Joe Shepley

Joseph James "Joe" Shepley (born August 7, 1930 in Yonkers ; † March 26, 2016 ) was an American jazz trumpeter who also made a name for himself as a studio musician .

Live and act

Shepley had her first professional appearances at the age of 12; he performed his military service in Korea from 1952 to 1954. After his discharge from the US Army, he studied at the Manhattan School of Music (Master in 1957) and worked in the following years as a studio and session musician until the 2000s. a. with Duke Pearson , BB King , Aretha Franklin , George Benson , Paul Anka , Astrud Gilberto , Kenny Burrell , Billy Joel and Frank Sinatra . Around 1970 he formed the band Collins-Shepley Galaxy with Burt Collins , which recorded two albums, including a Lennon / McCartney tribute album. For the band worked u. a. Michael Abene as arranger. In the field of jazz , Shepley was involved in 104 recording sessions between 1956 and 2000, in addition to the aforementioned also with Kai Winding , Stanley Turrentine , Marvin Stamm , Paul Desmond , Rusty Dedrick , Lee Morgan , O'Donel Levy , Charles Earland , Eumir Deodato , Don Sebesky , Lou Donaldson , David Matthews , Phil Woods , Lonnie Liston Smith , Jeremy Steig , Chris Hinze , Urbie Green , Art Farmer , Ron Carter , Herbie Mann , Michel Legrand , Randy Crawford , Jimmy McGriff , Earl Klugh and David Fathead Newman . He was also a member of the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra in the 1990s and 2000s.