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Birth name
  
Pleasant Joseph

Role
  
Singer

Name
  
Cousin Joe


Instruments
  
Piano, vocal

Occupation(s)
  
Pianist, singer

Genres
  
Blues

Cousin Joe Cousin Joe December 20 1907 October 2 1989 was a blues and


Born
  
December 20, 1907 Wallace, Louisiana, United States (
1907-12-20
)

Years active
  
Late 1930s - late 1980s

Died
  
October 2, 1989, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Albums
  
New York & New Orleans Blues, From New Orleans

Record labels
  
Decca Records, Savoy Records, Imperial Records

Similar People
  
Henry Gray, Robert Lockwood Jr, Champion Jack Dupree, Sidney Bechet

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Pleasant Joseph known as Cousin Joe (December 20, 1907 — October 2, 1989) was an American blues and jazz singer, later famous for his 1940s recordings with clarinetist Sidney Bechet and saxophonist Mezz Mezzrow.

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Life

He was born in Wallace, Louisiana, United States.

Until 1945 Cousin Joe toured Louisiana; that year he was asked to take part in the King Jazz recording sessions organized by Mezzrow and Bechet.

Cousin Joe died in his sleep from natural causes in New Orleans, at the age of 81.

Autobiography

  • Cousin Joe : Blues from New Orleans / Pleasant "Cousin Joe" Joseph and Harriet J. Ottenheimer. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987. xi, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN 0-226-41198-2

    • Partial discography

  • 1971 : Bad Luck Blues (Black & Blue) with Jimmy Dawkins and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
  • 1974 : Cousin Joe From New Orleans (Big Bear Records)
  • 1984 : Cousin Joe from New Orleans in his prime (Oldie Blues)
  • 1985 : Relaxin’ in New Orleans [sound recording] / Cousin Joe. New Orleans, LA : Great Southern Records. 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1⁄3 rpm ; 12 in.
  • 1995 : Jumping at Jubilee [sound recording]. London : Sequel, NEM CD 749
  • 1996 : Blues Festival [sound recording]. {Laserlight Records}, NEW CD 17 105
  • 2003 : Magic Bostic - Bostic, Earl, 1913–1965 [sound recording] / Earl Bostic. Paris : Jazz Archives

    • Filmography

  • 2005 : DVD The Blues of Cousin Joe (live - 29 August 1984 in New Orleans) (Storyville Films)

    • References

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