Career
Comfort participated in numerous studio dates in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with such luminaries as Sammy Davis, Junior., Benny Carter and Nancy Wilson. Joe also performed with Frank Sinatra but Joe"s adversity to flying, kept him in and around Los Los Angeles Joe"s mother, Frances Comfort, was born in Mississippi and played the organ during black and white silent movies.
George Comfort was active in film and in television until his seventies.
His most memorable roles included a role in Baretta with Robert Blake. Joe"s wife, Mattie, was the inspiration for Billy Strayhorn"s "Satin Doll".
Joe and Mattie had one child, Theresa. Charles Mingus, in his autobiography, Beneath the Underdog, states that when he was a child living in the Watts section of Los Angeles, it was Joe Comfort who taught the young Mingus how to play the double bass.
Joe Comfort died in Los Los Angeles
Pam Ward, Los Angeles writer/graphic designer and Joe Comfort"s great-niece reported that "Uncle Joe"s funeral was a giant celebration of Los Angeles jazz"s musicians, a Central Avenue homecoming which included a stellar performance by trumpeter Clora Bryant".