Kirk Joseph

Biography

Kirk Joseph (born February 16, 1961) is an American sousaphone and tuba player, recognized as a pioneer in expanding the role of the sousaphone in contemporary brass band, jazz, funk, and rhythm and blues music. He is a founding member of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and leader of his own ensemble, Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Collapse Into Now

  2011

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  Spike

  1989

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  Mighty Like A Rose

  1991

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  Elvis Costello's Kojak Variety

  1995

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  Voodoo

  1989

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  Un "Sung Stories"

  1986

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  Go Go Juice

  2015

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  Extreme Honey (The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years)

  1997

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  The New Orleans Album

  1990

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  Mardi Gras In Montreux, Live

  1987

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  My Feet Can't Fail Me Now

  1984

Credited work

268 releases · 42 albums · active 1984–2024

• Other credits · 425
• Performance · 106

Studios: Ocean Way Recording · Southlake Recording Studios, Metairie, LA · Windmill Lane Studios · Air Studios

Frequent collaborators

• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
• Elvis Costello
• Various
• Dr. John
• Rebirth Brass Band
• Anders Osborne
• The Manhattan Transfer
• Branford Marsalis

Around the web

• Wikipedia