Biography
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.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Aja
1977
Gaucho
1980
Court And Spark
1974
Private Dancer
1984
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
1975
Let's Get It On
1973
De La Soul Is Dead
1991
Greatest Hits
1978
Jackie Brown (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)
1997
Me Against The World
1995
Bill Withers' Greatest Hits
1981
Rise
1979
Greatest Hits
1998
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
1993
No Need For Alarm
1993
Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
1993
Street Life
1979
San Francisco
1971
Gold
1982
Marvin Gaye Live!
1974
A New Flame
1989
Chain Reaction
1975
Diamonds & Rust
1975
Black Byrd
1973
Credited work
7,989 releases · 931 albums · active 1961–2026
- Performance · 15,610
- Production · 1,458
- Other credits · 1,107
- Engineering · 6
Studios: Hollywood Sound Recorders · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Ocean Way Recording · The Village Recorder
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Crusaders
- Randy Crawford
- B.B. King
- The Jazz Crusaders
- Crusaders
- Wilton Felder
- Joni Mitchell