ArtistInfo

Joe Comfort

b, 1917-1988 US
Musician of Jazz and Pop

Joe Comfort (July 18, 1917 - October 29, 1988) was an American jazz bassist. Comfort, from a musically oriented Los Angeles family, taught himself bass and began performing with Lionel Hampton's orchestra in the late 1920s, and later began performing with Nat King Cole in a partnership that would continue until the early 1950s. Comfort participated in numerous studio dates in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with such luminaries as Sammy Davis, Jr., Benny Carter and Nancy Wilson.

Instruments

• Bass
• Double bass
• Bass guitar

Genres

• Jazz
• Pop
• Soundtrack

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