727K views · 36K reactions | Joe Sample could play the funkiest of...

5.8K views · 1.2K reactions | The house was Joe’s in Inglewood, CA, circa the late ‘60s early ‘70s. Joe was a frequently requested musician to track on legendary sessions in Hollywood, CA. Here is a link to all his credits if interested. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-sample-mn0000804559/credits #JoeSample #jazzfunkblues | Joe Sample | Facebook

Joe Sample & The Crusaders "I Felt the Love" Live At Java Jazz Festival 2008 ....................................................................................................................... | Avant Garde Music

Remembering the great Joe Sample on his birthday (Feb 1, 1939 – Sep 12, 2014). Joe could play the funkiest of tunes to the most sublime piano. 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

Born In Houston in 1939, Joe Sample started the piano early and show enormous gift for improvisation. It is in High School That Joe met Wilton Felder and Stix Hooper and formed a band called then "The Swingsters" That will become the Jazz Crusaders and evolved to the Crusaders in the 70's. The Crusaders success has allowed Sample to lead 2 other careers: a solo one, with albums at the end of the 70's such as "Rainbow Seeker" or "Carmel" and a studio session artist working with an eclectic palett