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cover art to Sample This by Joe Sample

Joe Sample – Sample This!

Here’s the press release sent out with the release of Sample This, the recording by Joe Sample released July 29, 1997 on Warner Bros. Records. “Folks always come up to me and say, ‘I’ve got the perfect title for your…

cover art to Healing the Wounds by The Crusaders

Top Contemporary Jazz Chart – June 22, 1991

The Crusaders, down to just original members Joe Sample and Wilton Felder, released their penultimate recording Healing the Wounds in April 1991. It hit the top of the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart on June 22, 1991. The album…

contemporary jazz legend Joe Sample

Joe Sample Week!

This week at ContemporaryJazz.com, we’re celebrating the music of contemporary jazz legend Joe Sample. Joe was born on Feb. 1, 1939 and passed on Sept. 12, 2014. He will not be forgotten as so much of his music will be…