Randy Crawford & Joe Sample

Heard most often as the beaming voice of the Crusaders' Top 40 U.S. hit "Street Life" (1979) and the number two U.K. smash "One Day I'll Fly Away" (1980), Randy Crawford is one of the most multifaceted singers of her generation. She is both jazz and soul -- with a rock-solid gospel foundation -- and with uncommon agility and a natural avoidance of histrionics, she has incorporated myriad genres and styles including rock, country, disco, house, and trip-hop. Crawford responded to her mainstream emergence with five consecutive albums, from Now We May Begin (1980) through Nightli...