and that he`s one the the greastest hard boppers still alive. your questions are just amazing you have the same taste as me George Coleman is one of my favorites i love the album "at Yoshi`s" and ive got loads of his recordings, ive got an album of yours called Kabsha and he plays on that great too. Yes. I would agree. His playing on Herbie's Maiden Voyage album is what made me notice him. I enjoy his playing, but I don't hear much about him.
When I think about underrated jazz musicians I think firstly of Sam Rivers, then of Booker Ervin, then of Lennie Tristano. All because of their great playing. I also think that a lot of the mid 1960's Blue Note recording artists were to far ahead to get recognition: Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Grachan Moncur III, etc..., not so much for their playing, but for WHAT they were doing at the time. No, I really don't think so. George kinda peaked in the mid-60s with Miles and Herbie Hancock and then disappeared until his solo debut in 1976. Why did he leave the scene while at his peak? That sure didn't help his career very much, did it?
His work with Miles and Herbie was good, but it was not necessarily stand-out. I think that he is where he belongs - a notable hard bopper, but a face in the crowd. |
