If songs like "Scratch" come to mind when you think of the Jazz Crusaders, you are in for a real treat with this six-CD set. Originally including "jazz" in their moniker, Wayne Henderson (trombone), ...

With the esteemed jazz/funk/fusion band the Crusaders as a guide, one could trace the rise and fall of commercial jazz in all in many of its permutations. The core group that is the most recognized ...

In most cities, finding the hottest jazz is a matter of knowing which club to go to. But it’s not so simple in Cape Town. Although this city boasts its own jazz genre (the lilting, highly ...

Jazz musician Stix Hooper first met broadcaster Saul Levine in the ’60s when Hooper was the drummer in the Crusaders, and Levine owned and operated KBCA (105.1 FM), the top jazz radio station in ...

ST. LOUIS • If the Jazz Crusaders had only gone through the motions Saturday evening at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, its fans would likely have been satisfied. But the popular combo ...

Since 2018, the Chicago Soul Jazz Collective has made waves in town by resurrecting the stylish grooves of the postbop era, which began in the late 1950s—nationally, the sound was shaped by the likes ...