FINALE music software program in 1988 and has become adept with its writing and printing aspects, using a Macintosh computer. Since retiring, he and his wife Brenda resided in Bellingham, Washington, where his main hobby was woodworking but he still wrote almost every day. He collaborated on projects with Phil Kelly, a retired television and film composer/arranger who also lives in Bellingham. Sample's son, Steve Sample Jr., is an accomplished jazz drummer, having played with many notable jazz groups, including the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Night Flight Big Band, and the Magic City Jazz Orchestra. Recordings featuring Steve Sample's arrangements UAB SuperJazz, Featuring Ellis Marsalis, produced by Ray Reach and Henry Panion (2001) Big 30, Galen Jeter and Dallas' Original Jazz Orchestra (2004) Messin' With Texas, Galen Jeter and Dallas' Original Jazz Orchestra (2006) Big Band Theory, Bethany Smith Staelens (2008) References External links Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame website Review of Dallas' Original Jazz Orchestra's latest CD, Messin' With Texas, at AllAboutJazz.com American music arrangers American educators American bandleaders American jazz composers Jazz arrangers American jazz educators American male jazz composers 2020 deaths Year of birth uncertain