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George Coleman Quartet Still Fresh
Historic Saxophonist plays Jazz Standard
Saxophonist George Coleman
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George Coleman is a sax player. Born in 1935, he was influenced by the great sax player Charlie Parker. The story reads like a typical jazz artist bio, complete with decades of touring, recording, and eventually, band leading. But George Coleman is anything but typical. As a youth he taught himself to play the instrument that would one day prove to be his bread-and-butter. After working with B.B. King and Ray Charles, Coleman began what is possibly his most famous work: four albums with Miles Davis, including Seven Steps to Heaven, My Funny Valentine, Four and More and Miles Davis in Europe. In 1973 he began band leading and the rest is history. With more than 50 years of jazz experience beneath his belt, Coleman is still one of the finest lyrical saxophone players in the game.
The George Coleman Quartet (the latest of Coleman’s reincarnations) will play Jazz Standard January 15–17 in a series of shows that’s sure to have audience members marveling at the freshness with which Coleman attacks his music after all of these years. Playing with Coleman on these engagements are Harold Mabern on piano and George Coleman Jr. on drums—an addition that adds an added sense of legacy to the performance of a legend in the jazz world.
The performances will take place at Jazz Standard, which is among New York’s premiere performing arts halls in which to view live jazz. For more information on this and any other concert or to purchase tickets, please visit www.jazzstandard.com.