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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: funkyjazzjunky on September 14, 2014, 01:43:56 PM
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The great keyboardist passed. The Jazz Crusaders are legends.
Vann-Di
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I loved his playing. I have his album Ashes to Ashes.
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Here's a video of a live performance of Ashes to Ashes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkH7cNUDEs8) from 2000. Wonderful playing.
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Yet another music great passing on.
I've been a fan since I heard the crusaders album called those southern knights.
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Hey Jazzy!! Me too!! I bought that album (LP!!) on a used LPs sale when I was a little kid -about 10, already immersing myself into jazz-, and knew nothing about the band, but loved the LP cover! (and it was being sold very cheap). Then I listened to it and immediately loved Keep that same old feeling and Feeling Funky. That was not only my first conscious exposition to Sample and the Crusader?s work -later came Street Life and blew me off!!!- but also my first conscious exposition to Larry Carlton?s guitar playing. (Please note my conscious exposition concept implies that I might have -and surely had- heard them before, but not knowing who they were back then).
Sample was not only a wonderful player, but one of an exquisite taste. Up he goes, to my keyboard players altar, right beside one of my other all-time favourites: Richard Tee.
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It was 'Street Life' that introduced me to The Crusaders after seeing the movie 'Sharkey's Machine', it was the song at the beginning of the film( itself a great movie).
Great jazz/funk band...will be missed by many
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I saw him in recent years when he did a tour over here with Randy Crawford. I think Steve Gadd was on drums and Joe's son on double bass.
In fact tomorrow on my Jazz radio programme 18:00 to 20:00 GMT, I will be doing a feature on Joe Sample so feel free to tune in on-line from here.
http://tunein.com/radio/New-Style-Radio-987-s37350/ (http://tunein.com/radio/New-Style-Radio-987-s37350/)
Jazzyvee