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1965 - John 'Papa John' Joseph, traditional jazz bassist, clarinetist, guitarist and saxophonist from St. James Parish, Louisiana passed away on this day. He was born in 1877, and was the brother of clarinetist, Willie Joseph. He came to New Orleans in the early 1900's to lead his own band in Storyville until it closed in 1917. He played in the Claiborne Williams brass band, and also worked with the 'Original Tuxedo Orchestra'. He was a barber by trade and retired to it in the twenties. His music career was revived in the sixties with the coming of Preservation Hall, and He toured internationally with George Lewis in the 1960's. 'Papa John' died in New Orleans.

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1965 - John 'Papa John' Joseph, traditional jazz bassist, clarinetist, guitarist and saxophonist from St. James Parish, Louisiana passed away on this day. He was born in 1877, and was the brother of clarinetist, Willie Joseph. He came to New Orleans in the early 1900's to lead his own band in Storyville until it closed in 1917. He played in the Claiborne Williams brass band, and also worked with the 'Original Tuxedo Orchestra'. He was a barber by trade and retired to it in the twenties. His music career was revived in the sixties with the coming of Preservation Hall, and He toured internationally with George Lewis in the 1960's. 'Papa John' died in New Orleans.

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