“Rodeo Drive (High Steppin')” by The Crusaders

"Rodeo Drive (High Steppin')" struts out of Street Life, the Crusaders' 1979 album, and the title fits the record's look: its cover photo was shot on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Joe Sample wrote it, and he produced it with Wilton Felder and Stix Hooper.

Sample is on keyboards, Felder blows tenor sax and Hooper sits behind the drums, with Alphonso Johnson on bass, Barry Finnerty on guitar and Paulinho da Costa adding percussion. The horns stack up behind them: Oscar Brashear on trumpet, Garnett Brown on trombone and Maurice Spears on bass trombone. It comes from the album that caught the jazz band at the height of their commercial pull, the one whose title track, sung by Randy Crawford, made the pop Top 40.

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