JazzFest History ABOUT JAZZFEST ARTISTS EDUCATION COMMUNITY POSTERS & PROGRAMS CLEVELAND MUSIC LEGENDS DONATE Joe Williams Instrument: Vocalist Born: Cordele, Georgia "The church was the beginning of almost all of our lives. That's where we come from, so it is normal that we should go back to it." - Joe Williams DownBeat Back to Artists Joe Williams 1988 From the JazzFest Program Biography: