Search results for "Joe Sample"

Joe Farrell: Collage for Polly (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

I never really got into the art of Jackson Pollock. To me his abstract art was a bunch of nonsense. I mean how creati...

Joe Sample: The Sidewinder (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

The 1994 Northridge earthquake so unsettled Joe Sample that he temporarily shelved his smooth jazz ministrations in f...

Randy Crawford & Joe Sample: Feeling Good (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

Randy Crawford and Joe Sample first showed how well they worked together when Crawford sang with Sample’s then-band t...

Joe Sample & Lalah Hathaway: Fever (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

On their collaboration album The Song Lives On, pianist Joe Sample and singer Lalah Hathaway (daughter of soul great ...

The Crusaders: It Happens Everyday (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 21, 09

Joe Sample’s reputation as a preeminent smooth jazzer often obscures his tremendous abilities on the piano, which he ...

George Benson: The Ghetto (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

George Benson covers Donny Hathaway on the opening track from his 2000 album Absolute Benson, which prominently featu...

Jonatha Brooke: My Flowers Grow Green (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 10, 08

While this track isn't jazz in the strict sense (so you sticklers will just have to relax), the underlying spirit cer...

The Jazz Crusaders: Never Had It So Good (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music May 03, 09

Lighthouse ’68 is one of the strongest efforts by the Jazz Crusaders, who often struggled to solidify their identity ...

The Crusaders: Greasy Spoon (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

Before McDonald's and Starbucks, there were greasy spoons. You didn't need a menu; one look at the counterman's apron...

Steely Dan: Aja (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Wayne Shorter, along with the other founding members of Weather Report, put fusion on the map in the early 1970s. The...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

King Oliver: High Society (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 15, 09

"High Society" is one of many traditional jazz standards with confusing parentage. It was originally a march, written...

John Proulx: Let's Get Lost (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 05, 09

Chet Baker may have sold boxcars of records as a vocalist, but that didn't prevent him from getting dissed by hostile...

Sample, Joe (Joseph Leslie) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Pianist Joe Sample was a founding member of the bop-to-funk group the Jazz Crusaders. His style is heavily influenced...

Anderson, Jay posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Anderson, Jay, bassist, composer; b. Ontario, California, 24 October 1955. He grew up in Long Beach, CA. His parents ...

Carlton, Larry (Eugene) posted in Encyclopedia September 18, 09

Guitarist Larry Carlton bluesy, effects-driven sound helped lay the framework for West Coast jazz-rock in the 1970s. ...

Josh Roseman: I Should Have Known Better (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music December 23, 08

A dub reggae trance free funk jazz version of an early Beatles hit song? Heck, why not? Don't expect the familiar mel...

Mitchell, Joni (Roberta Joan Anderson) posted in Encyclopedia March 20, 09

Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is the rare pop star with a devoted following in the jazz world. Her uncommon vocal d...

Hutcherson, Bobby (Robert) posted in Encyclopedia July 18, 08

Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson has helped bring his instrument's sound to new generations of jazz listeners since the ...

Bradley, John (Dorise) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bradley, John (Dorise), trumpet and flugelhorn; b. Beaumont, TX, 18 April 1936. His relatives are Willie Mae Clark, M...

Lowry, Steve (Steven Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lowry, Steve (Steven Michael), trumpet, fluegalhorn, voice; b. Newark, NJ, 29 September 1945. His parents are Mary An...

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