Kirk Joseph
Kirk Joseph (* 1961 in New Orleans ) is an American Tuba and Sousaphonspieler. Due to its special mobility on the instrument he is considered a pioneer of the "modern Sousaphonspiels. "
Kirk comes from a musical family; his father is the jazz trombonist Waldren " Frog" Joseph. During his time on the Andrew Bell Middle School, he began with the Helikonspiel. He was influenced above all by the sousaphone - mate Anthony " Tuba Fats" Lacen, the first was after Joseph's information that has brought the characters of the walking bass on the deep wind instrument. At the age of 15 years, his brother Charles Joseph invited him to play a jazz funeral with the Majestic band. In 1977 he was one of the founding members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, as the bass, the tradition of street bands of New Orleans revived with him, she was able to get at the same time in more contemporary musical genres. He remains one of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, with which he was repeatedly in Europe and has recorded numerous albums. In addition, he has played but also with Treme Brass Band and the Forgotten Souls Brass Band. He also leads to the project, Kirk Joseph 's Backyard Groove. Furthermore, he can be heard on recordings with Nils Landgren, Elvis Costello, Dr. John, The Radiators and the Rebirth Brass Band.