Joe Roland
Joe Roland
Top Songs
| 1 | Laura [Remastered] | ||
| 2 | The Moon Got In My Eyes [Remastered] | ||
| 3 | I Cover The Waterfront [Remastered] | ||
| 4 | Anticipation [Remastered] | ||
| 5 | Goodbye Bird [Remastered] |
Albums
Feb 2025 • 14 songs
Feb 2025 • 21 songs
Jan 1955 • 12 songs
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Biography
A fine bop-oriented vibraphonist, Joe Roland was best known in jazz during the 1950s. He started off as a clarinetist and studied at the Institute of Musical Art in New York during 1937-1939. In 1940 Roland began playing xylophone and a few years later switched to vibes, freelancing around New York. He was very open to the innovations of bop and soon had a modern combo of his own. Roland was a member of the George Shearing Quintet (1951-1953), worked with Howard McGhee, and was with Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five (1953-1954). He also worked with Mat Mathews and Aaron Sachs lat...