Joe Krown

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm UTC-05:00

1001 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA, United States, Louisiana 70116 | New Orleans

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๐ŸŽน ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป plays like New Orleans sounds โ€” gritty, joyful, and full of soul.
A master of both piano and Hammond B-3, Joe has spent decades lighting up clubs, festivals, and stages around the world โ€” one groove at a time. ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Born and raised in New Orleans, he got his start in the early โ€™90s touring with ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ตโ€ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป, recording on four of Gatemouthโ€™s albums โ€” including the ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜… DVD with Carlos Santana. In 1995, he shared a bill with Gatemouth and Eric Clapton. ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽท
From 2007โ€“2017, Joe anchored a powerhouse organ trio with ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€œ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—น๐—ณ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป and ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—๐—ฟ., dropping three albums and building a rep for funked-up, no-nonsense sets.
Heโ€™s released nine solo albums and five more as a co-leader. His latest, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ (2023), features Wolfman, ๐—œ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜, and ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ, and spent three months on the charts. ๐Ÿ’ฟ๐Ÿ“ˆ
Since 2017, Joeโ€™s also been a key member of the ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, touring globally and recording three albums. ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŽถ
When heโ€™s not on the road, youโ€™ll catch him playing around town โ€” solo, with ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป +๐Ÿญ featuring ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ, or wherever the groove calls. Heโ€™s been a fixture at ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜‡ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ since 1992 and ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ since 1999. And every year during Jazz Fest, he produces the legendary ๐—ช๐—ช๐—ข๐—ญ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ โ€” wrangling up to 28 pianists for one unforgettable night. ๐ŸŽน๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŽท
Joeโ€™s picked up ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ nominations, and a nod for the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ โ€” but heโ€™s never been about the hardware. Joe Krown just plugs in and lets the music speak for itself. ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ’ฅ
#JoeKrown #HammondB3 #NOLAMusic #PianoPower #LiveMusic #WWOZPianoNight #JazzFest2024 #FrenchQuarterFest #KennyWayneShepherdBand #NewOrleansLegend #FunkSoulJazz #TributeAlbum ๐ŸŽน๐ŸŽท๐Ÿ”ฅ
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