"Street Life" - Randy Crawford (2006)

Joe Sample Trio and Randy Crawford in one of the best live registrations of their 1979 Streetlife, 27 years later. Randy Crawford (vocals); Joe Sample (piano); Nikolas Sample (acoustic bass); John Mclean (drums). Joe Sample passed away in Houston on Septermber 12, 2014. Mr. Sample reached the age of 75, and had played the piano since he was five years old. The general public primarily knew him from the track ’Streetlife’ that he composed with Will Jennings, and performed with The Crusaders. With some classmates he formed The Jazz Crusaders, which later became The Crusaders. In 1979 they released their worldwide hit Streetlife. During his fifty-year career he has recorded 21 solo albums, and wrote music for several other musicians, playing alongside legends Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, BB King and Joni Mitchell, to name but a few. But Joe Sample became and will