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Joe Sample

Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer. He was one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 (not including the 2003 reunion album "Rural Renewal")... See full bio »

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2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Round Four (2009) (music: "One Day I'll Fly Away" - uncredited)
 
2008 Soul Power (documentary) (writer: "Put It Where You Want It")
 
2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (writer: "Zydeco Train")
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
Episode #1.16 (2007) (writer: "One Day I'll Fly Away")
 
2007 Freedom Writers ("Papa'z Song")
 
2006 Till I Met You (writer: "One Day I'll Fly Away")
 
2003 The Fighting Temptations ("Dear Mama")
 
2002 Operación triunfo (TV series)
Episode #1.15 (2002) (writer: "One Day I'll Fly Away")
 
2001 Moulin Rouge! (writer: "One Day I'll Fly Away", Musical score features parts of:)
 
2000/I The Visit (performer: "For All We Know")
 
1997 Jackie Brown (writer: "Street Life" 1981)
 
1996 The Chamber (writer: "Miles of Blue Blue Miles" / performer: "Miles of Blue Blue Miles")
 
1996 Girls Town (writer: "U.N.I.T.Y.")
 
1994 Stolen Moments.: Red Hot+Cool (TV documentary) (writer: "Flyin High in the Brooklyn Sky" / performer: "Flyin High in the Brooklyn Sky")
 
1991 Thelma & Louise (writer: "Better Not Look Down")
 
1991 Talent for the Game (writer: "Destiny", "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda")
 
1990 Writer's Block (short) (performer: "Seven Years of Good Luck")
 
1981 Sharky's Machine (writer: "Street Life")
 
1980 Roller Revolution (TV movie) (writer: "Street Life")
 
Show ShowComposer (3 titles)
2007/II Who Am I? (video documentary short)
 
1985 Code Name: Foxfire (TV series)
Slay It Again, Sam (1985)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2011 Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Unsung (TV series documentary)
Himself
Minnie Riperton (2009) … Himself
 
2007 Live from Abbey Road (TV series)
Performer
Episode #1.8 (2007) … Performer
 
2006 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
Episode #28.2 (2006) … Himself
 
1997-1998 Melrose Place (TV series)
Himself
As Bad as It Gets (1998) … Himself
Who's Afraid of Amanda Woodward?: Part 1 (1997) … Himself (uncredited)
Secrets and Lies and More Lies (1997) … Himself
 
1996 When We Were Kings (documentary)
Himself (keyboards, The Crusaders)
 
1994 Stolen Moments.: Red Hot+Cool (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 September 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
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Album: "The Pecan Tree", 2002.
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