JOE CASTRO

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Joseph Armand "Joe" Castro (August 15, 1927 – December 13, 2009) was an American bebop jazz pianist, based primarily on the West Coast of the United States.

Castro was born in Miami, Arizona on August 15, 1927 to John L. Castro and Lucy Sanchez. Castro went to school in Pittsburg, California in the San Francisco Bay area, north of Oakland, where he began playing professionally at the age of 15. His enrollment at San Jose State University was interrupted twice—first by a stint in the army from 1946 to 1947 and then when he formed his first jazz trio working on both the West Coast and in Hawaii. In 1956 Castro moved to New York City where his trio successfully appeared in the city's top jazz clubs—Basin Street, The Embers, The Hickory House and Birdland. He was critically lauded by the likes of Leonard Feather who described his style as "assertively
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JOE CASTRO Mood Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mood Jazz
Exotica 1957
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Groove Funk Soul
Hard Bop 1960
JOE CASTRO Lush Life album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lush Life
Hard Bop 1961
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Lush Life : A Musical Journey
Hard Bop 2015

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Mood Jazz
Hard Bop 1957

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Passion Flower : For Doris Duke
Hard Bop 2020

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