Duffy-Marie Arnoult/WireImage Music In Memoriam 2014 December 29, 2014 • NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2014. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies. In Memoriam 2014 Listen · 4:40 4:40 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/371913311/374142446" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Billy Taylor (left) duets with Eldar at A Jazz Piano Christmas 2009. Margot Schulman hide caption toggle caption Margot Schulman Holiday Music Twenty Years Of A Jazz Piano Christmas December 16, 2009 • An NPR holiday tradition celebrates two decades this winter. Jazz pianists Eldar, Robert Glasper, Patricia Barber, Joe Sample, Ramsey Lewis and Dr. Billy Taylor were all on hand to perform original takes on classic holiday songs, live in concert. Listen Now: A Jazz Piano Christmas 2009 Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/121520079/121503250" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Best Music of 2007 Top 10 Jazz CDs of 2007, from KPLU KNKX Public Radio December 7, 2007 • Nick Morrison, a DJ at Seattle's KPLU, selects 10 of the year's best jazz CDs from instrumental legends and up-and-coming vocalists.
New Music A Jazz Single Sees One Man Through April 18, 2007 • For this week's staff song pick, Tony Cox chooses Joe Sample's X Marks the Spot, a song Tony explains helped him through a rough patch in his life. A Jazz Single Sees One Man Through Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9645332/9645335" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews Sample and Crawford Reunite for 'Feeling' CD March 9, 2007 • Years ago, Joe Sample's group the Crusaders joined singer Randy Crawford to record the hit single "Street Life." Now, they're back together — and they say that they've aged like fine wine. Their new CD is Feeling Good. The duet album — Crawford sings and Sample plays his own compositions — is a mix of soul, jazz, gospel and pop. Sample and Crawford Reunite for 'Feeling' CD Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7812291/7812297" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Joe Sample Goes Solo with 'Soul Shadows' November 17, 2004 • NPR's Tony Cox talks with jazz pianist Joe Sample about his first-ever solo album. Sample, best know for his ensemble work with the Jazz Crusaders, steps out with a new CD, Soul Shadows. Joe Sample Goes Solo with 'Soul Shadows' Only Available in Archive Formats. Real Media Windows
