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Joe Poston had a strange profession. A good altoist with an excellent tone, Poston can be most well-known for the time that he spent as an associate of Jimmie Noone’s Apex Golf club Orchestra from 1928-30. Even though the music group was a two-horn sextet (with Earl Hines on piano), …

Chicago blues drummer Joe Poston shouldn’t be baffled with the sooner Joe “Doc” Poston, who was simply clarinetist Jimmie Noone’s melodic darkness in the Windy Town. The drummer spent some time working with Lovie Lee and will be noticed on many of that pianist’s Earwig recordings.