Joe Guy's lyrics & chords

Joe Guy (Birmingham, Alabama, September 20, 1920 - December, 1961 or January, 1962) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was Billie Holiday's second husband. Joseph Luke Guy was a promising trumpeter influenced by Roy Eldridge. Guy played with Teddy Hill's Orchestra in 1938 (succeeding Dizzy Gillespie) and was a key soloist with the short-lived Coleman Hawkins big band of 1940. During 1940-42 Guy played regularly at Minton's Playhouse and he appeared on many privately recorded (and later released) jam sessions with long solos, heard next to Cha...read more