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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
Popular Tracks   
Papa Ain't Salty on Milestones of Legends: Big Bosses of the Blues, Vol. 6 by Various Artists
Blues Rock on Milestones of Legends: Big Bosses of the Blues, Vol. 6 by Various Artists
Two Bones and a Pick on Milestones of Legends: Big Bosses of the Blues, Vol. 6 by Various Artists
The Very Thought of You on Music For Lovers by Sarah Vaughan
When Sunny Gets Blue - 2006 Remaster on Sarah Plus Two by Sarah Vaughan
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face on Milestones of a Legend: Sammy Davis Jr., Vol. 2 by Sammy Davis Jr.
Roulette on Best Plucking in Town by Various Artists
I Understand - 2006 Remaster on Sarah Plus Two by Sarah Vaughan
I Can't Get Started on Milestones of a Legend: Sammy Davis Jr., Vol. 2 by Sammy Davis Jr.
But Not for Me on Milestones of a Legend: Sammy Davis Jr., Vol. 2 by Sammy Davis Jr.

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Band Members
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Sarah + 2Sarah Vaughan - Barney Kessel - Joe Comfort1965Album
The Nat King Cole Trio 1949-1951The Nat King Cole Trio with Irving Ashby & Joe ComfortCompil.
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