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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Discografía
24 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Rainbow Seeker
Jazz - Editado por ABC Records Ltd el 01-01-1978
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Voices In The Rain
Jazz fusión & Jazz rock - Editado por MCA Records el 01-01-1980
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Christmas With Friends
Músicas navideñas - Editado por Motown el 16-10-2015
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The Song Lives On
Jazz - Editado por Bad Dog - PRA Records el 20-04-1999
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Rainbow Seeker
Jazz - Editado por ABC Records Ltd el 01-01-1978
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Old Places Old Faces
Jazz - Editado por Warner Records el 05-03-1996
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The Best Of Joe Sample
Jazz - Editado por Warner Records el 17-07-1998
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Did You Feel That?
Jazz - Editado por Warner Records el 30-08-1994
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No Regrets
Jazz - Editado por Bad Dog - PRA Records el 10-10-2008
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Ashes To Ashes
Jazz - Editado por Warner Records el 12-10-1990
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Christmas With Friends
Músicas navideñas - Editado por Motown el 16-10-2015
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Swing Street Cafe (Album Version)
Jazz - Editado por Verve Reissues el 01-01-1981
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Oasis (Album Version)
Jazz - Editado por Geffen* el 01-01-1985
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