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Wilton Lewis Felder (August 31, 1940 – September 27, 2015) was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of The Jazz Crusaders, later known as The Crusaders.
He was born in Houston, Texas, in 1940. Felder, Wayne Henderson, Joe Sample, and Stix Hooper founded the group while in high school in Houston. The Jazz Crusaders evolved from a straight-ahead jazz combo into a pioneering jazz-rock fusion group, with a definite soul music influence. Felder worked with the original group for over thirty years, and continued to work in its later versions, which often featured other founding members.
Felder also worked as a West Coast studio musician, mostly playing electric bass, for various soul and R&B musicians, and was one of the in-house bass players for Motown Records, when the record label opened up operations in Los Angeles in the early 1970s. He played on recordings by The Jackson 5 such as "I Want You Back" and "The Love You Save", as well as for Marvin Gaye and Grant Green. He also played bass for soft rock groups like America and Seals and Crofts. Also of note was his contribution to the John Cale album, Paris 1919, and Billy Joel's Piano Man and Streetlife Serenade albums. He was one of three bass players on Randy Newman's Sail Away (1972) and Joan Baez' Diamonds & Rust. Felder also anchored albums from Joni Mitchell and Michael Franks.
Wilton Felder - Inherit The Wind
Wilton Felder ft Bobby Womack - Inherit The Wind.avi
Wilton Felder ft Bobby Womack - Someday We'll All Be Free
NO MATTER HOW HIGH I GET - Wilton Felder f Bobby Womack & Altrinna Grayson
Wilton Felder - Driftin' On A Dream - Gentle Fire LP
Wilton Felder We all have a star
Wilton Felder ♪Inherit The Wind♪ - Feat. Bobby Womack
Wilton Felder My Name is love
Wilton Felder's isolated bass on "I Want You Back"
Wilton Felder - Let's Dance Together
Co-produced with his fellow Crusaders with traces of Latin, funk, and soul bubbling through a warm jazzy mix. The blueprint for a zillion other fusion records — none of which ever sounded this good!
This classic Jazz Fusion track was taken from the Gentle Fire LP recorded in 1983. I first heard this track on the Robbie Vincent BBC Radio 1 show back in the day, Enjoy!!!
From an album of the same name that Wilton Felder released soon after the breakup of the Crusaders. Pity it was never released as a CD.
Wilton Felder (Jazz Crusaders) Inherit The Wind
The great saxophonist/bassist's input on the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back"
From "We All Have A Star" (ABC Records, 1978)
Live at Montreux in 1976 Recorded live at, Montreux, Switzerland, on 06th July, 1976 ********* JOE SAMPLE - key , WILTON FELDER - sax, GARNETT BROWN - tb, LARRY CARLTON - g, ROBERT POWELL - bas, NESBERT HOOPER - drs
Ariel Francis - Live with Wilton Felder - Way Back Home
Recorded live at "Ohne Filter", Baden-Baden, Germany, 1987 ****** JOE SAMPLE -- keyb, KENNY G. - sax, WILTON FELDER -- sax, DAVID T. WALKER -- g, EDDIE DAVIS -- tp, JAMES EARL -- bg, AIRTO MOREIRA - perc, SCOTT PEAKER - dr
Jimmy Smith: Hammond B3 organ Paul Humphrey: drums Wilton Felder: bass Buck Clarke: congas and percussion Arthur Adams: guitar Steve Williams: harmonica released on the Verve label Los Angeles on February 8, 1972
Wayne Henderson - trombone; Wilton Felder - tenor saxophone; Wayne Henderson - tuba; Bill Steinway - keyboards; Brian Price - guitar; Derrick Murdock - bass; Tony St James - drums
Joe Sample: keyboards Wilton Felder: saxophones Stephan Baxter: trombone Ray Parker Jr.: guitar Kendrick Scott: drums Freddie Washington: bass Randy Crawford: vocals
Live under the sky 85, in Japan Put it where you want it Joe Sample,Wilton Felder, David T. Walker with Larry Graham & Stanley Clarke
"wilton felder" jams with local talent from Houston, Texas
ウィルトン・フェルダー WILTON FELDER & ロブ・マリンズ Rob MULLINS TRIO: WILTON FELDER (reeds)/ ROB MULLINS (p)/ DAVE CARPENTER (b)/ JOEL TAULOR (ds) Schroeder Meets Basie/ Breakthrough/ Making Love/ Tokyo Nights/ Rockin' At the Regas ウィルトン・フェルダー WILTON FELDER & ロブ・マリンズ Rob MULLINS TRIO: CLUB DATE 1991; Schroeder Meets Basie-Making Love-Tokyo Nights 070229
“Rest in peace” Joe Sample & Vesta Williams The Crusaders & Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 1984年 東京簡易保険会館にて読売日本交響楽団とのジョイント。 (Wilton Felder is playing bass in the voice in the rain) Precious! Snowflake スノーフレーク Voices In The Rain ヴォイセズ・イン・ザ・レイン Rhapsody And Blues ラプソディ・アンド・ブルース Melodies Of Love メロディーズ・オブ・ラブ Conversation カンバセーション Streetlife ストリートライフ We all have a star ウィ・オール・ハブ・ア・スター Musician Wilton Felder Joe Sample Leon Ndugu Chancler David T. Walker Byron Miller Vesta Williams Sidney Reginald Garris
The Good And Bad Times The Crusaders Released: 1987 Crusaders Keyboards, Piano, Joe Sample Saxophone, Wilton Felder Tracklist Hide Credits . SIDE1 A1 Good Times 6:59 A2 The Way It Goes 5:27 Flute . Joel Peskin Vocals . Nancy Wilson A3 Sweet Dreams 7:40 Drums .Perry Wilson Guitar .David T. Walker, Larry Carlton Percussion .Paulinho Da Costa SIDE2 B1 Mischievous Ways 6:09 Trumpet .Sal Marquez B2 Sometimes You Can Take It Or Leave It 6:44 Guitar .Rick Zunigar B3 Three Wishes 7:02 Guitar .Rick Zunigar Trumpet .Sal Marquez Credits Drums .Edward Emory Guitar .Dean Parks Percussion .Lenny Castro Special Guest Artist - Nancy Wilson Producer Joe Sample, Wilton Felder
Street Life Released 1979 Track listing edit 1."Street Life" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) 11:18 2."My Lady" (Wilton Felder) 6:43 3."Rodeo Drive (High Steppin')" (Sample) 4:28 4."Carnival of the Night" (Felder) 6:24 5."The Hustler" (Stix Hooper) 5:18 6."Night Faces" (Sample) 5:10 Personnel Arthur Adams - guitar Roland Bautista - guitar Oscar Brashear - trumpet Garnett Brown - trombone Randy Crawford - vocals Paulinho Da Costa - percussion Wilton Felder - saxophone, bass guitar, producer Barry Finnerty - guitar William Green - saxophone Stix Hooper - drums, producer Paul Jackson Jr. - guitar James Jamerson - bass guitar Alphonso Johnson - bass guitar Robert O'Bryan - trumpet Jerome Richardson - saxophone Billy Rogers - guitar Joe Sample - keyboards, producer
1. Chain Reaction~Merry-Go-Round 2. Sweet N’ Sour 3. I Felt the Love 4. Snowflake Personnel Joe Sample (keyboards) Wilton Felder (saxophone) Stix Hooper (drums) Robert “Pops” Popwell (bass) Billy Rogers (guitar).
MUSICANS: FREDDIE ROBINSON - GUITAR VOCAL WILTON FELDER - BASS JOE SAMPLE - KEYBOARD MONK HIGGINS - ELECTRIC PIANO HAROLD MASON - DRUMS OSCAR BRASHEAR - TRUMPET RED HOLLOWAY - TENOR SAX DELBERT HILL - BARITONE SAX GEORGE BOHANON - TROMBONE SIDNEY SHARP STRING SECTION SONGS: 1. OFF THE CUFF 2. GEORGIA ON MY MIND 3. COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE 4. SMOKING 5. MEDICINE MAN 6. RIVER'S INVITATIONS 7. CHANGING DREAMS 8. TRY IT ON TIME 9. YOU'RE ON MY MIND 10.YOU NEVER EVER MISS AWAY 11. I REMEMBER
Topics Include: Calvin Lincoln and Henique Hopkins pay tribute to Wilton Felder and his session work as a great saxophone and studio session bass player. First Call Los Angeles Studio session includes The Four Tops - Keeper of the Castle, Friend of Distinction - Time Waits for No One, Leoin Haywood - I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You, Dr. Dre - Nuthin' but a G Thang, Seals and Croft - Summer Breeze, Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On, Jackson 5 - I Want You Back, The Love You Save, ABC, Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work it Out.
Topics include Bootsy and the legacy of George Clinton and bass players Leon Sylvers, Ronnie Baker, Willie Dixon, Louis Satterfield, Larry Graham, Buster Williams, James Jamerson and Wilton Felder of the Crusaders.
Album - We All Have A Star - 1978 - ABC Records, Inc.
http://www.verbonkelleybluesband.weebly.com Verbon "Skip" Kelley,Jr. radio interview with father Verbon Kelley, Sr. about the song "I'll Come Runing Back To You" Verbon Kelley has recorded and/or performed with greats such as Lommie Fawler, George Bohannon, Clarence Paul, Ricky Minor, Author Adams, Wilton Felder, Deacon Jones, Keb' Mo' and Red Holloway to name a few. He has recorded five solo projects which include, "Two Arms Around You" (now a rare collector's item), "Verbon Sings", "The Things You Do", "The Verbon Kelley Blues Band -- Live at B.B. Kings", and "Little Red Rooster -- The Blues Sessions".
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THIS POST IS NOT A FORUM FOR THE VARIOUS MERITS (SMALL AND LARGE) OF CAROL KAYE, BOB BABBITT, WILTON FELDER OR OTHER BASSISTS. I WILL BE FORCED TO DELETE SUCH DIVERSIONARY ENTRIES IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. Also, while Wilton Felder played bass on many Motown and Jackson 5 hit records, eye witnesses have verified that it was Jamerson who laid down this groove to "Darling Dear" for the Jackson 5 AND Smokey Robinson. [Program Note: Let me tell my YouTube friends and colleagues that I sincerely appreciate your interest in the great body of work by the late bassist, James Jamerson. Your comments have been enthusiastic and heartfelt. One particular comment really mirrors my sentiment about James Jamerson in an uncanny way and I will quote it here - "World of difference between playing this and...