Joe Sample
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Joe Sample Biography
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, All Music Guide
Written by Alex Henderson