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Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (born August 15, 1938) is an American drummer and founding member of The Crusaders.




Career


Hooper developed an interest in music, drums, and percussion at an early age. Starting in middle school with band director George Magruder, he began devoting much of his time to the study of music. While he was a student at Wheatley High School (Houston), he formed the band the Swingsters, then the Modern Jazz Sextet. At Texas Southern University, he received coaching from members of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and other local professional musicians. After moving to the west coast, he studied music at California State University, Los Angeles and with private instructors and mentors. During the 1950s the Jazz Crusaders were formed.
He has worked with Arthur Fiedler, George Shearing, B.B. King, Grant Green, Grover Washington Jr., Quincy Jones, Marvin Gaye, Nancy Wilson, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, and the Rolling Stones. He was National Vice Chairman of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and president of its Los Angeles chapter.




Discography






= As leader

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The World Within (MCA 3180, 1979)
Touch the Feeling (MCA 5374, 1982)
Lay it on the Line (Artful Balance 7214, 1989)
Many Hats (Stix Hooper Enterprises SHE3001, 2010)
Jazz Gems (Stix Hooper Enterprises SHE3002, 2010)
Mainstream Straight-Ahead (Stix Hooper Enterprises SHE3003, 2010)
Live in L.A. (Stix Hooper Enterprises SHE3006, 2015)
We Went West (Stix Hooper Enterprises SHE3007, 2015)
Friends Across the Pond (A Tribute to the George Shearing Quintet) (Stix Hooper Enterprises SHE3008, 2016)
Orchestrally Speaking (Stix Hooper Enterprises SHE3009, 2022)
With The Crusaders

Freedom Sound (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
Lookin' Ahead (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
Tough Talk (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
Heat Wave (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
Jazz Waltz (Pacific Jazz, 1963) with Les McCann
Stretchin' Out (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
The Thing (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
Chile Con Soul (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
Live at the Lighthouse '66 (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
Talk That Talk (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
The Festival Album (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
Uh Huh (Pacific Jazz, 1967)
Lighthouse '68 (Pacific Jazz, 1968)
Powerhouse (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
Lighthouse '69 (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
Give Peace a Chance (Liberty, 1970)
Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes (Chisa, 1970)
Pass the Plate (Chisa, 1971)
Hollywood (MoWest, 1972)
Crusaders 1 (Blue Thumb, 1972)
The 2nd Crusade (Blue Thumb, 1973)
Unsung Heroes (Blue Thumb, 1973)
Scratch (Blue Thumb, 1974)
Southern Comfort (Blue Thumb, 1974)
Chain Reaction (Blue Thumb, 1975)
Those Southern Knights (Blue Thumb, 1976)
Free as the Wind (Blue Thumb, 1977)
Images (Blue Thumb, 1978)
Street Life (MCA, 1979)
Rhapsody and Blues (MCA, 1980)
Standing Tall (MCA, 1981)
Royal Jam (MCA, 1982)
Rural Renewal (Verve, 2003)




= As sideman

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With Joe Sample

1978 Rainbow Seeker
1979 Carmel
1980 Voices in the Rain
With others

1969 Back to the Roots, Kay Starr
1969 Here Comes Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis
1971 The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing, Joe Williams and George Shearing (Sheba)
1971 Head On, Bobby Hutcherson
1971 Shades of Green, Grant Green
1973 I Know I Love Him, Nancy Wilson
1973 Playing/Singing, Larry Carlton
1974 Light, Airy and Swinging, George Shearing
1974 I Am Not Afraid, Hugh Masekela
1975 Home Brew, Arthur Adams
1979 Take It Home, B.B. King
1980 Now We May Begin, Randy Crawford
1989 Let's Stay Together, Eric Gale
1989 Times Are Changin ', Freddie Hubbard
2003 New York, New Sound, Gerald Wilson (Mack Avenue)




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Stix Hooper
• Images (The Crusaders album)
• The Crusaders (jazz fusion group)
• Stix
• Street Life (The Crusaders album)
• The Little Drummer Boy
• One Day I'll Fly Away
• Times Are Changing
• Southern Comfort (The Crusaders album)
• The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse