Rhapsody and Blues is an album by jazz fusion group The Crusaders, produced by Stix Hooper, Joe Sample and Wilton Felder, and released in 1980 via MCA Records. That album peaked at No. 2 on the US "Billboard" Top Jazz LPs chart.
Guest performances.
Guest artists on the album included Bill Withers, Sheila E. and Roland Bautista of Earth, Wind and Fire.
Critical reception.
Scott Yanow of AllMusic, in a 2/5-star review, remarked, "the group's concept was starting to sound a bit tired..(with) the group's R&Bish music sounding closer to a formula."