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George Coleman: In Baltimore
by Mike Jurkovic
At 85, tenor saxophonist George Coleman has sat in on and made his presence mightily known on a host of flat out, hard bopping sessions beginning with B.B. King through Max Roach, Miles Davis, Booker Little, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock and . . . well, you should have got the larger picture by now. So to hear Coleman fronting his own quintet of exuberant merry men on the previously unreleased The George Coleman Quintet in Baltimore is a ...
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by Pierre Giroux
Tenor saxophonist George Coleman is an artist who plays with both proficiency and comprehension, but has been under-recognized as a major figure in post-bop jazz. In this Reel To Real 180 gram LP release, co-produced by Cory Weeds and Zev Feldman, Coleman and his cohorts trumpeter Danny Moore, pianist Albert Dailey, bassist Larry Ridley and drummer Harold White showcase their talents in a previously unreleased live session recorded at the Famous Ballroom in jny: Baltimore MD on May 23, 1971. ...
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All About Jazz
Dear Friends: Recently, I taped my next one-hour show for the Jazz From the Archives" series. Presented by the Institute of Jazz Studies, the series runs every Sunday on WBGO-FM (88.3). Albert Dailey (1938-1984) is often overlooked nowadays when great jazz pianists are discussed, but during his lifetime he was hugely respected by his peers. A partial list of his employers bears this out: Art Blakey, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Woody Herman, Freddie Hubbard, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, and Sonny Rollins. ...
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