Joe Sample

piano, keyboard, electric piano, arranger, strings, Clavinet, instrument arranger, synthesizer, Rhodes piano, organ, guitar, wind instruments, producer, harpsichord, Hammond organ, horn, performer

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Artist name Roles Recordings
The Jazz Crusaders
The Crusaders (US jazz group) producer As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Dean Parks acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar A Rainy Day in Monterey, Asian Eyes, Beauty and the Beast, Blue Ballet, Cannery Row, Carmel, Chain Reaction, Fly With Wings of Love, Free as the Wind, I'm Coming Back Again, In All My Wildest Dreams, It Happens Everyday, Just a Little Higher, Love's Paradise, Midnight and Mist, More Beautiful Each Day, New Places, New Faces, Night Flight, Oasis, Put It Where You Want It, Rainbow Seeker, Rainbow Seeker II, Shadows, Snowflake, Soul Shadows, Street Life, Sunrise, Teardrops, The Survivor, Wings of Fire, Wonderland
Paulinho da Costa percussion A Rainy Day in Monterey, As Long as It Lasts, Asian Eyes, Burnin' Up the Carnival, Carmel, Dream of Dreams, Eye of the Hurricane, Fly With the Wings of Love, Greener Grass, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Love's Paradise, Melodies of Love, Midnight and Mist, Mirage, More Beautiful Each Day, New Places, New Faces, Oasis, Paintings, Rainbow Seeker, Shadows, Sonata in Solitude, Teardrops, The Survivor, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way, Voices in the Rain, Wonderland
Abraham LaBoriel bass A Rainy Day in Monterey, Asian Eyes, Beauty and the Beast, Blue Ballet, Burnin' Up the Carnival, Cannery Row, Carmel, Dream of Dreams, Eye of the Hurricane, Greener Grass, Just a Little Higher, Midnight and Mist, Mirage, More Beautiful Each Day, Night Flight, Paintings, Shadows, Sonata in Solitude, Teardrops, Voices in the Rain, Wings of Fire

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
The Crusaders (US jazz group) producer As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Dean Parks acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar A Rainy Day in Monterey, Asian Eyes, Beauty and the Beast, Blue Ballet, Cannery Row, Carmel, Chain Reaction, Fly With Wings of Love, Free as the Wind, I'm Coming Back Again, In All My Wildest Dreams, It Happens Everyday, Just a Little Higher, Love's Paradise, Midnight and Mist, More Beautiful Each Day, New Places, New Faces, Night Flight, Oasis, Put It Where You Want It, Rainbow Seeker, Rainbow Seeker II, Shadows, Snowflake, Soul Shadows, Street Life, Sunrise, Teardrops, The Survivor, Wings of Fire, Wonderland
Paulinho da Costa percussion A Rainy Day in Monterey, As Long as It Lasts, Asian Eyes, Burnin' Up the Carnival, Carmel, Dream of Dreams, Eye of the Hurricane, Fly With the Wings of Love, Greener Grass, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Love's Paradise, Melodies of Love, Midnight and Mist, Mirage, More Beautiful Each Day, New Places, New Faces, Oasis, Paintings, Rainbow Seeker, Shadows, Sonata in Solitude, Teardrops, The Survivor, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way, Voices in the Rain, Wonderland
Abraham LaBoriel bass A Rainy Day in Monterey, Asian Eyes, Beauty and the Beast, Blue Ballet, Burnin' Up the Carnival, Cannery Row, Carmel, Dream of Dreams, Eye of the Hurricane, Greener Grass, Just a Little Higher, Midnight and Mist, Mirage, More Beautiful Each Day, Night Flight, Paintings, Shadows, Sonata in Solitude, Teardrops, Voices in the Rain, Wings of Fire
Lenny Castro drums, percussion Carmel, Chain Reaction, Fly With Wings of Love, Free as the Wind, I'm Coming Back Again, In All My Wildest Dreams, It Happens Everyday, Melodies of Love, Night Flight, Put It Where You Want It, Rainbow Seeker II, Shreveport Stomps, Snowflake, Soul Shadows, Street Life
Stix Hooper drums, percussion A Rainy Day in Monterey, As Long as It Lasts, Carmel, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Midnight and Mist, More Beautiful Each Day, Paintings, Rainbow Seeker, Sunrise, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Dennis Rowland vocal Soul Shadows
Marcus Miller (jazz musician) bass Chain Reaction, I'm Coming Back Again, In All My Wildest Dreams, It Happens Everyday, Put It Where You Want It, Soul Shadows, Street Life, The Hunter
Wilton Felder bass Love's Paradise, Wonderland
Steve Gadd (drummer) drums Chain Reaction, Free as the Wind, I'm Coming Back Again, In All My Wildest Dreams, It Happens Everyday, Put It Where You Want It, Soul Shadows, Street Life, The Hunter
William Green flute, piccolo, saxophone As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Steve Madio trumpet As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Vincent Jones engineer As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Sid Sharp strings As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Robert Popwell bass As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Robert Bryant, Jr. trumpet As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Rik Pekkonen engineer, mix As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Jay Daversa trumpet As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Michael Franks vocal Leading Me Back to You
Garnett Brown trombone As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Fred Jackson saxophone As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Ernie Watts flute, piccolo, saxophone As Long as It Lasts, Fly With the Wings of Love, In All My Wildest Dreams, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Rainbow Seeker, There Are Many Stops Along the Way, Together We'll Find a Way
Leon Ndugu Chancler drums, timbales Asian Eyes, Love's Paradise, Mirage, New Places, New Faces, Oasis, Teardrops, The Survivor, Wonderland
Jay Anderson (jazz bassist) bass Carmel, Fly With Wings of Love, Melodies of Love, Night Flight, Rainbow Seeker II, Snowflake
David T. Walker guitar In All My Wildest Dreams, Love's Paradise
Bob Wilson (drums) drums Beauty and the Beast, Blue Ballet, Just a Little Higher, Night Flight, Wings of Fire
Hubert Laws flute It Happens Everyday, Midnight and Mist
Jim Gilstrap vocal In All My Wildest Dreams, Put It Where You Want It, Soul Shadows, Street Life
Lynn Davis vocal In All My Wildest Dreams, Put It Where You Want It, Soul Shadows, Street Life
Lori Perry vocal In All My Wildest Dreams, Put It Where You Want It, Soul Shadows, Street Life
George Duke synthesizer Fly With Wings of Love, I'm Coming Back Again, Soul Shadows, Street Life
Barry Finnerty guitar Fly With the Wings of Love, Islands in the Rain, Melodies of Love, Wonderland
Jerry Hey trumpet Eye of the Hurricane, Greener Grass, Voices in the Rain
Charles Fearing guitar Love's Paradise, The Survivor, Wonderland
Nika Rejto flute Eye of the Hurricane, Greener Grass, Voices in the Rain
Paul Jackson, Jr. acoustic guitar, electric guitar A Rainy Day in Monterey, More Beautiful Each Day, Sunrise
Nathan East bass New Places, New Faces, Oasis
Ray Parker Jr. guitar As Long as It Lasts, There Are Many Stops Along the Way
Billy Rogers guitar As Long as It Lasts, There Are Many Stops Along the Way
John Phillips (saxophone) bass clarinet, woodwind Blue Ballet, Night Flight
David Spinozza guitar The Hunter
John Collins (jazz guitarist) guitar Shadows
L. Subramaniam violin Shadows
Dianne Reeves vocal I'm Coming Back Again
Everette Harp saxophone Snowflake
Flora Purim vocal Shadows
Pauline Wilson vocal Burnin' Up the Carnival
Phil Upchurch guitar Beauty and the Beast
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) double bass Shadows
Al Jarreau vocal Somehow Our Love Survives
Robert Wilson (US vocalist/bassist, member of Gap Band) drums Cannery Row
Byron Miller bass Sunrise
Take 6 vocal U Turn
Tom Browne (US jazz trumpeter) trumpet The Hunter
Josie James vocal Burnin' Up the Carnival

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
The Jazz Crusaders electric piano, harpsichord, keyboard, piano 507 Neyland, A Trane Thing, Air Waves, All the Lonely Years, Anita’s New Dance, Another Blues, Bachafillen, Big Hunk of Funk, Black Bird, Blue Monday, Boopie, Brahms’ Lullaby, Brother Bernard, Cathy’s Delight, Close Shave, Congolese Sermon, Cookie Man, Coon, Coon (alternate take), Coon (alternate version), Deacon Brown, Fancy Dance, Fire Water, Free Sample, Freedom Sound, Give Peace a Chance, Green Back Dollar, Heat Wave, Hey Jude, I Think It Was a Dream, Ice Water, In a Dream, Isa’s Chant, I’ll Remember Tomorrow, Lazy Canary, Lonely Horn, Long John, Love Is Blue, Love and Peace, M.J.S. Funk, M.J.S. Funk (alternate take), M.J.S. Funk (alternate version), Moon River, Mr. Sandman, New Time Shuffle, New Time Shuffle (alternate version), Night Theme, No Name Samba, One Leg Dance, Out Back, Para Mi Espoza, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Promises, Promises, Purple Onion, Robbins’ Nest, Sassy, Scandalizing, Scratch, Sinnin’ Sam, Some Samba, Song of India, Soul Kosher, Space Settlement, Sting Ray, Stix March, Sunset in the Mountains, Sweetwater, That's It, That’s It, The Geek, The Shadow Do, The Thing, The Thing (alternate version), The Thrill Is Gone, The Young Rabbits, Theme From "The L-Shaped Room" (T-Shaped Twist), Theme From Exodus, Theme From “Exodus”, Theme From “The L-Shaped Room” (a.k.a. T-Shaped Twist), Till All Ends, Tonight, Tortoise and the Hare, Tough Talk, Tribute to Charles, Turkish Black, Uh Huh, Upstairs, Uptight (Everything’s Alright), Watts Happening, Weather Beat, While the City Sleeps, White Cobra, You Are Sometimes Only Rain
The Crusaders arranger, instrument arranger, producer, keyboard, strings, wind instruments A Ballad for Joe (Louis), A Message From the Inner City, A Search for Soul, Ain't Gon' Change a Thang, Burnin’ Up the Carnival, Do You Remember When?, Don't Let It Get You Down, Double Bubble, Elegant Evening, Feel It, Free as the Wind, Get on the Soul Ship (It's Sailing), Gotta Get It On, Greasy Spoon, Honky Tonk Struttin', I Felt the Love, It Happens Everyday, Journey From Within, Last Call, Lilies of the Nile, Look Beyond the Hill, Nite Crawler, No Place to Hide, Rhapsody and Blues, River Rat, Soul Shadows, Southern Comfort, Stomp and Buck Dance, Super Stuff, Sweet Gentle Love, Sweet n' Sour, Take It or Leave It, The Way We Was, The Well's Gone Dry, Time Bomb, Tomorrow Where Are You?, Tough Talk, When There's Love Around, Where There's a Will, There's a Way, Whispering Pines
Conor Maynard arranger, piano Almaz, Angel, Angel of the Morning, Don't Put All Your Dreams in One Basket, Every Day I Have the Blues, Everyday I Have the Blues, Feeling Good, Just One Smile, Last Night at Danceland, Lead Me On, Me, Myself and I, No Regrets, One Day I'll Fly Away, Rainy Night in Georgia, Respect Yourself, Starting All Over Again, Street Life, Tell Me More and Then Some, This Bitter Earth, Today I Sing the Blues
Joe Pass piano After School, Alison, Balloons, Bass Blues, Better Days, Burning Spear, Flying Down Baja, Free Sample, Gotcha!, Head Start, In the City, It's Too Late, My Bonnie, Slick Cat, The Preacher, We'll Be Together Again, When Love
葉月圭 keyboard A Long Way From Home, Bitter Street, Come Along With Me, Fever, For All We Know, Living in Blue, One Day I'll Fly Away, Street Life, The Song Lives On, When Your Life Was Low, When the World Turns Blue
Marion Doenges piano Blues From Hell, Come Home, Good Old Days, Inflation Blues, Miss Celie's Blues (Sister), Rats in My Kitchen, Reggae Woman (Calypso Blues), Rock With You, Route 66, Send for Me, Thang Shaker
Dennis Rowland piano 'Round Midnight, All Blues, Easy Living, I Could Write a Book, My Ship, Pfrancing (No Blues), Someday My Prince Will Come, The Meaning of the Blues / Lament, You Don't Know What Love Is
Donald Byrd electric piano, organ, piano Black Byrd, Flight Time, Jamie, Love's So Far Away, Mr. Thomas, Sky High, Slop Jar Blues, The Emperor, The Little Rasti, Where Are We Going?
Arthur Adams Clavinet, electric piano, piano, synthesizer Bumpin' Around, Chicago Sidewalk, Do What Cha Doin', First-Class Woman, Home Brew, Keep on Dancing, That's the Way It's Gonna Be, That's the Way You Move, The Blues, We've Got an Understanding
Marcus Miller performer, piano Tales (Reprise), The Sun Don't Lie
Minnie Riperton keyboard Adventures in Paradise, Alone in Brewster Bay, Baby, This Love I Have, Don't Let Anyone Bring You Down, Feelin' That the Feeling's Good, Inside My Love, Love and It's Glory, Minnie's Lament, Simple Things, When It Comes Down to It
Valdy electric piano, piano Arnolds Cove, Bitter Green, Christian Life, City Musician, Java Jeff, Landscapes, Passin' Through, Roads of Anger, Whirl and Twirl and Swirl
Blue Mitchell piano Alone Again (Naturally), Asso-Kam, Blue Funk, Dorado, Express, Funky Walk, Graffiti Blues, Where It's At, Yeah Ya Right
Joan Baez Hammond organ, electric piano Blue Sky, Children and All That Jazz, Diamonds & Rust, Dida, Fountain of Sorrow, Hello in There, Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer, Simple Twist of Fate, Winds of the Old Days
Wilton Felder keyboard Let's Dance Together, My Name Is Love, Ride On, The Cycles of Time, We All Have a Star, Why Believe, You and Me and Ecstasy
Harold Land Quintet piano 40 Love, Angel Dance, Imagine, One for Nini, Stylin', The Aquarian, The Peace-Maker, Timetable
Stanley Turrentine electric piano Airport Love Theme, All by Myself, Everybody Come On Out, Hope That We Can Be Together Soon, I’m Not in Love, Many Rivers to Cross, Stairway to Heaven, There Is a Place (Rita’s Theme)
Michael Franks piano Antonio's Song (The Rainbow), B'Wana - He No Home, Chain Reaction, Don't Be Blue, I Really Hope It's You, In the Eye of the Storm, The Lady Wants to Know
Ronnie Laws Clavinet, electric piano Always There, Mis' Mary's Place, Momma, Never Be the Same, Nothing to Lose, Tell Me Something Good, Tidal Wave, Why Do You Always Laugh at Me
Willie Nelson piano Ain’t Misbehavin’, Angel Eyes, Because of You, Come Rain or Shine, Fly Me to the Moon, I Miss You So, The Nearness of You
Eric G piano A Night in Barcelona, Goin' Down South, Jazz, Prints Tie, Procession, Ummh
Freddie Hubbard Clavinet, organ Baraka Sasa, Black Maybe, Camel Rise, Crisis, Ebony Moonbeams, Too High
Carmen McRae keyboard All by Myself, Can't Hide Love, I Wish You Well, Music, You're Everything
David T. Walker piano I Get High on You, I Wish You Love, Our Lives
Hubert Laws Rhodes piano, keyboard False Faces, It Happens Every Day, It's So Crazy
George Benson piano Fingerlero, My One and Only Love, Paper Moon, Tequíla
Marvin Gaye piano If I Should Die Tonight, Keep Gettin’ It On, Let’s Get It On, Please Stay (Once You Go Away)
Dee Dee Bridgewater keyboard He's Gone, My Lonely Room, You Saved Me
Karl Liebl electric piano Enchanted Lady, Memphis Junction, Queen Mother Stomp
Joni Mitchell Clavinet, electric piano, keyboard Down to You, Edith and the Kingpin, Harry's House / Centerpiece
Shawn Phillips organ, piano Rant, The Light From Between Your Eyes
Craig T. Cooper piano Reason for Love, That's the Spot
Bobby Bryant piano A Prayer for Peace, The Beauty of Her Soul
Hugh Masekela electric piano, piano Been Such a Long Time Gone, Stimela (Coal Train)
Gerald Albright piano Made in Chicago
Steely Dan electric piano Third World Man
Brian Bromberg piano You Know That Feeling
Everything but the Girl piano The Language of Life
Randy Crawford piano Who's Crying Now
Nils Landgren Funk Unit Rhodes piano Green Beans
B.B. King piano Woman’s Got Soul
Lee Ritenour piano Uh Oh!
Larry Carlton electric piano Tequila
Lamont Dozier instrument arranger Family
Kenny Burrell piano 'Round Midnight
Miles Davis piano Amandla
Jason Miles piano Harlequin
Cyndi Grecco keyboard Watching You