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Joe Sample
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Albums
How Sweet It Can Be (Live Newport '87)
2025 · Album
Lives In A Dream (Live Seattle '73)
2023 · Album
A Conversation with Joe and Sal
2022 · Album
Children of the Sun
2014 · Album
Roles
2013 · Album
The Hunter
2011 · Album
Voices In The Rain
2011 · Album
Soul Shadows
2008 · Album
The Song Lives On
2008 · Album
Swing Street Cafe
2008 · Album
Rainbow Seeker
2007 · Album
Oasis
2007 · Album
Feeling Good
2006 · Album
The Pecan Tree
2002 · Album
The Best Of Joe Sample
1998 · Album
Sample This
1997 · Album
Carmel
1996 · Album
Old Places Old Faces
1996 · Album
Did You Feel That?
1994 · Album
Invitation
1993 · Album
Collection
1991 · Album
Ashes To Ashes
1990 · Album
Spellbound
1989 · Album
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Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American jazz keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, whose name was shortened to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991, and also the 2003 reunion album Rural Renewal.
Beginning in the late 1960s, he saw a successful solo career and guested on several recordings by other acts, including Miles Davis, George Benson, Jimmy Witherspoon, Michael Franks, B. B. King, Eric Clapton, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Anita Baker, Herb Alpert, and The Supremes. Sample incorporated gospel, blues, jazz, latin, and classical forms into his music.