The Jazz Crusaders was formed in 1960 from a group that played together in Houston, Texas. Stix Hooper, Joe Sample and Wilton Felder moved out to form the new band and pulled in Wayne Henderson to ...

Joe Sample has spent so many years pursuing easy-to-play, easy-to-hear pop instrumentals that it's easy to forget just how good a jazz pianist he can be. He reminds us on his new solo-piano album, ...

Street Life; This Old World's Too Funky For Me; Better Not Look Down; Inherit The Wind; Hold On (I Think Our Love Is Changing); Help (I Need Somebody); Soul Shadows; The Way It Goes; I'm So Glad I'm ...

Influential keyboardist Joe Sample, who helped push the boundaries of jazz and funk as a member of the Jazz Crusaders, died Friday in Houston. He was 75. Sample’s career with the Jazz Crusaders began ...