Joe Robichaux

Joseph "Joe" Robichaux (born March 8, 1900 in New Orleans , † January 17, 1965 ibid) was an American pianist of New Orleans jazz .

Joe Robichaux was the nephew of band leader John Robichaux and played the piano at an early age. He graduated from New Orleans University and then played for the O. J. Beatty Carnival for nine months. In 1918 he went briefly to Chicago with the trumpeter Tig Chambers , but returned to New Orleans, where he played with Papa Celestin , Earl Humphrey , Lee Collins and the Black Eagles (1922/3). In 1929 he recorded with the Jones-Collins Astoria Eight by Lee Collins (cornet) and David Jones (tenor saxophone), for which he also arranged and with whom he accompanied the singer Christina Gray. In 1931 he formed his own band with the trumpeterEugene Ware , alto saxophonist and clarinetist Alfred Guichard , tenor saxophonist Gene Porter , drummer Ward Crosby. After the talent scout of a record company discovered them, he recorded with his band ("Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Boys") in New York in 1933 (22 tracks), but was unable to perform there because of problems with the union and went back to New York Orleans. In the 1930s u. a. Earl Bostic in his (now expanded to 14 musicians) Big Band, with whom he toured in Cuba and made recordings for “Decca” in 1936, which never came out. In 1939 he broke up his band and worked mostly as a solo pianist in New Orleans. In the early 1950s he played with rhythm and blues groups and accompanied the blues singer Lizzie Miles . From 1957 to 1964 he was the pianist in George Lewis' band . He recorded with Peter Bocage in 1962 and played in the Preservation Hall . In 1965 he died of a heart attack.

literature

• Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .

Web links

• Joe Robichaux at Allmusic (English)