Standing Tall (The Crusaders album)

Standing Tall is an album by the jazz group the Crusaders, their third studio album with MCA Records. It features singer Joe Cocker as guest artist on two tracks: the 1981 Grammy-nominated song "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" and "This Old World's Too Funky for Me".

Track listing

1. "Standing Tall" (Stix Hooper) - 6:46
2. "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" (Joe Sample, Will Jennings) - 5:02
3. "Sunshine in Your Eyes" (Sample) - 6:11
4. "This Old World's Too Funky for Me" (Sample, Jennings) - 5:25
5. "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons) - 4:23
6. "The Longest Night" (Sample) - 6:24
7. "Reprise (I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today) (Instrumental)" (Sample. Jennings) - 2:59

Personnel

The Crusaders

• Joe Sample – acoustic, electric and synthesizer keyboards; horn and string arrangements
• Wilton Felder – saxophones, electric bass (5)
• Stix Hooper – drums, percussion

With:

• Barry Finnerty – guitar solos
• David T. Walker – guitars

Guest musicians

• Billy Preston – organ
• Larry Carlton – guitars
• Steve Gibson – guitars
• Jon Goin – guitars
• Dean Parks – guitars
• Reggie Young – guitars
• Marcus Miller – bass (1–3, 6, 7)
• Louis Johnson – bass (4)
• Paulinho da Costa – special percussion

Vocalists

• Joe Cocker – vocals (2, 4)
• Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
• Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
• Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals

Production

• Wilton Felder – producer
• Stix Hooper – producer
• Joe Sample – producer
• Bill Harris – engineer
• Galen Senogles – engineer, mixing
• Russell Castillo – assistant engineer
• David Debusk – assistant engineer
• Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• Tom Hooper – executive assistant
• Robin Howell – production coordinator
• Wes Leathers – equipment coordinator
• John Malta – equipment coordinator
• George Osaki – art direction
• Georgopoulos/Imada Design, Inc. – design
• Alan Messer – photography

References