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ACCOLADES “George Cole is a major guitar talent who plays everything from gypsy jazz to rhythm & blues. It’s been a great experience playing my music with him and he’s helped me take Dawg music in many new and wonderful directions. He can sing too!” - David Grisman
"George Cole was more than a guitar teacher to me. He was a mentor that talked about great music, great songs, good taste, and everything in between. I feel grateful and lucky that he showed me how to express myself with a guitar" - Billie Joe Armstrong
"George Cole, guitar guru at the forefront of style" - Anthony Sauro, Stockton Record Joe Armstrong
"George Cole has a sound that incorporates some of the finest elements of '30s/'40s-era European and American music. Cole's excellent Django-style guitar work and his band's enticing instrumental and vocal harmonies make them a must-see for any fan of vintage jazz." - Art Thompson, Guitar Player Magazine
LINKS WEBSITE: https://georgecole.net/ FACEBOOK: @georgecoleofficial https://www.facebook.com/georgecoleofficial/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/GCgeorgecole INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/gcgeorgecole/
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"BAMMIE" - Bay Area Music Award Winner
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Pianist/Composer Marcus Persiani 'The Proper Time' Features George Coleman, Wayne Escoffrey And More!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Marcus Persiani is a pianist, composer and arranger who has performed and toured with many luminary musicians throughout his career. First influenced by the sound of Debussy's melodies echoing from the piano through his home, he was drawn to jazz greats like Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, and McCoy Tyner. His journey has taken him from jny: Chicago's vibrant musical scene to New York's artistic hub. While sharing the stage with such artists as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach and Tito Puente, ...
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Smoke Jazz Club Announces June Line-Up With NEA Jazz Master George Coleman, Vocal Great Mary Stallings, A New Project From Vincent Herring, An Album Release By Orrin Evans All-Star Quintet, And More
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AMT Public Relations
George Coleman Quintet (Jun 1-4); Orrin Evans All-Star Quintet record release (Jun 8-11); Vincent Herring and Something Else! (Jun 15-18); Mary Stallings (Jun 22-25); and more… Rated the #1 Jazz Club in New York City (Secret NYC), Smoke Jazz Club kicks off the start of summer with some of today’s living legends. NEA Jazz Master George Coleman returns with his special quintet (Jun 1-4), soulful saxophonist Vincent Herring gets inspired by the classic Blue Note album Something Else! (Jun 15-18), ...
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Manhattan's Smoke Jazz Club Announces May Line-Up Including Wayne Shorter Tribute Concert, George Coleman Jr, Album Release, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Rated the #1 Jazz Club in New York City (Secret NYC), Smoke Jazz Club begins the month of May with a heartfelt homage to the great, intrepid saxophonist Wayne Shorter. For one-night only May 3, today’s top artists celebrate the music and legacy of Shorter “who shaped the color and contour of modern jazz as one of its most intensely admired composers (The New York Times). The month continues with two leading female vocalists leading their respective quintets: Paula West ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: George Coleman
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating George Coleman's birthday today!
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 ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: George Coleman
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating George Coleman's birthday today!
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 ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: George Coleman
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating George Coleman's birthday today!
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 ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: George Coleman
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating George Coleman's birthday today!
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 ...
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NEA Jazz Masters: George Coleman
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Tenor saxophonist George Coleman is one of four 2015 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters named thisweek. He, Carla Bley, Charles Lloyd and Chicago’s Jazz Showcase impresario Joe Segal will be inducted in a ceremony next spring in New York. In our previous post, Rifftides presented Ms. Bley in performance. As a 17-year-old alto saxophonist in 1952, Coleman launched his professional career impressively in his native Memphis, Tennessee, landing a gig with bluesman B.B. King. While with King, he ...
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Legendary Saxophonist George Coleman Coming to the Jazz Standard October 25th thru 28th, 2012.
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Two for the Show Media
George Coleman would be a legendary figure in jazz for his crucial role in the Miles Davis Quintet of 1963-64, even if he'd never recorded a string of fine albums as a leader. Coleman fans have heard him most often in an acoustic setting with longtime Memphis running partner, pianist Harold Mabern. But this week at Jazz Standard, the sagacious tenor man explores his rare-groove side in the company of hard-hitting organist Mike LeDonne and fleet-fingered guitarist Russell Malone. “The ...
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"George Cole was more than a guitar teacher to me. He was a mentor that talked about great music, great songs, good taste, and everything in between. I feel grateful and lucky that he showed me how to express myself with a guitar" - Billie Joe Armstrong
"George Cole, guitar guru at the forefront of style" - Anthony Sauro, Stockton Record Joe Armstrong
Primary Instrument
Guitar, acoustic
Location
San Francisco
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
GEORGE COLE - "The Guitar Professor" : Available for remote lessons as of March 2020 via digital interface; see below for rates.; CREDENTIALS - With over 40 years of experience as a professional musician and music educator, guitarist George Cole inhabits a musical world all his own.... a world in which Django Reinhardt, The Ramones, Artie Shaw, Nat King Cole and Doc Watson get equal billing with Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Willie Nelson and the Great American Songbook. Cole currently occupies the guitar chair for the David Grisman Quintet and has 2 releases on Grisman’s highly regarded Acoustic Disc Label. George was guitar teacher and mentor to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day for 10 years. Cole, a San Francisco native and BAMMIE award winner brings an expertise to his guitar playing and singing that is filtered through Rock and Roll, Gypsy Jazz and All things American. Cole is a composer, lyricist, and highly skilled arranger, his current projects include The George Cole Orchestra (7-16 piece big band) and recording a new solo record. Upcoming 2020 performances pending directives from the CDC [RE: Colvid 19 Pandemic] SFJAZZ Center (Dec 17): YOSHI’S Oakland (Nov. 30). The following festivals and appearances were postponed for 2020, when dates are rescheduled they will be posted on www.georgecole.net , social media, and www.bandsintown.com : La Conner Guitar Festival (Headline Performer and Lead Guitar Seminar/Workshop Facilitator), July 10-12): Bodega Seafood, Art, and Wine Festival (August 2020): Crocker Art Museum Jazz in the Courtyard Series (Sept 24). GUITAR CLINIC/SEMINAR/WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Great American Songbook For Guitar; Learn to play jazz guitar in a fun, exciting and engaging hands-on guitar workshop! Guitar master George Cole whose credits include 5 years and counting with mandolinist David Grisman, guitarist/vocalist duties with jazz icon Keely Smith and 10 years as guitar instructor and mentor to Green Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong. Workshop includes chord charts and instruction on how to play five jazz standards. learn how to play rhythm, melody and solo over your favorite jazz classics in a friendly, supportive environment with the emphasis on practical learning and developing. Explore your creativity and engage those fast twitch muscle reflexes rather than sit in a stodgy purely academic and theoretical environment.
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George Cole
Location: San Francisco
Instrument: Guitar, acoustic
