Joe Sullivan

Among the great Earl Hines’ disciples (alongside Jess Stacy), Joe Sullivan’s design was ideal for the freewheeling jazz of Eddie Condon’s rings. Sullivan graduated through the Chicago Conservatory and was a significant contributor towards the Chicago jazz picture from the 1920s. He was in NY during the following 10 years and his single recordings include a genuine (“Little Rock Escape”) that could become a regular. In 1936, Sullivan became a member of Bob Crosby’s music group, but tuberculosis place him in a healthcare facility for ten weeks and Bob Zurke changed him (having popular with “Small Rock Escape!”). Nevertheless, Sullivan retrieved, led his personal record times, and was involved with a whole lot of jam classes using the Condon gang within the 1940s. From the 1950s he was mainly forgotten, playing single in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA and drinking a lot more than he should. Despite an intermittent recording and an effective appearance in the Teagarden family members reunion in the 1963 Monterey Jazz Event, Sullivan’s excellent years were over by enough time he passed on.