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".The Crusaders, The Vocal Album: The Greatest Vocal Hits from the Crusaders, CD, MCA Records Capitol Records, 1987
Track listing "Standing Tall" (Stix Hooper) - 6:46 "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" (Joe Sample, Will Jennings) - 5:02 "Sunshine in Your Eyes" (Sample) - 6:11 "This Old World's Too Funky for Me" (Sample, Jennings) - 5:25 "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons) - 4:23 "The Longest Night" (Sample) - 6:24 "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
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