Joe Bataan ~ Similar Artists

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Eddie Bo - 99% match to Joe Bataan

Edwin J. Bocage, 20 September 1930, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. After serving in the army, Bocage enrolled at the Grunewald School of Music to study piano and music theory. His penchant for playing jazz and the more remunerative R&B led to him leading the house band at the... Read more

Donny Hathaway - 93% match to Joe Bataan

1 October 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 13 January 1979, New York City, New York, USA. Originally schooled in the gospel tradition, this versatile artist was raised in St. Louis and majored in musical theory at Howard University in Washington DC. He performed in a cocktail... Read more

Willie Bobo - 89% match to Joe Bataan

William Correa, 28 February 1934, New York City, New York, USA, of Puerto Rican parentage, d. 15 September 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA. Growing up in New York's El Barrio, Bobo was exposed to substantial doses of Latin music, jazz and R&B. These genres later jostled... Read more

Donald Byrd - 85% match to Joe Bataan

9 December 1932, Detroit, Michigan, USA. In the early 50s Byrd studied trumpet and composition and also played in bands during his military service. Later in the decade he was frequently called upon to record with leading bop musicians, including John Coltrane, Jackie McLean,... Read more

Quincy Jones - 81% match to Joe Bataan

Quincy Delight Jones Jnr., 14 March 1933, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Jones began playing trumpet as a child and also developed an early interest in arranging, studying at the Berklee College Of Music. When he joined Lionel Hampton in 1951 it was as both performer and writer. With... Read more

The Blackbyrds - 78% match to Joe Bataan

The original Blackbyrds were formed in 1973 by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd. A doctor of ethnomusicology, Byrd lectured at Washington, DC's Howard University and the group, named after Black Byrd, the artist's million-seller, was drawn from his students. The Blackbyrds' debut... Read more

Isaac Hayes - 76% match to Joe Bataan

20 August 1942, Covington, Tennessee, USA. Hayes' formative years were spent playing piano and organ in various Memphis clubs. He fronted several groups, including Sir Isaac And The Doo-dads, the Teen Tones and Sir Calvin And His Swinging Cats, and recorded a handful of... Read more

Lyn Collins - 76% match to Joe Bataan

Deodato - 75% match to Joe Bataan

Eumir Deodato Almeida, 21 June 1942, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As a child, Deodato (which translates as "god given") taught himself to play keyboards and graduated to playing in local pop bands in his teens. He also worked as a session musician (keyboards, bass, guitar) before... Read more

Cymande - 73% match to Joe Bataan

This London, England-based band coined the phrase "nyah rock". Their musical influences included soul, afrobeat, reggae and calypso, and they were widely considered the roots alternative to Osibisa. The variable line-up centred around the duo of Patrick Patterson (guitar, organ,... Read more