Beau Sample is a Chicago based upright bassist. He was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. In 2008 Beau moved to Chicago from Austin, Texas where he had 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 The Modern Sounds, The Fat Babies, Sanctified Grumblers 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, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Azerbaijan, Armenia and The Republic the Georgia, not to mention every state 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, T Jared Bonta, Johnny Gimble, Dave Biller, Elana James, Joel Paterson, Eddie Clendening, The Del Moroccos, The Modern Sounds and Janis Martin.
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