HOUSTON - Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, has died. He was 75. Sample died of ...

Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, has died. He was 75. Mr. Sample died of complications ...

Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, has died. He was 75. Sample died of complications due ...

Joe Sample, a composer and keyboard player who connected the world of jazz to many other musical traditions, has died at age 75. He died in his hometown of Houston. Sample was a founder of the band ...

Houston jazz artist Joe Sample has passed away at the age of 75. Sample, who has worked with everyone from B.B. King, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, Anita Baker, and more, holds writing, ...

Note: this Christmas, Rocks Off is remembering some prominent members of Houston’s music community we lost this year. Joe Sample, the Houston native whose masterful keyboard playing made him a leading ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk ...

Joe Sample, a jazz pianist who had a successful solo career and also performed with numerous high-profile musicians, died Friday in Houston. He was 75. By Ryan Gajewski Joe Sample, a jazz pianist who ...

This July 2, 2006, file photo shows jazz pianist Joe Sample performing during the special event “Hommage to Nesuhi Ertegun” of the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival at the Stravinski hall in Montreux, ...

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 ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, has died. He was 75. Sample died of ...