Joe Lee Wilson?

[Guest akanalog]

i just bought a muse record from 1978 by a dude named joe lee wilson.

the album has bobby few and steve lacy on it and it is very nice.

wilson has a deep throaty sort of mumbly voice.

i dislike jazz vocalists generally, the whole concept doesn't appeal to me, but he has a really nice voice and some of the songs remind me of sort of a leon thomas kind of thing with some nice creator has a master plan type grooving going on. on the more traditional songs his voice is still nice.

from the record credits he has performed with many big names but i know i never heard of this guy.

[JohnJ]

Don't know much about him either but I picked up a new CD of his on a whim (it was cheap) a couple of months ago called 'Ballads for Trane' on the Italian Philology label. I really like his baritone voice on this and the Italian musicians are excellent, the whole thing reminds me slightly of the Coltrane/Hartman collaboration. One of my favourites of the year.

[jazzbo]

I have a couple of his cds and a few appearances with Archie Shepp and others. A very interesting vocalist that I enjoy hearing. Should seek out more!

[Joe Carter]

One of my favorite Lps was Joe Lee Wilson's Hey Look At You on the Inner City label, which was probably a reissue of a European release. It's been reissued in Japan. Joe was on the New York scene for a while. Last I heard, he's England and still performing.

Joe C.

[Guest akanalog]

actually the one i got is on inner city i think. but i think it is called "secrets of the sun".

[JSngry]

Joe Lee Wilson's one of my favorites. One of the few "true" jazz singers of either/any gender, no "pop" overtones or trappings at all.

A thing he did w/Shepp on Marge called A TOUCH OF THE BLUES is fantastic.