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Joe Venuti
vn, 1903-1978 US, Philadelphia
Musician of Jazz and Pop
A.k.a. Giuseppe Venuti
Giuseppe "Joe" Venuti (possibly September 16, 1903 – August 14, 1978) was an Italian-American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist.Considered the father of jazz violin,[citation needed] he pioneered the use of string instruments in jazz along with the guitarist Eddie Lang, a childhood friend of his. Through the 1920s and early 1930s, Venuti and Lang made many recordings, as leader and as featured soloists. He and Lang became so well known for their 'hot' violin and guitar solos that on many commercial dance recordings they were hired to do 12- or 24-bar duos towards the end of otherwise stock dance arrangements. In 1926, Venuti and Lang started recording for the OKeh label as a duet (after a solitary duet issued on Columbia), followed by "Blue Four" combinations, which are considered m
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Joe! | Joe Venuti | 2016 | Album |
| The John R T Davies Collection (Volume 1: Jazz Classics) | Louis Prima, Ted Lewis, Joe Venuti, George Wettling | 2007 | Compil. |
| The New York Sessions 1926-1935 | Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti | 2003 | Compil. |
| Original Recordings 1926 - 1931 | Joe Venuti | 2002 | Compil. |
| The Big bands Of Joe Venuti Volume 2. 1930-1933 | Joe Venuti | 2002 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Joe Venuti | Joe Venuti | 2001 | Compil. |
| The Incredible Joe Venuti | Joe Venuti | 2001 | Album |
| At The Jazz Band Ball | Bix Beiderbecke With Frankie Trumbauer, Benny Goodman, Adrian Rollini, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Don Murray, Eddie Lang, Miff Mole, Joe Venuti | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Jazz Violin | Joe Venuti, Stéphane Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty | 1998 | Compil. |
| Violinology | Joe Venuti | 1995 | Compil. |
| 15 Jazz Classics With His Jazz Combo | Joe Venuti | 1995 | Album |
| Great Original Performances 1926-1933 | Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti | 1994 | Compil. |
| Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | 1991 | Compil. |
| Chamber Jazz | Eddie Lang e Joe Venuti | 1991 | Compil. |
| Fiddlesticks (Recordings 1931-1939) | Joe Venuti | 1990 | Compil. |
| The Incredible Joe Venuti | Joe Venuti | 1988 | Album |
| Great Original Performances 1926-1933 | Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang | 1987 | Compil. |
| Great Original Performances 1926-1933 | Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti | 1987 | Compil. |
| The Big bands Of Joe Venuti Volume 1. 1928-1930 | Joe Venuti | 1987 | Compil. |
| The Uncollected 1949 Vol. 2 | Kay Starr, Les Paul, Joe Venuti, Billy Butterfield | 1986 | Album |
| Doin' Things | Joe Venuti | 1984 | Compil. |
| The Greatest Recordings Of The Big Band Era | Isham Jones / Teddy Powell / Joe Venuti / Teddy Wilson | 1984 | Compil. |
| Stringin' The Blues | Joe Venuti | 1981 | Compil. |
| Hot Swing Fiddler - Radio Jazz Violin Classics | Joe Venuti | 1981 | Album |
| Joe Venuti And The Blue Five | Joe Venuti | 1979 | Album |
| Joe In Chicago, 1978 | Joe Venuti | 1979 | Album |
| 1927 To 1934 Violin Jazz | Joe Venuti | 1979 | Compil. |
| Never Before... Never Again | Joe Venuti ― Tony Romano | 1979 | Album |
| Joe Venuti | Joe Venuti | 1979 | Compil. |
| Live At Concord '77 | Ross Tompkins, Joe Venuti, Ray Brown, Scott Hamilton, Jake Hanna | 1978 | Album |
| Joe & Joe | Joe Venuti Meets Joe Albany | 1977 | Album |
| Live At The Concord Summer Festival | Joe Venuti, George Barnes | 1977 | Album |
| Sliding By | Joe Venuti With Dick Hyman & Bucky Pizzarelli | 1977 | Album |
| Hooray For Joe! | Joe Venuti | 1977 | Album |
| Alone At The Palace | Joe Venuti And Dave McKenna | 1977 | Album |
| Hot Sonatas | Joe Venuti & Earl Hines | 1976 | Album |
| Happy Feet (A Tribute To Paul Whiteman) | New England Conservatory Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Gunther Schuller, Joe Venuti | 1976 | Album |
| Joe & Zoot | Joe Venuti And Zoot Sims | 1976 | Compil. |
| Fine & Dandy | Joe Venuti | 1976 | Album |
| Nothing But Notes 1931 - 1939 | Joe Venuti | 1975 | Compil. |
| Nightwings | Bucky Pizzarelli With Joe Venuti | 1975 | Album |
| The Dinah Shore - Bing Crosby Shows | Dinah Shore / Bing Crosby featuring Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Joe Venuti | 1975 | Compil. |
| Gems | Joe Venuti And George Barnes | 1975 | Album |
| Joe Venuti And Zoot Sims | Joe Venuti And Zoot Sims | 1975 | Album |
| Joe Albany & Joe Venuti | Joe Albany & Joe Venuti | 1974 | Album |
| Welcome Joe! | Joe Venuti With Lino Patruno | 1974 | Album |
| Joe & Zoot | Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims | 1974 | Album |
| ...The Daddy Of The Violin | Joe Venuti | 1973 | Album |
| Violinology | Joe Venuti | 1972 | Compil. |
| Joe Venuti In Milan With Lino Patruno & His Friends | Joe Venuti With Lino Patruno | 1971 | Album |
| Venuti-Lang (1927-8) | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | 1970 | Compil. |
| Venupelli Blues | Stéphane Grappelli - Joe Venuti | 1970 | Album |
| Popi / Little Green Apples | Joe Venuti | 1970 | Single |
| Once More With Feeling | Joe Venuti | 1969 | Album |
| That's All | Annette Hanshaw / Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang / Adrian Rollini / Vic Berton | 1965 | Compil. |
| Plays Gershwin | Joe Venuti | 1960 | Album |
| Swing | Joe Venuti Con Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra | 1957 | Single |
| Fiddle On Fire | Joe Venuti Accompanied By Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra | 1957 | Single |
| Hi-Fi Lootin' | Joe Venuti And Louis Prima | 1957 | Album |
| The Red Nichols Story | Red Nichols And His Five Pennies Featuring: Benny Goodman • Glenn Miller • Gene Krupa • Jack Teagarden • Eddie Lang • Joe Venuti • Miff Mole • Jimmy Dorsey • Pee Wee Russell • Eddie Condon • Joe Sullivan | 1956 | Compil. |
| Fiddle On Fire | Joe Venuti | 1956 | Album |
| The Worlds Greatest Jazz Violinest And His Fiddle On Fire | Joe Venuti, Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra | 1955 | Single |
| Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang | Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang | 1955 | Compil. |
| The Collector Series Of Standard Popular Music | Joe Venuti, Robert Maxwell | 1951 | Album |
| The Immortal Louis Armstrong | Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Joe Venuti, Barney Bigard, Earl Hines, Red Nichols, Eddie Condon | 1951 | Compil. |
| The Hot Canary / Flat Tortillas | Joe Venuti | 1949 | Album |
| Filigree / Star Dust | Joe Venuti | 1949 | Album |
| Kreutzer No. 27 / Loose Bow Boogie | Joe Venuti, Dr. Kolline | 1948 | Album |
| The Kerry Dance / The Garden Where The Praties Grow | Jimmy Nolan, Joe Venuti | 1948 | Album |
| Body And Soul / Tea For Two | Joe Venuti | 1947 | Album |
| Stringing The Blues / Black And Blue Bottom | Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang | 1944 | Album |
| Tea Time / Romantic Joe | Joe Venuti's Blue Four / Joe Venuti | 1936 | Album |
| There'll Be Some Changes Made / Syncopated Melody Man | Red McKenzie & His Music Box With Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang | 1928 | Album |
| Doin' Things / Goin' Places | Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | 1927 | Album |
| Joe Venuti Plays Jerome Kern | Joe Venuti | Album | |
| Joe Venuti With Russ Morgan At The Piano | Joe Venuti, Russ Morgan | Album | |
| Who Killed'er? / Small Fry | Joe Venuti | Album | |
| Here Is Joe Venuti In Italy At His Rare Of All Rarest Peformances Vol. 1 | Joe Venuti | Album | |
| New York Jazz Vol.1 | Hoagy Carmichael And His Orchestra Featuring Tommy Dorsey & Jimmy Dorsey, Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti | Single | |
| Jazz At The Top - Remembering Box Beiderbecke | Jimmy McPartland, Marian McPartland, Joe Venuti | Album | |
| The Maestro And Friend | Joe Venuti & Marian McPartland | Album | |
| Summertime | Joe Venuti | Album | |
| Hell's Bells & Hallelujah | Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang & Adrian Rollini | Compil. | |
| Joe Venuti And Adrian Rollini 1933-1939 | Joe Venuti, Adrian Rollini | Compil. | |
| Joe Venuti And His Violin With Tony Romano Playing Eddie Long's Guitar | Joe Venuti With Tony Romano | Album | |
| Skeleton At Midnight (Danse Macabre) / It Ain't Necessarily So | Joe Venuti, Robert Maxwell, Jimmy Briggs | Single | |
| Pretty Trix | Joe Venuti | Compil. | |
| World's Greatest Violinist | Joe Venuti | Compil. | |
| Interpreta George Gershwin & Jerome Kern | Joe Venuti | Album | |
| Midnight In Monte Carlo | Joe Venuti, Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra | Single | |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band / Zone 28 | Joe Venuti, Bobby Maxwell With Jimmy Briggs And The Joe Venuti Rhythmists | Album | |
| Melancholy Baby / Karavan | Joe Venuti, Robert Maxwell | Album | |
| Good Enough To Keep | Charlie Christian / Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang | Compil. | |
| Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear / Louise | John Laurenz, Joe Venuti | Album | |
| The Dutch Swing College Band Meets Joe Venuti | The Dutch Swing College Band And Joe Venuti | Album | |
| That's Jazz Vol. 1 | Johnny Dodds, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Joe Venuti, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | Compil. | |
| Joe Venuti And His Violin / Italy's Two Greatest Accodionists | Joe Venuti, Wolmer Beltrami, Francesco Ferrari | Compil. |
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