User:Ubertito/Joe Woullard

Joseph Woullard (born June 27, 1976) is a saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist/composer/arranger born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is currently based in Austin, Texas.

Joseph began playing saxophone at age 12, primarily influenced by the jazz and blues of the Mississippi Gulf Coast region. As a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joseph explored and absorbed a wide array of musical styles from the vibrant Boston music scene of the mid-nineties. During this stint, he performed and recorded with several improvisational jazz and rock groups and began learning flute and other instruments. After relocating to Austin, he continued performing improvisational music as well as a pronounced focus on funk, Pan-African, and Latin musical styles. This melange of influences led to founding membership in Hard Proof Afrobeat and performing with Ocote Soul Sounds and Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears.

Joseph has performed with Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Spoon, Thievery Corporation, Martín Perna (Antibalas/Ocote Soul Sounds/TV on the Radio), Adrian Quesada (Grupo Fantasma/Brownout), Drop Trio, Joe McPhee, James Apollo, Russ Gershon (Either/Orchestra), Magali Souriau, Herb Pomeroy, Jeff Lieberman, Mark Harvey (Aardvark Jazz Orchestra), Alex Coke, Tina Marsh, Jesse Selengut, Clifton Hyde and Stefan Zeniuk (Tin Pan/Gato Loco).

He currently works primarily with Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears (baritone sax), Ocote Soul Sounds (baritone sax, flute), and Hard Proof Afrobeat (flute, alto & bari sax) as well as performing and recording with numerous other projects.

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