Joe Sample
Title Year Label
Fancy Dance [ originally titled Try Us ] 1969 Gazell
The Three ( with Ray Brown , Shelly Manne ) 1976 East Wind
Rainbow Seeker 1978 ABC/MCA ; Blue Thumb
Carmel 1979 ABC/MCA ; Blue Thumb
Voices in the Rain 1981 MCA Jazz
Swing Street Cafe ( with David T. Walker ) 1981 Crusaders ; Verve
The Hunter 1983 MCA Jazz
Oasis 1985 MCA Jazz
Roles 1987 MCA Jazz
Spellbound 1989 Warner Bros
Ashes to Ashes 1990 Warner Bros
Invitation 1993 Warner Bros
Did You Feel That ? 1994 Warner Bros
Old Places Old Faces 1996 Warner Bros
Sample This 1997 Warner Bros
The Song Lives On ( with Lalah Hathaway ) 1999 GRP
The Pecan Tree 2002 Verve
Soul Shadows 2004 Verve
Creole Love Call ( with Nils Landgren ) 2006 ACT
Feeling Good ( with Randy Crawford & Steve Gadd ) 2007 PRA
Discography -- As leader
Joseph Leslie 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, Joni Mitchell, Anita Baker, and the Supremes. Sample incorporated jazz, gospel, blues, Latin, and classical forms into his music.