Wikipedia:
Cousin Joe (December 20, 1907 — October 2, 1989) was an American blues and jazz singer, later famous for his 1940s recordings with clarinetist Sidney Bechet and saxophonist Mezz Mezzrow.
His birth name was Pleasant Joseph and he was born in Wallace, Louisiana, United States. He died in his sleep from natural causes in New Orleans, at the age of 81.
Autobiography
Cousin Joe : Blues from New Orleans / Pleasant "Cousin Joe" Joseph and Harriet J. Ottenheimer. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987. xi, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN 0-226-41198-2
Partial discography
Relaxin’ in New Orleans [sound recording] / Cousin Joe. New Orleans, LA : Great Southern Records, p1985. 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.Jumping at Jubilee [sound recording]. London : Sequel, [1995] Sequel NEM CD 749Bostic, Earl, 1913-1965. Magic Bostic [sound recording] / Earl Bostic. Paris : Jazz Archives, [2003]1971 : Bad Luck Blues (Black & Blue) with Jimmy Dawkins and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Filmography
2005 : DVD The Blues of Cousin Joe (live - 29 August 1984 in New Orleans) (Storyville Films)
