The Joe Bozzi Band

Joe Bozzi is best known for wowing crowds at the St. Louis Playboy Club at Vandeventer and Lindell Boulevard.  During the club's heyday in the 1960s, Bozzi backed up musical icons like trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonist Cannonball Adderly.  Popular entertainers such as Johnny Carson and Bill Cosby appeared regularly during his tenure at the Playboy Club.

Now a St. Louis legend and considered the "Godfather of St. Louis Music", Joe's music is a blend of traditional and modern jazz.  However, if the occasion calls for pop, rock or top 40 music, Joe and the band provide the best in these genres as well, with Joe on the trumpet as well as his beloved vibes.

Please browse through the site by clicking on the menu items above to learn more about this St. Louis legend, and listen to some of his music, available on CDs.

Joe Bozzi at Evangeline's 10-18-2024  

Joe and Arthur Drawn by a Resident at a Senior Retirement Center

Did you know Joe was Michael McDonald's music teacher in Grade School?   Click here

Michael McDonald on memoir What a Fool Believes   Click here

Joe's Portrait  

Joe at the 2023 Clayton Jazz Festival  

Joe Bozzi with Ray Hartmann at Evangeline's  

Joe and Dave Weckl 2022  

Playing Taps on Memorial Day 2022  

Joe Bozzi with Ray Hartmann at Evangeline's  

Listen to Ray Interview Joe  

Joe Bozzi with Johnny Desmond Late 60s  

Joe Bozzi with the Cleftones Mid 50s  

Early Joe Bozzi  

Jazz Band Festival 1990  

Joe in the 1970s  

Playing Taps on Memorial Day 2020  

Joe Bozzi and the Band at Circa Pub & Grill  

Joe Bozzi at Bishop DuBourg Festival circa 1950s  

The Band at Anthology of Wildwood Grand Opening  

Joe and Dave Weckl  

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Listen to Joe's interview Sunday morning, October 4, on WSIE radio, 88.7FM.

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