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No tenor saxophonist better epitomizes the robust muscularity of that heavyweight instrument of jazz expression than George Coleman. With brilliant technique and a deeply soulful tone firmly rooted in his hometown of Memphis, George has performed with many of jazz’ most legendary figures and influenced countless saxophonists during his half century in music. Growing up in Memphis’ rich musical environment of the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, alongside such notables as Booker Little, Harold Mabern, Frank Strozier, Jamil Nasser, Hank Crawford, Phineas Newborn Jr., and blues immortal B.B. King, Coleman began to teach himself to play the alto saxophone in 1950, upon being profoundly affected by the music of Charlie Parker. So prodigious was his talent that George was soon performing locally and in 1952, at the age of 17, was invited to tour with B.B
With Strings
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dedicated to You; Moment to Moment; Stella by Starslight; A Time for Love; Ugly Beauty; A
Time for Love (with full orchestra intro); Ugly Beauty (with full orchestra intro).
Standards Vol. 2
Label: Jojo Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Blue Gardenia; Just As Though You Were Here; Tenor Madness; Love Thy Neighbour; Answer
Me, My Love; Bluesville; Delilah; Portrait Of Jennie; Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams; The Girl
Next Door.
Deborah Silver with the Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Rocks!
Label: Green Hill Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Paint It, Black – feat. Arturo Sandoval & Pedrito Martinez; Bennie and the Jets; Baby, I Love Your Way – feat. Peter Frampton; Tainted Love – feat. Kurt Elling (duet), Steve Jordan, John Clayton; Band On The Run; A Hard Day’s Night – feat. Monte Croft; Joy To The World – feat. Trombone Shorty (duet); Fly Like An Eagle – feat. Bill Frisell; Every Breath You Take – feat. George Coleman; Old Time Rock & Roll – feat. Wycliffe Gordon (duet) & Herlin Riley; Life’s Been Good – feat. Scotty Barnhart of The Count Basie Orchestra.
Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions
By Chet Baker
Label: New Land Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Disc: 1 - Groovin;
Disc: 2 - Smokin;
Disc: 3 - Boppin;
Disc: 4 - Cool Burnin;
Disc: 5 - Comin' on.
George Coleman with Strings
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dedicated To You; Moment To Moment; Stella By Starlight; A Time For Love; Ugly Beauty; A Time For Love; Ugly Beauty.
The Free Slave
By Roy Brooks
Label: Time Traveller Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Free Slave; Understanding; Will Pan's Walk; Five for Max.
Chet Baker's Five from '65 - New Land's Best Box Set Yet
by Patrick Burnette
Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions Chet Baker New Land Records 2025 We are far enough into the vinyl revival that box sets are now becoming commonplace, and the New Land label has been particularly adventurous--almost quixotic--in its offerings. New Land devoted its first jazz box ...
A Muse Renaissance: Reissues from Roy Brooks, Kenny Barron, and Carlos Garnett
by C. Andrew Hovan
The independent jazz label has long served as a bellwether for the music's highest artistry, ever since the advent of the long-playing record. Labels such as Verve Records, Blue Note Records, Prestige Records, Contemporary Records, and Riverside--each a modest operation led by passionate entrepreneurs--were devoted to documenting the sound of their era with fidelity and purpose. ...
Horace Silver, Neil Gray, Ted Rosenthal, Aretha Tillotson and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Horace Silver, Neil Gray, Ted Rosenthal, Tierney Sutton, Aretha Tillotson, Andy Nevala, The Flying Horse Big Band, Jen Allen, Johnathan Blake, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Socrates Garcia, James Danderfer, Thom Rotella, Brad Mehldau, Yoko Yates, Charles Lloyd, Alberto Pibiri, Lori Williams, Sean Mason, Steve Rosenbloom, Paul Cornish, Don Was, Nicholas Payton, Christian ...
