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Joe Sample
real name Joseph Leslie Sample
Houston, United States · 1939-02-01 – 2014-09-12
Joe Sample is credited on 4,371 releases across 937 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
4,371
Credits
937
Albums
7
Decades active
1,265
In collections
Biography
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American pianist, keyboard player and composer (born February 1st, 1939, Houston, Texas, USA; died September 12th, 2014, Houston, Texas, USA)
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
4,371 releases · 937 albums · active 1961–2026
- Performance · 7,664
- Production · 801
- Other credits · 466
Studios: Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Hollywood Sound Recorders · The Sound Factory · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Aja
1977
Gaucho
1980
Court And Spark
1974
Let's Get It On
1973
Private Dancer
1984
De La Soul Is Dead
1991
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
1975
Greatest Hits
1978
Bill Withers' Greatest Hits
1981
Me Against The World
1995
Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
1993
Jackie Brown (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)
1997
Rise
1979
Greatest Hits
1998
A New Flame
1989
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
1993
Diamonds & Rust
1975
Black Byrd
1973
No Need For Alarm
1993
Street Life
1979
Marvin Gaye Live!
1974
Gold
1982
The Fall-Off
2026
Life Beyond L.A.
1978
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Crusaders
- Randy Crawford
- The Jazz Crusaders
- B.B. King
- Crusaders
- Wilton Felder
- Stix Hooper
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