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Born: September 16, 1903 in Philadelphia, PA
Years Active: 20 's, 30 's, 40 's, 50 's, 60 's, 70 's
Died: August 14, 1978 in Seattle, WA
Genre: Jazz

Biography:
Although renowned as one of the world's great practical jokers (he once called a couple dozen bass players with an alleged gig and asked them to show up with their instruments at a busy street corner just so he could view the resulting chaos), Joe Ve ...More >>

Discography: 2002 Joe and Zoot and More 1989 Best of the Jazz Violins 1981 Hot Swing Fiddle Classics 1978 Joe in Chicago 1977 Sliding By More >>

Member Of: Four Giants of Swing More >> Similar Artists: Claude "Fiddler" Williams Stuff Smith Stephane Grappelli Don "Sugarcane" Harris Papa John Creach More >>

Influenced By: Eddie South Eddie Lang More >> Followers: Bob Wills Jeremy Cohen Stephane Grappelli Eddie Lang Ric Sanders More >>

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