Joe Shulman

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| name = Joe Shulman

| image = Joe Shulman.jpg

| caption = Shulman in Claude Thornhill's Orchestra, 1947

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|9|12}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|8|2|1923|9|12}}

| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| instrument = Bass

| genre = Swing, jazz

| occupation = Musician

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| associated_acts = Scat Davis

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Joseph Shulman (September 12, 1923 – August 2, 1957) was an American jazz bassist.

Shulman's first professional experience was with Scat Davis in 1940, which he followed with a stint alongside Les Brown in 1942. He joined the military in 1943, and recorded with Django Reinhardt while a member of Glenn Miller's wartime band.

Upon his return he played with Buddy Rich and Claude Thornhill; later he played with Miles Davis on the Birth of the Cool sessions. He worked with Peggy Lee from 1948 to 1950 and with Lester Young in 1950; he also did a recording session with Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington that year.{{cite book |first1=Leonard |last1=Feather |author-link1=Leonard Feather |first2=Ira |last2=Gitler |author-link2=Ira Gitler |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1999 |page=[https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00feat/page/601 601] |isbn=978-0195074185 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00feat/page/601 }}

Shulman married Barbara Carroll in 1954, and the two toured together until Shulman's death from a heart attack in 1957.{{cite journal |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/barbara-carroll-jazz-pianist-is-dead-at-92 |title=Barbara Carroll, Jazz Pianist, Is Dead at 92 |first=Andrew |last=Gans |journal=Playbill |date=February 13, 2017 |issn=0551-0678}}