Joe Shepley

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Joseph James Shepley (born in Yonkers, New York on August 7, 1930; March 26, 2016 [1] ) was an American jazz trumpeter. He worked with Burt Collins, Mike Longo, Duke Pearson [2] and others. He can be heard in the docudrama Pumping Iron . [3]

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Discography

With Ron Carter

With Lou Donaldson

With O'Donel Levy

With Duke Pearson

With Lonnie Liston Smith

With Kai Winding

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References

  1. Obituary
  2. "Jazz.com". Archived from the original on 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  3. BFI