Joe Lee Wilson
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It is catalogued under topics including 1935 births, 2011 deaths and American blues singers.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
Discography
- Do You Dance2018
- Don't Give Up2018
- Do You Dance | The Remixes2019
- Harlem Groove2020
- We Chase The Sun2021
- Casio2024
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Joe Lee Wilson (December 22, 1935 – July 17, 2011) was an American gospel-influenced jazz singer, originally from Bristow, Oklahoma. His voice is best recognized from several Archie Shepp albums recorded for Impulse! Records. As his band's name, Joy of Jazz, suggests, Wilson's baritone personified the life-affirming nature of jazz and blues. Seeing Billie Holiday perform in 1951 began his interest in a music-industry career. He studied in Los Angeles before touring the West Coast, where he sat
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bristow
- Place of death
- Brighton
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
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- date of birth
- 1935-12-22
- date of death
- 2011-07-17
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