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No tenor saxophonist better epitomizes the robust muscularity of that heavyweight instrument of jazz expression than George Coleman. With brilliant technique and a deeply soulful tone firmly rooted in his hometown of Memphis, George has performed with many of jazz’ most legendary figures and influenced countless saxophonists during his half century in music. Growing up in Memphis’ rich musical environment of the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, alongside such notables as Booker Little, Harold Mabern, Frank Strozier, Jamil Nasser, Hank Crawford, Phineas Newborn Jr., and blues immortal B.B. King, Coleman began to teach himself to play the alto saxophone in 1950, upon being profoundly affected by the music of Charlie Parker. So prodigious was his talent that George was soon performing locally and in 1952, at the age of 17, was invited to tour with B.B
George Coleman with Strings
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dedicated To You; Moment To Moment; Stella By Starlight; A Time For Love; Ugly Beauty; A Time For Love; Ugly Beauty.
With Strings
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dedicated to You; Moment to Moment; Stella by Starslight; A Time for Love; Ugly Beauty; A
Time for Love (with full orchestra intro); Ugly Beauty (with full orchestra intro).
Deborah Silver with the Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Rocks!
Label: Green Hill Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Paint It, Black – feat. Arturo Sandoval & Pedrito Martinez; Bennie and the Jets; Baby, I Love Your Way – feat. Peter Frampton; Tainted Love – feat. Kurt Elling (duet), Steve Jordan, John Clayton; Band On The Run; A Hard Day’s Night – feat. Monte Croft; Joy To The World – feat. Trombone Shorty (duet); Fly Like An Eagle – feat. Bill Frisell; Every Breath You Take – feat. George Coleman; Old Time Rock & Roll – feat. Wycliffe Gordon (duet) & Herlin Riley; Life’s Been Good – feat. Scotty Barnhart of The Count Basie Orchestra.
Standards Vol. 2
Label: Jojo Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Blue Gardenia; Just As Though You Were Here; Tenor Madness; Love Thy Neighbour; Answer
Me, My Love; Bluesville; Delilah; Portrait Of Jennie; Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams; The Girl
Next Door.
Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Tierney Suttion, George Coleman, Christian McBride and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Josh Lawrence, Michika Fukumori, Tierney Sutton, Linda Dachtyl, Mike Pope, Marc Seales, Jen Allen, Joe Bowden, Randy Napoleon, George Coleman, Alberto Pibiri, Jaleel Shaw, Christian McBride, Kelly Green, Irving Flores, Caelan Cardello, Eric Byrd, Roger Glenn, Birdland Big Band, Conrad Herwig, Ira B. Liss, Paul ...
George Coleman: George Coleman with Strings
by Jack Kenny
The allure of recording with strings has captivated many jazz icons, from Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie to, most famously, Charlie Parker. For some, it is a pursuit of a different kind of respectability, an envying nod to the classical world. For George Coleman, a revered NEA Jazz Master, it was a chance to expand his ...
George Coleman: George Coleman with Strings
by Dan McClenaghan
Tenor saxophonist George Coleman decided to leave the orbit of trumpeter Miles Davis in 1964. Or he got an elbow to the ribs and a hip check to leave the quintet, to be replaced by Wayne Shorter in the saxophone slot. Three top-notch live albums came out of the group that featured Coleman: In Europe: Live ...
Pianist Paul Cornish, saxophonists Melissa Aldana, Felipe Salles, Nicole Glover and Jane Ira Bloom
by Hobart Taylor
New music from Blue Note's Paul Cornish, Felipe Salles joined by Jaques Schwarz-Bart, a chestnut from Chet Baker and introducing Ukrainian pianist Anton Mikhailov. Playlist Fabia Mantwill “Sleeping Giant" from In Sight (Initiative Musik) 00:00 Paul Cornish “Queen Geri" from You're Exaggerating (Blue Note) 5:53 Jaimie Branch “Theme 001" from Fly ...
Deborah Silver: Deborah Silver with the Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Rocks!
by Jack Bowers
Basie Rocks! A great idea? One best left on the cutting-room floor? Or perhaps a little of both? There are reasonable arguments to be made on all sides of the equation. On the one hand, this is the one and only Count Basie Orchestra, swinging in its own exceptional way. On the other, the orchestra has ...
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