Lookin' Ahead

Lookin' Ahead is the second album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1962 and released on Pacific Jazz Records.

== Reception ==

Writing for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote, "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".

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

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

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