Vital stats: Jazz keyboardist Joe Sample was born in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 1, 1939. He began playing piano at age 5 and was heavily influenced by gospel, Creole and blues. On stage: Victoria Theatre ...

When Joe Sample started posting photos of his takeout food stops in the days after Iowa restaurants were ordered shut down to dine-in service in March, he didn't think much of it. He just wanted to ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Raising his hands over his head for a quick selfie, Joe Sample snapped a photo outside Lucky’s on 16th in the Czech Village before taking his social media followers inside on a Facebook ...

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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 ...

Composer/pianist Joe Sample died in September – one of the more significant jazz losses of 2014. If you can just remember how fresh and appealingly populist the Jazz Crusaders were when they first ...