Legendary jazz/fusion pianist Joe Sample has died at the age of 75. According to a Facebook post by his wife and son, the native of Houston passed on Friday night, but a specific cause has not been ...

If songs like "Scratch" come to mind when you think of the Jazz Crusaders, you are in for a real treat with this six-CD set. Originally including "jazz" in their moniker, Wayne Henderson (trombone), ...

We remember jazz pianist and composer Joe Sample. The longtime Houstonian died Friday at the age of 75. Sample became well known in the 1960s as the pianist for the Jazz Crusaders, who eventually ...

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 ...

As chronicled in this week’s cover story, there’s a reason why Joe Sample is Texas Southern University’s artist-in-residence at the school’s jazz studies program — and why he may be able to reinvent ...

Sample was a founder of the band the Jazz Crusaders and reportedly played with musicians from Miles Davis and B.B. King to Steely Dan and the Supremes. NPR's Arun Rath has this remembrance. Finally, ...