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Heat Wave is the fifth album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1963 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

Reception.

With all 11 songs on this LP clocking in under 4½-minutes (eight are less than three minutes), the performances by the Jazz Crusadersare concise and melodic. Some of the material is rather unlikely for the popular hard bop group, but the band performs those tunes plus a few originals with their usual ingenuity and soulful approach (Scott Yanow/AllMusic).

Track listing:
“On Broadway” (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:27
“Green Back Dollar” (Hoyt Axton, Ken Ramsey) – 2:20
“Close Shave” (Joe Sample) – 2:35
“Free Sample” (Sample) – 3:31
“Mr. Sandman” (Pat Ballard) – 2:58
“Heat Wave” (Irving Berlin) – 2:52
“Sassy” (Les McCann) – 4:27
“Theme from The L-Shaped Room (T-Shaped Twist)” (John Barry) – 4:11
“Some Samba” (Wayne Henderson) – 2:35
“Stix March” (Stix Hooper) – 2:44
“Purple Onion” (Wilton Felder) – 2:55

Personnel:
The Jazz Crusaders
Wayne Henderson – trombone
Wilton Felder – tenor saxophone
Joe Sample – piano, harpsichord
Bobby Haynes – bass
Stix Hooper – drums

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Released: 1963
Recorded: September 24–26, 1963
Studio: Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, California
Label: Pacific Jazz
Producer: Richard Bock