Joe Ferry

Who is Joe Ferry?

Dr. Joe Ferry is an Award Winning record producer, author, bassist and educator. Over the course of his 35 year career, he has procuced records and played bass for numerous artists, including The Skatalites, Dr. John, Rhonda Vincent, Eileen Ivers, Nicolette Larson, John Hammond, Sue Foley, Double Trouble, The Roches, The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, The Skandalous All-Stars, Uzimon, Joey Ray, Huey Lewis & The News and Delbert McClinton. He has several Grammy nominations and one Grammy, The Chancellor's Award For Teaching Excellence, and Best Fiction at the San Francisco Book Festival.

Dr. Ferry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Long Island University, a Master of Fine Arts degree from SUNY Purchase, and a Ph.D. From Kennedy Western University. He is a faculty member at State University of New York at Purchase.

As an educator, Dr. Joe Ferry's former students include Regina Spektor, Langhorne Slim, Dan Deacon, J-Zone, Elite, Phil "The Butcha" Moffa, Richie Castellano, Jenny Owen Youngs, Bess Rogers, Hanan Rubinstein, Cyrille-Aimee, Dan Romer and many more.

Joe Ferry & The Big Ska Band, the ska group that Joe leads, has released several albums on the Shantytown Record label, the most recent of which is entitled "Big Up". In 2013 Joe started his own publishing company and record label, Joe Ferry LLC. His debut novel, "Connected: Mob Stories From My Past," received critical acclaimed with stellar reviews on amazon.com and the companion CD, "Connected: Mob Stories & Reggae Riddims," features tracks by such legendary artists as Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, Rita Marley, Victor Rice, The Butcha, Menace, Channel Tubes and The Big Ska Band. Joe's "Mob Talk" EP has just been released as well.