Standing Tall is an album by the jazz group the Crusaders, their third studio album with MCA Records. It features singer Joe Cocker as guest artist on two tracks: the 1981 Grammy-nominated song "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" and "This Old World's Too Funky for Me".
Contents
Track listing
"Standing Tall" (Stix Hooper) - 6:46
"I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" (Joe Sample, Will Jennings) - 5:02
"Sunshine in Your Eyes" (Sample) - 6:11
"This Old World's Too Funky for Me" (Sample, Jennings) - 5:25
"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons) - 4:23
"The Longest Night" (Sample) - 6:24
"Reprise (I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today) (Instrumental)" (Sample. Jennings) - 2:59
Personnel
The Crusaders
Joe Sample – acoustic, electric and synthesizer keyboards; horn and string arrangements
Wilton Felder – saxophones, electric bass (5)
Stix Hooper – drums, percussion
With:
Barry Finnerty – guitar solos
David T. Walker – guitars
Guest musicians
Billy Preston – organ
Larry Carlton – guitars
Steve Gibson – guitars
Jon Goin – guitars
Dean Parks – guitars
Reggie Young – guitars
Marcus Miller – bass (1–3, 6, 7)
Louis Johnson – bass (4)
Paulinho da Costa – special percussion
Vocalists
Joe Cocker – vocals (2, 4)
Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals
Production
Wilton Felder – producer
Stix Hooper – producer
Joe Sample – producer
Bill Harris – engineer
Galen Senogles – engineer, mixing
Russell Castillo – assistant engineer
David Debusk – assistant engineer
Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Tom Hooper – executive assistant
Robin Howell – production coordinator
Wes Leathers – equipment coordinator
John Malta – equipment coordinator
George Osaki – art direction
Georgopoulos/Imada Design, Inc. – design
Alan Messer – photography