JOE GALLIVAN
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Hard Bop • United States

Born in Rochester, New York, Joe Gallivan began his professional career in Miami at age 15 working in television and with a series of local bands including the Latin band of Eduardo Chavez and the big bands of Art Mooney and Charley Spivak, and, later, with trios accompanying well known singers and musicians including Dizzy Gillespie and Dakota Staton, as well as comedians including Lennie Bruce, Lord Buckley and Harry the Hipster. He studied music at University of Miami and with various private teachers including Bower Murphy. Joe’s recording career began in Boston with Bob Freedman, Bill Berry and Don Vincent; the following year he recorded a single featuring Sonny Criss, and the year after with the Modern Jazz Orchestra with Kenny Drew on piano. This Miami recording was released in England and France and was re-released on CD in 2001. In 1961, Joe moved to New York and co-lead with Donald read more...