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The New Crusaders

By William Michael Smith March 07, 2013

It's a Saturday morning in January, and Joe Sample, casually dressed in a baby-blue polo and jeans, barks instructions inside of a matchbox-size rehearsal space at Texas Southern University, located on the Third Ward campus at Cleburne... More >>>

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Joe Sample, who became a heavy-hitting jazz musician after leaving his native Houston in 1958, leads a big-band rehearsal at Texas Southern University. The Crusaders' co-founder, hired by TSU President John Rudley in fall 2012, is currently TSU's jazz-studies program's artist-in-residence.

Sample breaks down a piece of music for TSU student and pianist Britney Bloom. The university, which is attempting to reinvent itself following a series of public embarrassments, competes for the best students with the music schools at Rice University, University of Houston and University of North Texas.

Despite a well-executed concert, only a handful of folks bothered to show up to the Joe Sample Jazz Orchestra's opening salvo at Sawyer Auditorium on December 9.

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Joe Sample, who became a heavy-hitting jazz musician after leaving his native Houston in 1958, leads a big-band rehearsal at Texas Southern University. The Crusaders' co-founder, hired by TSU President John Rudley in fall 2012, is currently TSU's jazz-studies program's artist-in-residence.

Photo by Marco Torres

Joe Sample, who became a heavy-hitting jazz musician after leaving his native Houston in 1958, leads a big-band rehearsal at Texas Southern University. The Crusaders' co-founder, hired by TSU President John Rudley in fall 2012, is currently TSU's jazz-studies program's artist-in-residence.

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