Joe Sample
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 generally favored a very lyrical and introspective jazz-pop approach. Sample died of mesothelioma in September 2014 in Houston, Texas at the age of 75. In 2015, Sample's holiday-themed collaboration with vocalist India.Arie, Christmas with Friends, was posthumously released.
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Feeling Good
Jazz - Erschienen bei Bad Dog - PRA Records am 25.09.2006
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Live (Live)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Bad Dog - PRA Records am 07.05.2012
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The Song Lives On
Jazz - Erschienen bei Bad Dog - PRA Records am 20.04.1999
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The Pecan Tree
Jazz - Erschienen bei Bad Dog - PRA Records am 16.04.1996
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No Regrets
Jazz - Erschienen bei Bad Dog - PRA Records am 10.10.2008
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Christmas With Friends
Weihnachtsmusik - Erschienen bei Motown am 16.10.2015
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Old Places Old Faces
Jazz - Erschienen bei Warner Records am 05.03.1996
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Voices In The Rain
Jazz Fusion & Jazzrock - Erschienen bei MCA Records am 01.01.1980
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The Best Of Joe Sample
Jazz - Erschienen bei Warner Records am 17.07.1998
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Ashes To Ashes
Jazz - Erschienen bei Warner Records am 12.10.1990
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Did You Feel That?
Jazz - Erschienen bei Warner Records am 30.08.1994
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Children of the Sun
Jazz - Erschienen bei Bad Dog - PRA Records am 30.10.2012
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Soul Shadows
Jazz - Erschienen bei Bad Dog - PRA Records am 25.10.2004
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Swing Street Cafe (Album Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Verve Reissues am 01.01.1981
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