Crusaders: 1

The Crusaders 1, was one of the first Jazz albums, and Jazz groups, that I was exposed to at a young age by my Dad, along with Grover Washington, and George Benson.  This album was an interesting one for the Crusaders, as they began the transition from the Jazz Crusaders to the Crusaders, a more fusion-oriented group.  They really laid out the funk on this one!  Here is the track, "Three Children", a nice slab of funk with some tasty piano keys underneath the funk.