NOW PERFORMING WITH: The Joel Paterson Trio, Devil in a Woodpile, Alfonso Ponticelli, The Del Moroccos
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Wendell Marshall, Henry Grimes, Big Crawford, Slam Stewart, Wilbur Ware, Willie Dixon, Edgar Willis, Ransom Knowling, Jimmy Blanton, Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers, Pops Foster, Bill Johnson, Al Morgan, Wellman Braud, Bob Moore, Oscar Pettiford, Malachi Favors, Charlie Haden, Buell Neidlinger, Richard Davis, William Parker, Kevin Smith, Jimmy Sutton, George Prado, Ben Wolfe, Ric Ramirez, David Grossman, Gary Karr, Francois Rabbath, Bozo Paradzik, Viorel Vlad, Herbie Nichols, Aaron Prado, Bach, Duke, Sachmo, Bird, Trane, Bix, Monk, Dolphy, Django Reinhardt, Muddy Waters, Harry Partch, Bo Diddley, Bob Wills, Pablo Casals, Ornette Coleman, Carl Perkins, Hound Dog Taylor, Howlin Wolf, Johnny Horton, Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, Lefty Frizzell, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Picasso, Pollock, Cormac McCarthy, Keith Sample, Candy Sample, Donald Sample, Bukowski, Monet, Matisse, John Zorn, György Ligeti, Hank Williams, Albert Ayler, Bartok, Ronnie Self, Paul Klee, Studs Terkel, Henry Miller, Tich Nat Han, DeVinci, Abe Lincoln......
Beau Sample is a Chicago based upright and electric bassist. He was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Beau recently moved to Chicago from Austin, Texas where he performed and recorded for 3 years and attended Texas State University (Jazz and Orchestral studies.) He played in Austin as a member of Elana James and the Continental Two, The T Jared Bonta Trio, The Dave Biller Combo, The David Chenu Quintet, the Seth Walker Band, ECFA, Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan and, his own group, Beau Sample and the Impressment Gang.
He now plays in Chicago with Joel Paterson and The Modern Sounds, The Del Moroccos, and part time with Devil in a Woodpile and Alfonso Ponticelli.
Sample has toured the world and the U.S. many times over with with his former band, Cave Catt Sammy and with Elana James. His travels have taken him to Canada, Norway, Spain, England, Holland, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, Azerbaijan, Armenia and The Republic the Georgia, not to mention everywhere in the U.S. He also toured the U.S. with Elana James (Bob Dylans former fiddle player) opening for Dylan in 2006.
Beau has recorded with such artists as; Carl Sonny Leyland, The Hot Club of Cowtown, Cave Catt Sammy, Little Rachel, Sunshone Still, Luke Hill, T Jared Bonta, George Carver, Johnny Gimble, Dave Biller, Elana James, Paris 49, The David Chenu Quintet, ECFA, Torch, Joel Paterson, Eddie Clendening, Aubrey Slackey, Joel Paterson, The Del Moraccos, The Modern Sounds and Janis Martin.
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hey beau - wow, great del moroccos CD you gave me - thanks a lot - what a terrific concert this could be to be on the same bill, huh? :-) salutacions marcel
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Greetings Beau Sample... Great Tunes, and Very Nice Bass! It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Thank you for including me among your friends, and if you have the time, I would sincerely appreciate you listening to my tunes and sharing your thoughts. All the best to you, Bobby Snard… ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪
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