Joe Lee Wilson 1935-2011

[brownie]

The underappreciated singer Joe Lee Wilson died last weekend.

Obituary in The Guardian.

[JohnJ]

Very sorry to hear this. Love 'Ballads for Trane', a desert island disc for me.

[JSngry]

Sorry to hear this. Joe Lee Wilson was always an up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__cI-uX72VM

RIP.

[Christiern]

Valerie Wilmer introduced us in the '70, and I got to know Joe Lee fairly well (the only jazz musician I knew of in New York who got around on a bicycle). A very down-to-earth guy. This is sad news, indeed.

[sidewinder]

Sorry to hear this - RIP.

"Within half an hour he had discovered the betting shop and within a day thrust a large sum of money into my hands – my "share" of his winnings. He cooked, washed clothes and did the ironing, then when Jill arrived, they raided the butcher's for lamb chops and goat, and he cooked up enough to last us a week."

Sounds like a great guy. Never realised he lived in latter years in Brighton, either.

Edited July 19, 2011 by sidewinder

[jazzbo]

ARGH! RIP Joe Lee.

[.:.impossible]

What a vibe he had. RIP.

[paul secor]

Good singer - know him mainly from recordings with Archie Shepp.

Thanks, Mr. Wilson.

[mikeweil]

The sound of his voice was unique - sorry to hear this. I remember hearing him first on Mtume's Alkebu-Lan, side by side with Andy Bey. Never forgot that sound ...

[jazzbo]

JOOOOOHHHHHHN COLTRAAAAAAAAAANE!

Now maybe there will be a reply to that shout, "What's up Joe Lee."

[brownie]

Obituary in The New York Times today.

[clifford_thornton]

Shit, that's sad news. RIP.

[randyhersom]

His version of Charles Greenlee's Crucificado which I knew in an instrumental version from the Archie Shepp Montreux Freedoms was always a favorite and I've collected and followed ever since so this loss is right up there with Walt Dickerson and Max Roach for me.