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Tough Talk

The Crusaders

Recorded	May 24, 1961 & Jul 2, 1965
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	PJ-68
Released	1961
Personnel	14 credited players
Discogs	master 3913816

The record

Joe Pass drops into the Houston lineup on guitar, with Fischer's organ and Laws' flute stretching the sextet well beyond quintet territory. Even here the crossover instincts that would define the shortened name are audible.

Session personnel

Al McKibbon — bass
Bobby Haynes — bass
Jimmy Bond — bass
Monk Montgomery — bass
Carlos Vidal — congas
"Stix" Hooper — drums
Hubert Laws — flute
Joe Pass — guitar
Roy Gaines — guitar
Clare Fischer — organ
Joe Sample — piano, harpsichord
Wilton Felder — tenor saxophone
Carmelo Garcia — timbales, cowbell
Wayne Henderson — trombone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 16 pressings on file.

1963	Pacific Jazz · PJ-68 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1963	Pacific Jazz · ST-68 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Translucent Orange · deep groove
1963	Pacific Jazz · ST-68 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Pacific Jazz · ST-68 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Pacific Jazz · PJ-68 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono
1963	Pacific Jazz · ST-68 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Translucent Red
1965	Pacific Jazz · ST-68 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Translucent Red
1965	Pacific Jazz · ST-90465 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo
1966	Pacific Jazz · ST-68 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1966	Pacific Jazz · ST-68 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Translucent Red
1973	Blue Note — STEREO
1973	Blue Note · BN-EA170-H — 8-Track Cartridge, Compilation
—	Pacific Jazz · T-90465 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Mono
—	Liberty · C-0708 — Cassette, Album, Stereo