Papa John Joseph

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"Papa" John Joseph (born November 27, 1877 in St. James Parish , † January 22, 1965 in New Orleans ) was an American musician and one of the early double bass players of New Orleans jazz .

Live and act

Papa John Joseph played bass since he was fourteen , mostly in a family band made up of strings. He also worked for Kid Ory in Lutcher, Louisiana and moved to New Orleans in 1906. Over the next several years he performed with Claiborne Williams' band before joining the Original Tuxedo Orchestra . Like his younger brother Willie "Kaiser" Joseph, he then played in the Storyville district until it was closed in 1917. He later ran a full-time hairdressing salon.

His memories of Buddy Bolden living nearby form part of Donald Marquis' book, In Search of Buddy Bolden . Joseph took part in 18 recording sessions in the field of jazz between 1962 and 1964, including a. with Punch Miller and George Lewis and His New Orleans All Stars with whom he performed in Japan in 1963. In his final years he played at the Preservation Hall , where he collapsed in a gig after a bass solo on When the Saints Go Marching In .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Papa John Joseph, Two Other Jazz Musicians Die in NO , Jet , February 11, 1965, p. 65
  2. ^ A b Thomas W. Jacobsen Traditional New Orleans Jazz: Conversations With the Men Who Make the Music LSU Press 2011, p. 28
  3. ^ William Carter Preservation Hall: Music from the Heart 1999, 125
  4. ↑ Brief portrait at Satchmo.com (January 22) ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.satchmo.com
  5. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  6. ↑ Papa John Joseph at Discogs (English)
personal data
SURNAME Joseph, Papa John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joseph, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH St. James Parish
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1965
Place of death New Orleans