Biography
In 1979, Joe Coughlin won CBC's "Search for the Stars" and scored a record deal, releasing a debut album "Joe Coughlin" in 1981 featuring the great Canadian rhythm-section of Ed Bickert (guitar), Don Thompson (bass), and Terry Clarke (drums), with Bernie Senensky on piano and Marty Morrell on percussion.
A follow-up "Second Debut", placed him back in Bickert's company, this time with the trio of Mark Eisenman and Kirk McDonald on tenor sax.
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In 1995, Joe moved to BC and quietly began the second stage of his jazz evolution. In 2000 he released "Simple Pleasures" - shared between Eisenman's Toronto trio and the west-coast union of Pat Coleman on guitar and Ken Lister on bass with contributions from Ross Taggart on tenor & piano.
He was also the winner of the 2000, 2008 and the 2009 Canadian National Jazz Award for Male Vocalist of the Year.
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