Joe Ford (musician)

Joe Ford (born May 7, 1947, Buffalo, New York) is an American jazz saxophonist.

Ford studied saxophone under Makanda Ken McIntyre, Jackie McLean, and Frank Foster, and percussion under Joe Chambers. He took his Bachelor's in music education in 1968 from Central State University, then taught in Buffalo public schools from 1968 to 1972. While working at the Buffalo Public Library in 1974-75, Ford played in the Birthright ensemble, then played with McCoy Tyner in 1976. Since the early 1980s he has worked extensively as a sideman, playing with Sam Jones, Lester Bowie, Jimmy Owens, Idris Muhammad, Abdullah Ibrahim, Chico O'Farrill, Saheb Sarbib (1984), Avery Sharpe (1988), Jerry Gonzalez (from 1988), Larry Willis (1989), Michael Logan (1990), Malachi Thompson (1991), John Blake (1992), Ronnie Burrage (1993), Hannibal Marvin Peterson (1993), Freddie Cole (1993), Steve Berrios (1995), and Nova Bossa Nova (1997).

In the late 1990s he led two ensembles, the Black Art Sax Quartet and a big band called The Thing. He has released one album as a leader, 1993's Today's Night on Blue Moon Records. It features Charles Fambrough, Kenny Kirkland and Jeff "Tain" Watts.

Joe Ford

Joseph or Joe Ford is the name of:

  • Joseph Dillon Ford (born 1952), American composer and author
  • Joe Ford (musician) (born 1947), American jazz saxophonist
  • Joe Ford (footballer) (1886–?), English footballer
  • Joe Ford (rugby union) (born 1990), rugby union footballer
  • Joseph M. Ford (1912–1954), member of the Dearborn, MI City Council 1945-1953
  • Joe T. Ford, CEO and co-founder of Alltel
  • Joseph Ford (physicist) (1927–1995), physics professor and author at Georgia Tech
  • See also

    Joe Ford (footballer)

    Joseph Bertram Ford (7 May 1886 unknown) was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He was born in Northwich, Cheshire. He played for Witton Albion, Crewe Alexandra, Manchester United and Nottingham Forest.

    External links

  • MUFCInfo.com profile

  • Joe Ford (rugby union)

    Joe Ford (born 4 June 1990 in Oldham, England) is a rugby union footballer who plays for Sale Sharks. He plays at fullback or fly-half. His brother George plays for Bath Rugby. He is the son of former England defence coach Mike Ford who is now the head coach at Bath Rugby.

    Ford played for the Northampton Saints in the 2010-11 Guinness Premiership.

    Career

    Joe was formerly a member of the Bradford Bulls Academy and played amateur rugby league for the St Albans Centurions.

    References

    External links

  • Leeds Carnegie Profile
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