Joe Bishop

American jazz multi-instrumentalist (piano, trumpet, tuba, flugelhorn, mellophone) and songwriter, born November 27, 1907 in Monticello, Arkansas; died May 12, 1976 in Houston, Texas. His compositions include "Midnight Blue", "Woodchopper's Ball", and "Blue Prelude". He played tuba for Isham Jones Orchestra and later for [a284746], which he co-founded with the co-operative including some other Isham Jones orchestra members after Jones retiring in 1936.