![]() ![]() He played on tracks by the Jackson 5, including “I Want You Back, " and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On." He was one of the in-house bass players for Motown Records, when the record label opened up operations in L.A. Wilton worked with the original group for over thirty years, and in its later versions. In 1974 they played ahead of the Rumble In The Jungle boxing event, the heavyweight championship fight between Ali and Houston-based George Foreman in Zaire. In 1971 they released probably the first jazz-rock album to cross over into the mainstream,†Pass The Plate.†That put them on the global map, with The Beatles writing to them and a cover of Eleanor Rigby, plus a support slot to The Rolling Stones tour. They recorded hard bop jazz albums, but eventually evolved from a jazz group into a jazz-rock fusion band, but always drenched in soul. No cause or other details have been released.īorn in Houston Texas in 1940, Wilton Felder, Joe Sample, and Stix Hooper formed their first band while at High School, adding Wayne Henderson while at University in Texas, giving the band the name The Jazz Crusaders. on his Facebook page, on the same day as his passing. News of his death on Sunday 27th September, was announced by his life long friend and musical colleague Ray Parker Jr. But Wilton was a superb bass player and a first call session man for Motown Records, playing on a stack of big hits for the likes of The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye and the Four Tops. Best known as a founder member and sax star of the jazz rock fusion band The Crusaders. He appeared onstage in an episode of American Idol, backing up Jacob Lusk's performance of "You're All I Need To Get By" for AI's Motown Week in March 2011.Wilton Felder has passed away at the age of 75. He accepted an offer from Phil Collins to perform on his album of Motown and 1960s soul classics Going Back and also appears in Phil's Going Back live concert DVD. He played on the Jimi Hendrix album Crash Landing. He participated in hundreds of other hits, including "Little Town Flirt" by Del Shannon, "I Got a Name" by Jim Croce, "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight & the Pips, "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band, and "(The) Rubberband Man" by The Spinners. ![]() The Pittsburgh-born Babbitt's most notable bass performances include "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (by Stevie Wonder), "War" (by Edwin Starr), "The Tears of a Clown" (by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles), "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" and "Inner City Blues" (by Marvin Gaye), "Band Of Gold" (by Freda Payne), "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", and Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) (by The Temptations). Babbitt traded off sessions with original Motown bassist James Jamerson. Also in 1968-1970, with Mike Campbell, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith he formed the band Scorpion. He was 74.īob Babbitt (born Robert Kreinar NovemJuly 16, 2012), was an American bassist, most famous for his work as a member of Motown Records' studio band, the Funk Brothers, from 1966 -1972, as well as his tenure as part of MFSB for Philadelphia International Records afterwards. Bob Babbitt, a bassist for Motown Records and key accompanist to some of the recording studio’s biggest stars, including Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and the Temptations, died July 16at a hospice near his home in Nashville. ![]()
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