Results for "Al Dreares"

Al Dreares

Born: January 4, 1929

George Coleman: An Alternative Top Ten Albums

by Chris May
January 6, 2022

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, saxophonist George Coleman cut his teeth in local rhythm and blues bands and made his first recording, aged twenty, with B.B. King in 1955. That year he switched from alto to tenor, because King already had an alto player; but Coleman has continued to play the alto from time to time and, ...