51
  2. "One Day I’ll Fly Away" – 5:49
  3. "Fly with Wings of Love" (Joe Sample) – 9:49
  4. "Burnin’ Up the Carnival" – 5:44
  5. "Last Call" (Sample) – 7:59
  6. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell) – 5:26
  7. "Better Not Look Down" – 6:22
  8. "Hold On" – 4:23
  9. "Street Life" – 7:56
  10. "I Just Can’t Leave Your Love Alone" – 4:15
  11. "Never Make a Move Too Soon" (Stix Hooper, Will Jennings) – 4:12[3]

Personnel

The Crusaders
Guest artists
Guest musicians

References

  1. ^ a b S. Ginell, Richard. "The Crusaders: Royal Jam". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ a b c The Crusaders: Royal Jam. GRP Records. 1982.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Jam
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