JOE GRANSDEN
Genres: Pop, Art Song, Folk, Hard Bop, Vocal Jazz, Big Band • United States

Joe is from New York City and comes from a family full of musicians. Joe’s introduction to music came early on through his father, a gifted singer and pianist. His grandfather was a trumpeter of merit, playing professionally his whole life throughout New York and on his mother’s side was the piano virtuoso Carmen Cavallero. Not long after high school, Joe was on the road as a sideman with the Tommy Dorsey Band and Glenn Miller Band. He has also performed as a sideman with Barry White, The Moody Blues, Kenny Rogers, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin and The Whispers. Eventually moving to New York City, he performed with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Chico O’Farrill. Meanwhile, Joe formed his own group, which performed in Brooklyn each week and included guitarist Joe Cohn and former Betty Carter bassist, Matt Hughes. The Joe Gransden Trio’s growing legion of fans in both New York read more...