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Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American pianist, keyboard player, and composer. He was one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply the Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 (not including the 2003 reunion album Rural Renewal).
Beginning in the 1970s, he enjoyed a successful solo career and guested on many recordings by other performers and groups, including Miles Davis, George Benson, Jimmy Witherspoon, B. B. King, Eric Clapton, Steely Dan, and the Supremes. Sample incorporated jazz, gospel, blues, Latin, and classical forms into his music.
On September 12, 2014, Sample died in Houston, Texas, of mesothelioma at age 75.
Sample was born in Houston, Texas on February 1, 1939. Sample began to play the piano at age 5. He was a student of the organist and pianist Curtis Mayo.
In high school in the 1950s, Sample teamed up with friends saxophonist Wilton Felder and drummer "Stix" Hooper to form a group called the Swingsters. While studying piano at Texas Southern University, Sample met and added trombonist Wayne Henderson and several other players to the Swingsters, which became the Modern Jazz Sextet and then the Jazz Crusaders, in emulation of one of the leading progressive jazz bands of the day, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Sample never took a degree from the university; instead, in 1960, he and the Jazz Crusaders made the move from Houston to Los Angeles.
Actors: Nils Landgren (actor), George Martin (actor), Joe Sample (actor), Bengt Arne Wallin (actor), Beatrice Järås (actress), Dan Sermand (producer), Dan Sermand (writer), Schiaffino Musarra (director), Dan Sermand (director), Schiaffino Musarra (editor),
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Joe Sample & Randy Crawford play Rio de Janeiro Blue at the Vitoria Jazz Festival
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group In All My Wildest Dreams · Joe Sample Rainbow Seeker ℗ 1978 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 1978-01-01 Producer: Joe Sample Producer: Wilton Lewis Felder Producer: Wilton Felder Producer: Stix Hooper Studio Personnel, Engineer, Mixer: Rik Pekkonen Composer Lyricist: Joe Sample Auto-generated by YouTube.
At the Vitoria Jazz Festival 2010
Jazz Music
I've been a fan of Joe Sample. I didn't realize that he passed away in 2014. I've picked out some of my favourite Sample tunes for this video hoping to keep his music alive. 1) Stormy Weather - Joe Sample 2) Put It Where You Want It - Joe Sample & The Legends 3) Freedom Sound - The Jazz Crusaders 4) Street Life - Randy Crawford & The Crusaders 5) Street Life - Joe Sample 6) Street Life - Randy Crawford & Doc Severinsen 7) Rio De Janeiro Blue - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
Provided to YouTube by Warner Records Ashes to Ashes · Joe Sample Ashes To Ashes ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc. Additional Programmer: Jason Miles Electric Piano: Joe Sample Synthesizer: Joe Sample Percussion: Lenny Castro Bass: Marcus Miller Drums: Omar Hakim Additional Synthesizer: Ricky Peterson Guitar: St. Paul Producer: Tommy Lipuma Arranger, Writer: Joe Sample Auto-generated by YouTube.
live at the Live under the sky in 1985 in Japan
Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American pianist, keyboard player, and composer. He was one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply the Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 (not including the 2003 reunion album Rural Renewal).
Beginning in the 1970s, he enjoyed a successful solo career and guested on many recordings by other performers and groups, including Miles Davis, George Benson, Jimmy Witherspoon, B. B. King, Eric Clapton, Steely Dan, and the Supremes. Sample incorporated jazz, gospel, blues, Latin, and classical forms into his music.
On September 12, 2014, Sample died in Houston, Texas, of mesothelioma at age 75.
Sample was born in Houston, Texas on February 1, 1939. Sample began to play the piano at age 5. He was a student of the organist and pianist Curtis Mayo.
In high school in the 1950s, Sample teamed up with friends saxophonist Wilton Felder and drummer "Stix" Hooper to form a group called the Swingsters. While studying piano at Texas Southern University, Sample met and added trombonist Wayne Henderson and several other players to the Swingsters, which became the Modern Jazz Sextet and then the Jazz Crusaders, in emulation of one of the leading progressive jazz bands of the day, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Sample never took a degree from the university; instead, in 1960, he and the Jazz Crusaders made the move from Houston to Los Angeles.
I make it alone
When love is gone
Still you made your mark
Here in my heart
One day I'll fly away
Leave you love to yesterday
What more can your love do for me
When will love be through with me
I follow the night
Can't stand the light
When will I begin
My life again
One day I'll fly away
Leave you love to yesterday
What more can your love do for me
When will love be through with me
Why live life from dream to dream
Dread the day that dreaming ends
One day I'll fly away
Leave you love to yesterday
What more can your love do for me
When will love be through with me
Why live life from dream to dream
And dread the day that dreaming ends