He became a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II and, fifteen days short of his twenty-sixth birthday, was killed on a training mission off Daytona Beach, Florida, when his Grumman Hellcat crashed for still-unknown reasons.
He has worked and performed with Tal Farlow, Attila Zoller, Jimmy Raney, Pete and Conte Candoli, Tim Hagans, Joe Lovano, Greg Hopkins, Gary Foster, Pat Harbison, Jeff Sherman, Hal Melia, Chip Stephens, Hank Marr, Brad Goode, Joe Hunt, Scott Lee, Chuck Redd, Richard Evans, Bob Freedman, Tony Tillman, as well as numerous studio, concert, club date, and international clinic appearances.
Joe Cocker | Joe Louis | Joe Henderson | Joe Satriani | Joe Biden | Joe DiMaggio | G.I. Joe | Joe Frazier | Joe Lovano | Fat Joe | Joe Dever | Joe Walsh | William Holman Hunt | Joe Manchin | Joe Zawinul | Joe Namath | Joe Lieberman | Joe E. Brown | Leigh Hunt | Joe E. Brown (comedian) | Joe | John Hunt Morgan | Joe Paterno | Joe Clark | Joe Bonamassa | Joe Dante | Joe Montana | Trader Joe's | The Hunt for Red October | Joe Sample |
In 1987, NBC aired a miniseries based on the story of the Billionaire Boys Club, starring Judd Nelson as Joe Hunt, Brian McNamara as Dean Karny, and Ron Silver as Ron Levin.
The album contains performances by Russell with Garnett Brown, Paul Plummer, Don Ellis, Steve Swallow and Joe Hunt and features the recording debut of vocalist Sheila Jordan on one track.