Joe Cohn


Joseph Mark Cohn is an American jazz guitarist. His father is Al Cohn. His daughter Shaye Cohn plays cornet with Tuba Skinny.

Career

Cohn started playing guitar in his teens, transcribing the music of Art Tatum, Thad Jones, and Clifford Brown. Besides taking lessons, he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he also played with Nick Brignola and Bob Mover. He is self-taught on double bass and performed with musicians at hotels in the Catskill Mountains. He continued to play bass in New York City with Freddy Cole and Buddy DeFranco. Starting in 1984, he played guitar for several years in the Artie Shaw Orchestra led by Dick Johnson in addition to learning the trumpet. He recorded and toured with his father, saxophonist Al Cohn. In the 1990s he was a member of the Carmen Leggio quartet with Bill Crow.

Discography

As leader

With Harry Allen
With Peter Beets
With Bill Crow
With Buddy DeFranco
With Al Grey
With Jay Leonhart
With Grant Stewart
With others