Sample was a founder of the band the Jazz Crusaders and reportedly played with musicians from Miles Davis and B.B. King to Steely Dan and the... Jazz Pianist Joe Sample Dies At 75 ARUN RATH, HOST: ...

Sampling is ubiquitous in music and in addition to being a lot of fun to use, can add a lot to your work. That said, if done incorrectly, sampling can quickly put you on the wrong side of Johnny Law.

Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, has died. He was 75. Sample died of complications due ...

Big Fish Audio has released a new round of music samples for users of Logic Pro’s EXS24, Steinberg’s HALion and Native Instruments Kontakt. The Jazz and Elektro House samples come in REX/WAV/Acid ...

Why do hip-hop producers gravitate toward jazz samples? For a mood, for sonic timbre, for a unique rhythmic component. Swing is a precursor to the boom-bap. "If you're a hip-hop producer that wants a ...

Nesbert “Stix” Hooper returns home this week for the first time in maybe 20 years. He thinks the last time he was here was for a class reunion at Phillis Wheatley High School. The legendary drummer ...