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Joe Darensbourg
real name Joseph Wilmer Darensbourg
Joe Darensbourg is credited on 520 releases across 99 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
520
Credits
99
Albums
8
Decades active
63
In collections
Biography
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American jazz clarinetist and soprano saxophonist (born July 9, 1906 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana – died May 24, 1985 in Van Nuys, California, USA).
Darensbourg studied clarinet under Alphonse Picou and played with local New Orleans groups early on. After traveling with a medicine show and a circus band, he settled first in Los Angeles, then worked on cruise liners and clubs while based in Seattle. From 1961 to 1964, he performed with Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars, with whom he also toured overseas.
Darensbourg played primarily in the New Orleans style.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
520 releases · 99 albums · active 1950–2021
- Performance · 623
- Other credits · 15
Studios: Shrine Auditorium · Dixieland Jubilee (3) · Blue Rock Studio · United Western Recorders
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Hello, Dolly!
1964
Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia
1958
Louis
1966
...That's The Way It Is
1976
Louis Armstrong's All Time Greatest Hits
1994
George Lewis' Ragtime Band - Vol. 1
1953
After The Ball
1973
Of Rivers And Religion
1972
Darktown Strutters Ball
1981
Head Start
1969
Who's Who In The Swinging Sixties
1962
Old Fashioned Love
1975
Midnight On The Water
1975
Frequent collaborators
- Louis Armstrong
- Various
- Kid Ory
- Teddy Buckner
- Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band
- Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
- Joe Darensbourg And His Dixie Flyers
- John Fahey And His Orchestra
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