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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Joe-WilliamsJoe Williams | Jazz, Blues, Vocalist | Britannica

    Apr 25, 2024 · Joe Williams (born Dec. 12, 1918, Cordele, Ga., U.S.—died March 29, 1999, Las Vegas, Nev.) was an American singer known for his mastery of jazz, blues, and ballads and for his association with Count Basie in the 1950s. Williams moved from Georgia to Chicago at the age of three.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Joe_Williams_(jazz_singer)Joe Williams (jazz singer) - Wikipedia

    Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. He sang with big bands, such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and with small combos. He sang in two films with the Basie orchestra and sometimes worked as an actor.

  4. www.allaboutjazz.com › musicians › joe-williamsJoe Williams Musician - All About Jazz

    Jul 28, 2019 · Joe Williams. Biography. Articles. News. Has Influenced. Singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards, Joe Williams was an elegant and sophisticated baritone known for his clear pronunciation and jazz styling.

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  6. jazzprofiles.blogspot.com › 2014 › 04Joe Williams [1918-1999] - Sings The Blues and More - Blogger

    Apr 6, 2014 · Joe Williams seemed to have been a popular figure in Chicago jazz ever since anybody could remember. When he was only twenty he sang with clarinet great Jimmie Noone's band on the radio, and though he toured with several big bands in the years to come — most prominently with Lionel Hampton's band, in which he and Dinah Washington sang duets ...

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  7. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1999-mar-31-mnJazz Singer Joe Williams Dies After Collapsing in Las Vegas

    Mar 31, 1999 · March 31, 1999 12 AM PT. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. Joe Williams, considered by many to be the finest jazz singer of his generation, died on a Las Vegas street after collapsing while apparently...

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  9. jazz.fm › joe-williams-was-elegantly-playfulAn original gentleman of jazz, Joe Williams was elegantly playful

    Sep 29, 2021 · Williams was one of the original gentlemen of the big bands and jazz, very much as suave, graceful, and elegant as the way he sang and presented a song.

  10. www.arts.gov › honors › jazzJoe Williams - National Endowment for the Arts

    Mar 29, 1999 · Bio. Joe Williams' versatile baritone voice made him one of the signature male vocalists in jazz annals, responsible for some of the Count Basie band's main hits in the 1950s. Though born in Georgia, Williams was raised in that great haven of the blues, Chicago, Illinois. His first professional job came with clarinetist Jimmie Noone in 1937.

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