- Joe Sanders
Joseph L. "Joe" Sanders (October 15, 1896,
Thayer, Kansas - May 14, 1965,Kansas City, Missouri ) was an Americanjazz pianist, singer, and bandleader associated withKansas City jazz for most of his career.Sanders was best known for co-leading the
Coon-Sanders' Nighthawks along withCarleton Coon (1894-1932). The pair formed the group in 1920 inKansas City under the name Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra, broadcast for the first time on radio the following year, and became known as the Nighthawks because of their frequent appearances on late-night radio. They recorded inChicago in 1924 and held a residency at the Blackhawk club in that city from 1926. The ensemble toured as a Midwesternterritory band , and after Coon's death Sanders continued to lead the band under his own name.Sanders worked mostly in
Hollywood studios in the 1940s, and occasionally led performances at the Blackhawk once again. He was a vocalist for theKansas City Opera in the 1950s.References
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Eugene Chadbourne , [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hjfpxqqgld6e~T1 Joe Sanders] atAllmusic
*"Joe Sanders". "The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz".Further Reading
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John Chilton , "Who's Who of Jazz".
*Colton/Kunstadt, "Encore: The Story of Coon-Sanders". "Record Research" 13 (1957), p. 3
*D.A. Johnson, "The Happy-go-lucky Sounds of Coon-Sanders Nighthawks". "Mississippi Rag" i/3 (1974), p. 7.
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