Wilton Felder

Wilton Felder
Born: Aug 31, 1940 in Houston, TX
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Styles: Soul-Jazz, Crossover Jazz
Biography: Wilton Felder spent over 30 years with the group known as the Jazz Crusaders (and later the Crusaders). In the mid-'50s while in high school in Houston, Felder, Joe Sample, and Stix Hooper became the founding members of the group which soon picked up Wayne Henderson as an additional member. Felder moved ...Read full biography
Forever, Always
Released: 1992
Label: PAR
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Throughout this routine R&B-oriented jazz date, Wilton Felder comes across as a second-rate Grover Washington, Jr., playing predictable solos over a variety of unimaginative, funky vamps in a tired style ...Read full review
Nocturnal Moods
Released: 1991
Label: PAR
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It is strange that none of tenor saxophonist Wilton Felder's solo releases are very significant, for he was an important part of the Jazz Crusaders' (and later Crusaders') sound. On his derivative and ...Read full review
More Wilton Felder albums: Main Albums (9), Singles & EPs (1)
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