Happy Birthday George Coleman

[Hardbopjazz]

The tenor master is 86 today. Here's to wishing you all the best and many more to come. 

[JSngry]

86! And still playing well! Happy Birthday!

[HutchFan]

Happy Birthday to BIG GEORGE!!!

And many happy returns.

 

 

[Gheorghe]

Great musician.

I saw him live around the time when he recorded "Amsterdam After Dark".

[BFrank]

First time I saw him was in '79 at the KK with Hilton. Also right after Amsterdam After Dark - one of his best.

The first Eastern Rebellion is a classic of the era, too.

[Gheorghe]

34 minutes ago, BFrank said:

First time I saw him was in '79 at the KK with Hilton. Also right after Amsterdam After Dark - one of his best.

The first Eastern Rebellion is a classic of the era, too.

Yes, Hilton Ruiz was on piano, Ray Drummond on bass and Billy Higgins on drums. 

[sambrasa]

I saw him in Montreal 2007, with Mike Stern. He sounded pretty fragile then, but I was glad to have witnessed this band.

[Gheorghe]

11 hours ago, sambrasa said:

I saw him in Montreal 2007, with Mike Stern. He sounded pretty fragile then, but I was glad to have witnessed this band.

I have that record "Four Generations of Miles" with George Coleman-Mike Stern-Ron Carter-Jimmy Cobb from the early 2000s. 

Somewhere I have read that George Coleman was not too happy with the setting without piano and with Mike Stern.

So it´s interesting that they continued to work together later.