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 ...

Finally, tonight we say goodbye to a legend of the keyboard, Joe Sample. He died last night in his hometown of Houston, Texas. In the late 1950s, Sample was one of the founding members of a group ...

VIDEO Stix Hooper returns to Houston for 'Joe Sample Celebration' Concert by Jazz Houston Published: May 30, 2024 at 11:54 AM Tags: today at 10, news, local news, jazz houston, stix hooper, the ...

The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa is pleased to announce The Manhattan Transfer and the historic reunion of Joe Sample & The Crusaders will headline the resort's 16th annual “All That Jazz" Weekend in ...

Cécile McLorin Salvant was in Houston not terribly long ago, performing in 2023 support of her album “Ghost Song.” Shortly after that show she quickly dropped another album, the beguiling “Mélusine,” ...

File- This July 2, 2006, file photo shows jazz pianist Joe Sample performing during the special event “Hommage to Nesuhi Ertegun” of the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival at the Stravinski hall in Montreux, ...