George Coleman Quintet at Jazz Standard

After a rigorous apprenticeship in his native Memphis (including a stint with B.B. King), George Coleman rose to jazz stardom for his searching, soulful horn work with the Miles Davis Quintet of 196364 and his memorable performances on the classic Miles albums Seven Steps to Heaven (1963), My Funny Valentine (1964) and Four Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. As a leader, the saxophonist has released such bracing discs as Amsterdam After Dark(Timeless, 1979), My Horns of Plenty (Dreyfus, 1991), and from 2016, A Master Speaks (Smoke Sessions). If youre playing jazz and you got an audience, play something they can enjoy, George Coleman told the Memphis Commercial Appeal in 2016...

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After a rigorous apprenticeship in his native Memphis (including a stint with B.B. King), George Coleman rose to jazz stardom for his searching, soulful horn work with the Miles Davis Quintet of 196364 and his memorable performances on the classic Miles albums Seven Steps to Heaven (1963), My Funny Valentine (1964) and Four Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. As a leader, the saxophonist has released such bracing discs as Amsterdam After Dark(Timeless, 1979), My Horns of Plenty (Dreyfus, 1991), and from 2016, A Master Speaks (Smoke Sessions). If youre playing jazz and you got an audience, play something they can enjoy, George Coleman told the Memphis Commercial Appeal in 2016. Jazz is a mixture of everything. You can get to all the areas of the music if you explore them along with your audience.

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