Lookin' Ahead is the second album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1962 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[1][2]

Lookin' Ahead
Studio album by The Jazz Crusaders
Released	1962
Recorded	January 7 & 19, 1962
Studio	Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	Pacific Jazz PJ 43
Producer	Richard Bock
The Jazz Crusaders chronology
Freedom Sound (1961) Lookin' Ahead (1962) The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse (1962)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars; in his review, Scott Yanow said: "The tenor-trombone frontline created by Wilton Felder and Henderson, along with the funky yet swinging playing of pianist Joe Sample, drummer Stix Hooper and bassist Jimmy Bond on this hard-to-find set made the group instantly recognizable and surprisingly popular from the start".[3]

Track listing

1. "Song of India" (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) – 4:02
2. "Big Hunk of Funk" (Wilton Felder) – 5:00
3. "Tonight" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 2:50
4. "507 Neyland" (Wayne Henderson) – 3:56
5. "Till All Ends" (Joe Sample) – 3:33
6. "Tortoise and the Hare" (Sample) – 4:24
7. "In a Dream" (Henderson) – 3:20
8. "Sinnin' Sam" (Stix Hooper) – 4:39
9. "The Young Rabbits" (Henderson) – 3:35

Personnel

The Jazz Crusaders

• Wayne Henderson – trombone
• Wilton Felder – tenor saxophone
• Joe Sample – piano
• Jimmy Bond – bass
• Stix Hooper – drums

References