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Street Life is a studio album by the American jazz band the Crusaders. It was a top 20 album on three Billboard charts and represents the peak of the band's commercial popularity. The title track, featuring singer Randy Crawford, was a Top 40 pop single (No. 36) and became the group's most successful entry on the soul chart (No. 17). It was No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. "Street Life" also hit the disco chart, peaking at No. 75, and was re-recorded by Doc Severinsen with Crawford reprising her vocal for the opening sequence of the noir crime drama Sharky's Machine, directed by Burt Reynolds in 1981. This faster paced version was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, released in 1997.
The cover photograph was taken at 409 N Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California.




Critical reception



The Bay State Banner noted that "Crawford's voice has passion and intensity, unlike the meanderings heard on her albums."
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.




Track listing


"Street Life" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) – 11:18
"My Lady" (Wilton Felder) – 6:43
"Rodeo Drive (High Steppin')" (Sample) – 4:28
"Carnival of the Night" (Felder) – 6:24
"The Hustler" (Stix Hooper) – 5:18
"Night Faces" (Sample) – 5:10




Personnel


The Crusaders
Wilton Felder – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4), alto saxophone (track 5, 6), bass (tracks 1, 2, 5)
Joe Sample – keyboards, horn and string arrangements
Stix Hooper – drums
Additional personnel
Randy Crawford – vocals (track 1)
Louis Aldebert – vocals (track 2)
Monique Aldebert – vocals (track 2)
Oscar Brashear – trumpet (tracks 1, 3)
Robert O. Bryant Sr. – trumpet (track 1)
Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone (track 1)
Robert Bryant Jr. – tenor saxophone (track 1)
William Green – baritone saxophone (track 1)
Garnett Brown – tenor trombone (tracks 1, 3)
Maurice Spears – bass trombone (tracks 1, 3)
Arthur Adams – guitar (tracks 1, 4)
Billy Rogers – guitar (track 1)
Roland Bautista – guitar (tracks 1, 4)
Barry Finnerty – guitar (tracks 2-5)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (tracks 2, 5)
David T. Walker – guitar (track 4)
Alphonso Johnson – bass (tracks 3, 6)
James Jamerson Jr. – bass (track 4)
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (tracks 1-5)




Charts


Album - Billboard (United States)

Singles - Billboard (United States)




References






External links


Transcription of Joe Sample's piano solo on Track 1 - "Street Life"

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