Joe Sample

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One of the many jazzmen who started out playing hard bop but went electric during the fusion era, Joe Sample was, in the late '50s, a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders along with trombonist Wayne Henderson, tenor saxman Wilton Felder, and drummer Stix Hooper. The Crusaders' debt to Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers wasn't hard to miss -- except that the L.A.-based unit had no trumpeter, and became known for its unique tenor/trombone front line. Sample, a hard-swinging player who could handle chordal and modal/scalar improvisation equally well, stuck to the acoustic piano during the Crusaders' early years -- but would place greater emphasis on electric keyboards when the band turned to jazz-funk in the early '70s and dropped "Jazz" from its name. Though he'd recorded as a trio pianist on 1969's obscure Fancy Dance, 1978's Rainbow Seeker was often described as his first album as a leader. In contrast to the gritty music the Crusaders became known for, Sample's own albums on MCA and, later, Warner Bros. and PRA have generally favored a very lyrical and introspective jazz-pop approach. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi

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  • PRA Records/ GRP
    Joe Sample
    PRA Records/ GRP
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Dayton, OH, US Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
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  • Jul 7 Sunday
    Vienna, Austria Wiener Staatsoper
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  • Sep 1 Sunday
    Charleston, SC, US North Charleston Performing Arts Center
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  • Sep 19 Thursday
    Annapolis, MD, US Rams Head On Stage
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  • Sep 20 Friday
    Alexandria, VA, US Birchmere
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Discography

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  • No Regrets (2008)
    Joe Sample
    No Regrets (2008)
    Video Arts
  • Feeling Good (2008)
    Joe Sample
    Feeling Good (2008)
    Video Arts
  • Feeling Good (2006)
    Joe Sample
    Feeling Good (2006)
    Universal Distribution
  • Creole Love Call (2006)
    Joe Sample
    Creole Love Call (2006)
    Highnote Records, Inc.
  • Soul Shadows (2004)
    Joe Sample
    Soul Shadows (2004)
    Verve
  • The Pecan Tree (2002)
    Joe Sample
    The Pecan Tree (2002)
    Verve
  • The Song Lives On (1999)
    Joe Sample
    The Song Lives On (1999)
    GRP Records
  • Sample This (1997)
    Joe Sample
    Sample This (1997)
    Warner Bros. Records
  • Old Places, Old Faces (1995)
    Joe Sample
    Old Places, Old Faces (1995)
    Warner Bros. Records
  • Did You Feel That? (1994)
    Joe Sample
    Did You Feel That? (1994)
    Warner Bros. Records
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