Joe Lee Wilson

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Mtume Umoja Ensemble

American gospel-influenced three octave range baritone jazz singer.
Born on 22 December 1935 in Bristow, Oklahoma
Died on 17 July 2011
His voice is best recognized from several Archie Shepp albums on Impulse!

ALBUMS

Renato Sellani Trio & Joe Lee Wilson

Somebody Cares - Torch Songs Chapter 2

2010, CD, Album, Philology,

Joe Lee Wilson & Renato Sellani Trio

2009, CD, Album, Philology

Joe Lee Wilson, Jimmy Ponder

2007, CD, Album, Explore Records

Ballads For Trane

2004, CD, Album, Philology

2001, CD, Album, Big City

Secrets From The Sun

Archie Shepp Featuring Joe Lee Wilson

A Touch Of The Blues

Joe Lee Wilson & The Bond Street + I*

Shout For Trane

Avant-garde Jazz/Modal/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz

Joe Lee Wilson & Bond Street

What Would It Be Without You

Livin' High Off Nickels And Dimes

Hey Look At You

Mr. Joe Lee Wilson*

In "The Great City"

1967, LP, Album, Powertree Records, Inc.

Solo Suyo (Your's Alone) / Over The Rainbow

He Ain't Heavy ... He's My Brother / Take A Big Hunk Of My Love

7", Single, Promo, Columbia,

Mr. Joe Lee Wilson*

Sittin' High / Come And See

7", Single, Wahalla

One World One People

CD, Maxi, Promo, Phat Rat Records

Mtume Umoja Ensemble

Alkebu-Lan - Land Of The Blacks (Live At The East)

Free Jazz/Speech/Poetry/Free Improvisation/Spiritual Jazz

Mtume Umoja Ensemble

Alkebu-Lan - Land Of The Blacks (Live At The East)

Free Jazz/Speech/Poetry/Free Improvisation

Acid Rain (Volumes One & Two)

Swing/Contemporary Jazz/Vocal/Ballad

APPEARANCES +

The Chris White Experience

2024, LP, RSD, Comp, Ltd, 180, Sunfish Music

The Chris White Experience

The Chris White Experience (Volume Three)

2020, CD, Comp, Sunfish Records (2),

Spiritual Jazz Vol.11 - SteepleChase

2020, 2x Vinyl,

Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz

Tee Holman Sextet

Let's Make Ends Meet

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Things Have Got To Change / The Cry Of My People

Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Big Band/Soul-Jazz

Renato Sellani Trio

True Love (For Cole Porter)

2010, CD, Album, Philology

Hayes Greenfield

2004, CD, Dots & Lines

Charles Earland

Funk Fantastique

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Spirit of Life Ensemble

2003, 2xCD, Album, Cristal Records,

Contemporary Jazz/Free Funk/Afro-Cuban Jazz

2001, CDr, Album, Altsax,

Free Jazz/Modal/Post Bop

1996, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, Impulse!,

Attica Blues Big Band (Live At The Palais Des Glaces)

Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Modal

Clifford Jordan

Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop

Charles Greenlee

I Know About The Life

When Destiny Calls (The Music Of Billy Gault)

Ellingtonia, Volume Two (The Impulse Years)

The Cry Of My People

Free Jazz/Big Band

Charles Earland

Irrepressible Impulses

Free Jazz/Modal/Avant-garde Jazz

Sammy Davis Jr.

El Inimitable Sammy Davis Jr.

Soul-Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz

Things Have Got To Change

Soul-Jazz/Free Improvisation/Post Bop/Modal

Roscoe Weathers

1967, 7", Round

Roscoe Weathers And His Orchestra

Whistle Song / Blue Cha Cha

So Ends O Vert Ego

New American Music Volume 1

The Spirits: "Whynot" Jazz Archives

2023, CD, Whynot,

Praise Poems Volume 4

The Best Of Inner City Records

Change Is Gonna Come: The Voice Of Black America 1963-1973

2007, CD, Comp, Kent Soul,

Bop/Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz/Cool Jazz

KnitClassics Sampler

2000, CD, Comp, Smplr, Knit Classics

Ronald Shannon Jackson And The Decoding Society

Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz Volume Four (Light My Fire)

Bossa Nova/Jazz-Funk/Soul/Latin Jazz

Cool Cats -The Roots Of Acid Jazz

Bossa Nova/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Fusion/Soul-Jazz

Blues For Mister Charlie - Part 1

Roscoe Weathers Quintet

Root Flute / Lady Is A Tramp

1960, 7", Red, Cornuto

East Wind Disk Guide

LP, Comp, Promo, East Wind,

Hard Bop/Cool Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Funk