Jazz Houston presents The Joe Sample Celebration

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Photo courtesy of Stix Hooper

Jazz Houston, in partnership with KTSU 90.9 FM, presents the Joe Sample Celebration to close out its 2023-24 season. The concert features the Jazz Houston Orchestra with Musical Director Vincent Gardner, and guest artist Stix Hooper in his long-awaited homecoming back to Houston.

Hooper, along with Joe Sample, founded the group The Crusaders in Houston before moving to the West Coast and achieving worldwide fame. The concert features new and existing arrangements of compositions made famous by the Crusaders, and songs written by Sample and Hooper, and the debut performance of the final song that they wrote together.

Jazz Houston, in partnership with KTSU 90.9 FM, presents the Joe Sample Celebration to close out its 2023-24 season. The concert features the Jazz Houston Orchestra with Musical Director Vincent Gardner, and guest artist Stix Hooper in his long-awaited homecoming back to Houston.

Hooper, along with Joe Sample, founded the group The Crusaders in Houston before moving to the West Coast and achieving worldwide fame. The concert features new and existing arrangements of compositions made famous by the Crusaders, and songs written by Sample and Hooper, and the debut performance of the final song that they wrote together.

WHEN

WHERE

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
800 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002, USA
https://www.thehobbycenter.org/events/the-joe-sample-celebration/

TICKET INFO

$38 and up.

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