The Incomplete (DRAFT)

GEORGE COLEMAN JAZZ DISCOGRAPHY

 

By Steve Schwerner

December 2004

 

[annotations/revisions by M. Fitzgerald - June 22, 2000]

 

 

            This discography is a living document and therefore still incomplete.  There are obvious holes in the document thus far that need filling; there are undoubtedly  records, CDs and video tape that have been recorded that I have not yet found.  Most importantly, it is the authorfs hope that numerous  albums by and/or featuring George Coleman are yet to be made.

            I owe a number of people a debt of thanks.  Mike Fitzgerald has helped me more than anyone has any right to expect.  This document could not have been finished without his help.  Alan Saul who had compiled a discography of the great trumpet master Booker Little has given me a great deal of help along with much encouragement.  Ned Otter has also encouraged me and kindly shared some of his personal material.  My wife Nancy has been my editor for over 40 years—I canft write without her.  And her patience is beyond measure. 

Finally, it is the brilliant music created by George Coleman that inspired this project.  It is my opinion that Mr. Coleman is one of the great masters of the saxophone and deserves far more recognition than the public has given him thus far as many musicians know.  The hundreds of hours I have spent listening to him in person and on recordings were and are some of the richest on my life.

Comments, additions, and/or corrections are greatly appreciated.  Please send to:

sschwerner@woh.rr.com

 

 

Leader:B.B. King

1953, 1954, 1955

 

Woke Up This Morning

Ace CDCHD 320 Singinf The Blues

 

Leader:Lee Morgan: City Lights

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 25, 1957

Lee Morgan-tpt; George Coleman-asx [c,e], tsx [a,b,d]; Curtis Fuller-tbn; Ray Bryant-p; Paul Chambers-b; Arthur Taylor-d

 

[a]

tk. 1

Just By Myself

Benny Golson

9:23

[b]

tk. 4

City Lights

Benny Golson

5:43

[c]

tk. 6

Tempo de Waltz

Benny Golson

6:22

[d]

tk. 9

Youfre Mine, You

Johnny Green & Edward Heyman

6:00

[e]

tk. 10

Kin Folks

Gigi Gryce

9:42

 

Blue Note LP BNP 1575, BST 81575, Mosaic MD-162

 

 

Leader:Jimmy Smith: Houseparty

Manhattan Towers, NYC, August 25, 1957

Lee Morgan-tpt; George Coleman-asx [a,c,d,e], tsx [b,e]; Curtis Fuller-tbn; Eddie McFadden-g [a,b,c]; Kenny Burrell-g [d,e]; Jimmy Smith-org; Donald Bailey-d

 

[a]

tk. 2

J.O.S.

Jimmy Smith

11:55

[b]

tk. 3

What Is This Thing Called Love?

Cole Porter

15:12

[c]

tk. 4

Just Friends

S. Lewis & J. Klenner

15:15

[d]

tk. 5

Cherokee

Ray Noble

20:18

[e]

tk. 11

Blues After All

Kenny Burrell

6:06

 

[a] Blue Note BLP 4011, BST 84011 The Sermon

[b] [d] Blue Note LT-992 Confirmation

[c] [e] Blue Note BLP 4002, BST 84002 Houseparty

 

All on Blue Note CDP 7 46546-2 Houseparty

 

Leader:Max Roach: Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker

NYC, April 11, 1958

Kenny Dorham-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Nelson Boyd-b; Max Roach-d

 

[a]

17277-7

Billiefs Bounce

Charlie Parker

5:35

[b]

17278-7

KoKo

Charlie Parker

7:56

[c]

17279-1

Parkerfs Mood

Charlie Parker

8:20

 

Mercury (Japan) 195J-39 Max Roach + 4 & More

Trip TLP-5574, Verve 314 512 448-2 The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker

 

Leader:Max Roach: On The Chicago Scene

Chicago, IL, June 1958

Booker Little-tpt [a,b,c,d,e]; George Coleman-tsx [a,b,c,d,f]; Eddie Baker-p; Bob Cranshaw-b; Max Roach-d

 

[a]

16982

Shirley

George Coleman

6:39

[b]

16983

Memo To Maurice

Eddie Baker

7:45

[c]

16984

Stella By Starlight

Ned Washington & Victor Young

4:20

[d]

16985

Sporty

Bill Lee

5:50

[e]

16986

My Old Flame

Coslow & Johnson

3:39

[f]

16987

Stompinf At The Savoy

Edgar Sampson

5:52

 

All on EmArcy MG 36132 (or 36152?) SR 60128, Trip TLP-5594 On The Chicago Scene

 

 

 

Leader:Max Roach: Quintet Live At Newport

Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI, July 6, 1958

Booker Little-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Ray Draper-tu [a,b,c,d,f]; Art Davis-b; Max Roach-d

 

 

[a]

17644

Love For Sale

Cole Porter

 

[b]

17645

Villa

Kenny Dorham

 

[c]

17646

A Night in Tunisia

Dizzy Gillespie

 

[d]

17647

Minor Mode

 

 

[e]

17648

Tune Up

Miles Davis (Eddie Vinson)

 

[f]

17649

Deeds Not Words

Bill Lee

 

 

EmArcy MG 36140

 

[Not July 7, 1958, as sometimes listed. This performance took place on Sunday evening.]

 

Leader:Max Roach: Deeds, Not Words

NYC, September 4, 1958

Booker Little-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Ray Draper-tu; Art Davis-b; Max Roach-d

 

[a]

You Stepped Out Of A Dream

Brown & Kahn

 

[b]

Filide

Ray Draper

 

[c]

Itfs You Or No One

J. Styne-S. Cahn

 

[d]

Jodiefs Cha-Cha

Bill Lee

 

[e]

Deeds Not Words

Bill Lee

 

[f]

Larry-Larue

Booker Little

 

[g]*    There Will Never Be Another You  Brown  & Kahn

 

Riverside 280, 1122, Riverside (Japan) SMJ6194 Deeds, Not Words, Jazzland JLP79 Conversation,* Riverside  OJCCD 304-2  (contains track [g]).

 

Max Roach: Sessions, Live

KABC-TV, Hollywood, CA, October 6, 1958

Booker Little-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Ray Draper-tu; Art Davis-b; Max Roach-d

 

[a]

Minor Mode Blues

 

 

[b]

The Scene Is Clean

Tadd Dameron

 

[c]

Love For Sale

Cole Porter

 

 

Calliope CAL 3013 Max Roach/Bud Shank: Sessions, Live

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leader:Booker Little 4 & Max Roach

Nola Studios, NYC, October 1958

Booker Little-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Tommy Flanagan-p; Art Davis-b; Max Roach-d

 

[a]

Milestones

Miles Davis (John Lewis)

5:33

[b]

Sweet and Lovely

Arnheim & Tobias

4:13

[c]

Rounderfs Mood

Booker Little

5:19

[d]

Dungeon Waltz

Booker Little

4:27

[e]

Jewelfs Tempo

Booker Little

6:35

[f]

Moonlight Becomes You

Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke

5:40

 

United Artists UA4034/(S)5034, Blue Note CDP 7 84457-2 Booker Little 4 & Max Roach

Blue Note BN (F) BNP25107 Milestones

 

Recording date announced in db as 3/19/59 p.8

 

Leader:The Memphis Band

Olmssted Studios, NYC, 1958

Booker Little, Louis Smith-tpt; Frank Strozier-asx; George Coleman-tsx; Phineas Newborn-p; Calvin Newborn-g; Jamil Nasser (aka George Joyner)-b; Charles Crosby-d

 

[a]

Things Ainft What They Used To Be

Duke Ellington (Mercer Ellington)

10:44

[b]

Blue fn Boogie

Dizzy Gillespie

8:09

 

United Artists UA4034/(S)5034

Blue Note CDP 7 84457-2 Booker Little 4 & Max Roach

 

Leader:Max Roach: Award-Winning Drummer

NYC, November 4, 1958

Booker Little-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Ray Draper-tu; Art Davis-b; Max Roach-d

 

[a]

Tuba De Nod

Max Roach

4:00

[b]

Milano

John Lewis

5:13

[c]

Variations On The Scene

George Coleman

5:41

[d]

Pies Of Quincy

Max Roach

3:29

[e]

Old Folks

Dedette Hill & Willard Robison

4:20

[f]

Sadiga

George Coleman

6:35

[g]

Gandolfofs Bounce

Booker Little

5:43

 

Time 70003, 52087, S/2087, Bainbridge BCD 1042 [CD]

 

[According to Hentofffs notes [f] spelled Sadigo]

 

[Sometimes dated as November 25, 1959, this may belong earlier - November 4, 1958?]

 

Leader:Max Roach: The Many Sides Of Max Roach

NYC, September 22, 1959

Booker Little-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Julian Priester-tbn; Ray Bryant-p; Art Davis-b; Max Roach-d, tymp

 

[a]

18128

Conniefs Bounce

Bill Lee

5:17

[b]

18129

Lepa

Richard Abrams

2:07

[c]

18137

Prelude

Consuela Lee Moorhead

5:04

[d]

18138

Bemsha Swing

Thelonious Monk

5:25

[e]

18139

Tympanalli

Max Roach

4:49

[f]

18140

Therefs No You

Adair & Hopper

5:41

[g]

18141

A Little Sweet

Max Roach

3:04

 

EmArcy MG20911, Trip Jazz TLP-5599

 

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Slide Hampton And His Horn Of Plenty

Bell Sound Studios, NYC, late 1959, probably October

Booker Little, Freddie Hubbard-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Jay Cameron-bsx; Slide Hampton-tbn, arr; Kiane Zawadi (aka Bernard McKinney)-eup; George Tucker-b; Charlie Persip-d [a,b], Kenny Dennis-d [c,d], Pete LaRoca-d [e,f,g,h].

 

[a]

Autumn Leaves

Kosma & Prevert

3:24

[b]

Patricia

Slide Hampton

3:42

 

[c]

Althea

Slide Hampton

4:01

[d]

Woody enf You

Dizzy Gillespie

4:10

 

[e]

Newport

Slide Hampton

9:10

[f]

Jazz Corner

Slide Hampton

4:22

[g]

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

Trad.

3:00

[h]

Go East Young Man

Slide Hampton

5:54

 

All on Strand 1006 Slide Hampton And His Horn Of Plenty, Fresh Sound FSR-CD 206 Slide!

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Sister Salvation

Bell Sound Studios, NYC, February 11, 1960

Freddie Hubbard, Bob Zottola-tpt; Richard Williams-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Jay Cameron-bsx; Slide Hampton-tbn, arr; Kiane Zawadi-eup; Bill Barber-tu; Pete LaRoca-d; Billy Frazier-arr [b]

 

[a]

4657/4658

Sister Salvation

Slide Hampton

6:13

[b]

 

Hi-Fly

Randy Weston

6:06

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Sister Salvation

Bell Sound Studios, NYC, February 15, 1960

Freddie Hubbard, Bob Zottola, Ernie Royal-tpt; George Coleman-tsx, arr [c]; Jay Cameron, bsx; Slide Hampton-tbn, arr; Kiane Zawadi-eup; Bill Barber-tu; Pete LaRoca-d

 

[a]

Just Squeeze Me

Duke Ellington & Lee Gaines

6:30

[b]

Asseveration

Slide Hampton

5:55

[c]

Conversation Piece (aka Minority)

Gigi Gryce

6:53

[d]

A Little Night Music

Slide Hampton

4:09

 

All on Atlantic 1339 Sister Salvation

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Somethinf Sanctified

??? October 17, 1960

Slide Hampton-tbn, eup, arr, Charles Greenlee-tbn, eup, arr [e]; Richard Williams, Hobart Dotson-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Jay Cameron-bsx, bcl; Larry Ridley-b; Pete LaRoca-d

 

[a]

On the Street Where You Live

Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe

4:59

[b]

The Thrill Is Gone

Lew Brown & Ray Henderson

6:21

[c]

Ow!

Dizzy Gillespie

5:53

[d]

Milestones

Miles Davis

5:09

[e]

El Sino

Charles Greenlee

5:40

[f]

Somethinf Sanctified

Slide Hampton

6:13

 

All on Atlantic LP 1362, London Atlantic LTZ-K 15223 Somethinf Sanctified, Collectables COL-CD-6283 [with Young-Holt Unlimited: Oh Girl]

[d] misspelled as gMiles Toneh on some issues.

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Two Sides Of Slide

NYC, 1961

Hobart Dotson, Willie Thomas-tpt, George Coleman-tsx; Jay Cameron-bsx; Slide Hampton-tbn, p, arr; Benny Jacobs-el-tbn; Eddie Kahn-b; Lex Humphries-d

 

 

 

The Cloister (Dance Suite)

 

 

[a]

Impression/

Slide Hampton

4:38

[b]

Obsession/

Slide Hampton

2:55

[c]

Expression/

Slide Hampton

4:10

[d]

Possession

Slide Hampton

2:55

[e]

Therefs a Boat Datfs Leavinf Soon for New York

George Gershwin

3:40

[f]

Bess You Is My Woman

George Gershwin

3:49

[g]

I Loves You Porgy

George Gershwin

2:34

[h]

It Ainft Necessarily So

George Gershwin

4:30

 

All on Charlie Parker PLP 803 Two Sides Of Slide; Fresh Sound FSR-CD 206 Slide!

 

Leader:Booker Little: And Friend [or Victory And Sorrow]

NYC, August or September 1961

Booker Little-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Julian Priester-tbn; Don Friedman-p; Reggie Workman-b; Pete LaRoca-d

 

[a]

Victory And Sorrow

Booker Little

5:52

[b]

Forward Flight

Booker Little

6:15

[c]

Looking Ahead

Booker Little

7:21

[d]

If I Should Lose You

Robin & Rainger

5:08

[e]

Calling Softly

Booker Little

5:35

[f]

Bookerfs Blues

Booker Little

5:12

[g]

Matilde

Booker Little

5:50

[h]

Looking Ahead (tk. 4)

Booker Little

 

[i]

Looking Ahead (tk. 7)

Booker Little

 

 

[a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] [g] Bethlehem BCP 6061

 

All on Bethlehem 20-40102 [CD]

 

Notes: All titles from BCP 6061 are on Affinity(GB) AFF124, Barnaby-Candid BR-5009, Barnaby-Candid BCP-6034, Polydor-Bethlehem (Jap) MP-2183, CBS-Bethlehem (Jap) 22AP-121, Trio-Bethlehem (Jap) PAP-23004, Columbia-Bethlehem (Jap) YP-7121, Columbia-Bethlehem (Jap) 30CY-1440, Columbia-Bethlehem (Jap) COCY-7283 [CD], Columbia-Bethlehem (Jap) COCY-9040 [CD], Columbia-Bethlehem (Jap) COCY-75744 [CD], Columbia-Bethlehem (Jap) COCY-78642 [CD], Columbia-Bethlehem (Jap) COCY-80340 [CD].

 

BCP-6034 and BR-5009 [CD] are titled Victory and Sorrow

 

On Bethlehem 20-40102 [CD] the title "Looking Ahead" is incorrectly titled "Molotone Music" and the two alternate takes of "Looking Ahead" are incorrectly titled "Matilde" (take 4) and "Matilde" (take 7).

 

[Thanks to Jonathan Kutler]

 

Leader:Frank Strozier: Long Night

??? September 12, 1961

Frank Strozier-asx, f; George Coleman-tsx; Pat Patrick-bsx; Chris Anderson-p; Bill Lee-b; Walter Perkins-d

 

[a]

Long Night

Frank Strozier

 

[b]

The Need For Love

Frank Strozier

 

[c]

The Crystal Ball

Frank Strozier

 

[d]

Just Think It Over

Frank Strozier

 

 

Jazzland LP 956 Long Night

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Jazz With A Twist

??? November 9, 1961

Slide Hampton, Benny Jacobs-el-tbn; George Coleman-tsx; Hobart Dotson, Willie Thomas-tpt; Jay Cameron-bsx; Horace Parlan-p; Eddie Khan-b; Vinnie Ruggiero-d; Ray Barretto-cga

 

[a]

The Jazz Twist

Slide Hampton

2:33

[b]

Mack The Knife

Kurt Weill & Bertold Brecht

3:00

[c]

Strollinf

Horace Silver

3:57

[d]

The Barbarians

Slide Hampton

6:39

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Jazz With A Twist

??? December 1, 1961

Slide Hampton, Benny Jacobs-el-tbn; George Coleman-tsx; Hobart Dotson, Willie Thomas-tpt; Jay Cameron-bsx; Horace Parlan-p; Eddie Khan-b; Vinnie Ruggiero-d; Ray Barretto-cga

 

[a]

Gorgeous George

Slide Hampton

2:08

[b]

Work Song

Nat Adderley

2:55

[c]

Slide Slid

Slide Hampton

2:52

[d]

Day In, Day Out

Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer

4:37

[e]

Red Top

Lionel Hampton & Ben Kynard

6:20

 

Atlantic 1379

 

Leader:Howard McGhee: The Sharp Edge

Stea-Phillips Studios, NYC, December 8, 1961

Howard McGhee-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Junior Mance-p; George Tucker-b; Jimmy Cobb-d

 

[a]

416-2

Arbee (alt.)

Bell

 

[b]

416-3

Arbee

Bell

5:59

[c]

417-3

Ill Wind (alt.)

Koehler & Arlen

 

[d]

417-6

Ill Wind

Koehler & Arlen

4:37

[e]

418-1

My Delight

Lee

9:53

[f]

419-3

The Sharp Edge (alt.)

H. McGhee

 

[g]

419-4

The Sharp Edge

H. McGhee

4:58

[h]

420-2

Cool (alt.)

H. McGhee

 

[i]

420-3

Cool

H. McGhee

2:55

[j]

421-1

The Day After

McIntosh

2:07

 

Black Lion LP BL-305, CD 760110 Sharp Edge

Fontana (Dutch) 883906JCY Shades Of Blue

 

 [alternative takes exist]

[Ill Wind also on gBallads For Trumpeth 874708-2]

[Cool also on gArtistry In Jazzh 760100]

 

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Drum Suite

NYC, April 5, 1962

Hobart Dotson, Richard Williams, John Bello-tpt; Freddie Hubbard-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Yusef Lateef-tsx, f; Jay Cameron-bsx; Slide Hampton, Benny Jacobs-el-tbn; Tommy Flanagan-p; Eddie Kahn-b; Max Roach-d

 

[a]

CO69988

Our Waltz

 

 

[b]

CO69989

Itfs All Right With Me

 

 

[c]

CO69990

The Drum Suite, Part 1

 

 

 

All on Epic 16030 Drum Suite

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Drum Suite

NYC, April 9, 1962

Hobart Dotson, Richard Williams, John Bello-tpt; Freddie Hubbard-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Yusef Lateef-tsx, f; Jay Cameron-bsx; Slide Hampton, Benny Jacobs-el-tbn; Tommy Flanagan-p; Eddie Kahn-b; Max Roach-d

 

[a]

CO69991

Gallery Groove

 

 

[b]

CO69992

Frump

 

 

[c]

CO69993

The Drum Suite, part 2

 

 

[d]

CO69994

Like Someone in Love

Jimmy Van Heusen

 

[e]

 

Well, You Neednft

Thelonious Monk

 

 

[a] [b] [c] [d] Epic 16030 Drum Suite

[e] Columbia CBS 38509 Almost Forgotten

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Drum Suite

NYC, April 18, 1962

Hobart Dotson, Richard Williams, John Bello-tpt; Freddie Hubbard-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Yusef Lateef-tsx, f; Jay Cameron-bsx; Slide Hampton, Benny Jacobs-el-tbn; Tommy Flanagan-p; Eddie Kahn-b; Max Roach-d

 

[a]

CO70068

Lover

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

 

[b]

 

Drum Suite, part 3

 

 

[c]

 

Drum Suite, part 4

 

 

[d]

 

Drum Suite, part 5

 

 

[e]

 

Stella By Starlight

Ned Washington & Victor Young

 

 

All on Epic 16030 Drum Suite

 

Note: Drum Suite parts 3-5 are not listed on the LP.

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Exodus

Paris, France, November 14, 1962

Richard Williams, Nat Pavone-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Jay Cameron-bsx; Slide Hampton-tbn, Benny Jacobs-el-tbn; Butch Warren-b; Vinnie Ruggiero-d

 

[a]

Confirmation

Charlie Parker

 

[b]

Momentfs Notice

John Coltrane

 

[c]

I Remember Clifford

Benny Golson

 

 

All on Phillips (France) BL 77915L Exodus          

And on the Gitanes Jazz series gJazz In Parish

 

 

Leader:Slide Hampton: Exodus

Paris, France, November 19, 1962

Richard Williams, Nat Pavone-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Jay Cameron-bsx; Slide Hampton-tbn, Benny Jacobs-el-tbn; Butch Warren-b; Vinnie Ruggiero-d

 

[a]

Exodus

 

 

[b]

Star Eyes

Raye & DePaul

 

[c]

Ifll Take Romance

 

 

[d]

Straight No Chaser

Thelonious Monk

 

 

All on Phillips (France) BL 77915L Exodus

And on the Gitanes Jazz series gJazz In Parish

 

 

 

Leader:Miles Davis: Quiet Nights

Los Angeles, CA, April 16, 1963

Miles Davis-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Victor Feldman-p; Ron Carter-b; Frank Butler-d

 

[a]

 

So Near, So Far

T. Crombie & D. Green

5:18

 

[a] Columbia KC2 36474, CBS/Sony 38AP 2017/8, CBS/Sony CSCS 5135/6 [CD]; Sony Mastersound SRCS 9310/1 [SBM CD]

 

[thanks to Peter Losin]

 

Leader:Miles Davis: Quiet Nights

Los Angeles, CA, April 17, 1963

Miles Davis-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Victor Feldman-p; Ron Carter-b; Frank Butler-d

 

[a]

 

So Near, So Far

T. Crombie & D. Green

 

[b]

HCO71342

Summer Night

Al Dubin & Harry Warren

6:07

[c]

 

Seven Steps to Heaven

Victor Feldman & Miles Davis

 

 

[a] Columbia KC2 36472

 

Leader:Miles Davis: Seven Steps To Heaven

Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, May, 14, 1963

Miles Davis-tpt, George Coleman-tsx; Herbie Hancock-p; Ron Carter-b;

Tony Williams-d

 

[a]

CO78342-3

Seven Steps To Heaven

Victor Feldman & Miles Davis

6:28

[b]

CO78343-2

So Near, So Far

T. Crombie & D. Green

7:03

[c]

CO78344-3

Joshua

Victor Feldman

7:02

[d]

CO78872

Seven Steps To Heaven

Victor Feldman & Miles Davis

2:56

 

[a] [b] [c] Columbia CL 2051, CS 8851 [LP], CBS/Sony 50214 [= 23AP 2560], CBS/Sony 32DP 527 [= Sony SRCS 5704] [CD]; Columbia CK 48827 [CD]; Sony Mastersound SRCS 9109 [SBM CD]

 

[d] Columbia 4-42853 [This is an edited version of [a] for 45 rpm issue.]

[Thanks to Peter Losin]

 

 

Leader:Miles Davis: A Rare Home Town Appearance

Jazz Villa, St. Louis, MO, June 1963

Miles Davis-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Herbie Hancock-p; Ron Carter-b;

Tony Williams-d

 

[a]

All Blues

Miles Davis

12:35

[b]

The Theme

Miles Davis

0:08

[c]

Seven Steps To Heaven

Victor Feldman & Miles Davis

10:43

 

 VGM 0003

[b] sometimes present but not listed

 

[Perhaps all also on Jazz Door 1224 gNo (More) Bluesh and Jazz Door 1225 gSeven Steps To Heavenh]

 

Leader:Miles Davis

Théâtre du Champs-Élysées, Paris, July 25, 1963

Europe-1 radio broadcast

Miles Davis-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Herbie Hancock-p; Ron Carter-b;

Tony Williams-d

 

[a]

Stella By Starlight

Ned Washington & Victor Young

14:15

[b]

So What

Miles Davis

9:10

[b]

Joshua (incomplete)

Victor Feldman

3:22

 

Leader:Miles Davis: Côte Blues

La Pinède, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France, July 26, 1963

ORTF radio broadcast

Miles Davis-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Herbie Hancock-p; Ron Carter-b;

Tony Williams-d

 

[a]

So What

Miles Davis

9:55

[b]

All Blues

Miles Davis

12:38

[c]

Stella By Starlight

Ned Washington & Victor Young

14:16

[d]

Seven Steps to Heaven

Victor Feldman & Miles Davis

11:33

[e]

Walkinf

Richard Carpenter

10:00

[f]

My Funny Valentine

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

9:18

[g]

Joshua (incomplete)

Victor Feldman

11:12

[h]

The Theme

Miles Davis

2:56

 

[b] [d] [e] [f] Jazz Music Yesterday JMY 1010

[b] is really gSo Whath

 

 

 

 

Leader:Miles Davis: In Europe

La Pinède, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France, July 27, 1963

ORTF radio broadcast

Miles Davis-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Herbie Hancock-p; Ron Carter-b; Tony Williams-d; Andre Francis-mc

 

[a]

 

Introduction

 

0:59

[b]

CO81817

Autumn Leaves

Kosma & Prevert

13:57

[c]

CO81818

Milestones

Miles Davis

9:22

[d]

 

I Thought About You

Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Mercer

11:52

[e]

CO81819

Joshua

Victor Feldman

11:32

[f]

CO81820

All Of You

Cole Porter

16:55

[g]

CO81821

Walkinf

Richard Carpenter

16:19

[h]

 

Bye Bye Blackbird

 

16:55

[i]

 

The Theme

Miles Davis

6:00

 

[a] [b] [c] [e] [f] [g] 12" LP: CBS/Sony SONP 50128 [= 23AP 2561]

CD: CBS/Sony 32DP 517 [= Sony SRCS 5705]; Sony Mastersound SRCS 9303 [SBM CD]

 

[b] [c] [e] [f] [g] 12" LP: CBS (F) SBPG 62390; Columbia CL 2183 [= CS 8983]

 

[c] Bandstand BDCD 1501; Yadeon 502; Black Label BLCD 8027; Golden Age of Jazz JZCD 314; Tokuma TKCB-71892; Jazz Door JD 1242 [all CD]

 

[d] Columbia C5K 45000 [LP], Columbia C4K 45000 [CD]; CBS/Sony 80DP 5430/3 [CD] [Coleman out]

 

[b] is edited to 11:52 on all CBS issues except SRCS 9303

[e] is edited to 9:22 on all CBS issues except SRCS 9303

[f] is edited to 14:03 on all CBS issues except SRCS 9303

 

Leader:Miles Davis: Côte Blues

La Pinède, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France, July 28, 1963

ORTF radio broadcast

Miles Davis-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Herbie Hancock-p; Ron Carter-b;

Tony Williams-d

 

[a]

 

If I Were A Bell

Frank Loesser

12:45

[b]

 

So What

Miles Davis

12:38

 

[a] [b] Jazz Music Yesterday JMY 1010 [CD]

 

 

 

 

Leader:Miles Davis: The Complete Concert, 1964

Philharmonic Hall, NYC, February 12, 1964

Miles Davis-tpt, George Coleman-tsx; Herbie Hancock-p; Ron Carter-b; Tony Williams-d; Mort Fega-mc

 

[a]

CO81842

My Funny Valentine

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

15:13

[b]

CO81839

All Of You/

Cole Porter

14:55

[c]

 

The Theme

Miles Davis

0:14

[d]

CO81840

Stella By Starlight

Ned Washington & Victor Young

13:05

[e]

CO81841

All Blues

Miles Davis

8:58

[f]

CO81843

I Thought About You

Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Mercer

11:16

[g]

CO81836

So What

Miles Davis

9:11

[h]

CO81838

Walkinf

Richard Carpenter (Gene Ammons)

8:10

[i]

CO88698

Joshua/

Victor Feldman

9:32

[j]

 

The Theme

Miles Davis

1:37

[k]

CO88696

Four

Miles Davis (Eddie Vinson)

6:19

[l]

CO88697

Seven Steps To Heaven

Victor Feldman & Miles Davis

7:46

[m]

CO88699

There Is No Greater Love/

M. Symes & Isham Jones

10:00

[n]

 

The Theme

Miles Davis

1:19

 

[a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] Columbia CL 2306, CS 9106 My Funny Valentine

[g] [h] [i] [j] [k] [l] [m] [n] Columbia CL 2453, CS 9253 Four And More

All on Columbia 2CD 48821 The Complete Concert, 1964

 

Leader:Harold Vick

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 27, 1964

Harold Vick-f, tsx, voc; George Coleman-asx, tsx; John Patton-org; Grant Green-g; Ben Dixon-d

 

[a]

1359

Soul Call

[b]

1360

Like Alice

 

Blue Note – rejected

 

Leader:Herbie Hancock

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 11, 1965

Freddie Hubbard-cor; George Coleman-tsx; Herbie Hancock-p; Ron Carter-b; Stu Martin-d

 

[a]

1542

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock

[b]

1543

Dolphin Dance

Herbie Hancock

[c]

1544

Little One

Herbie Hancock

 

Blue Note - rejected

No tapes have been found for this session

 

Leader:Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 17,1965.

Freddie Hubbard-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Herbie Hancock-p; Ron Carter-b; Tony Williams-d

 

[a]

1545 (tk. 2)

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock

7:55

[b]

1546 (tk. 4)

The Eye Of The Hurricane

Herbie Hancock

5:58

[c]

1547 (tk. 6)

Dolphin Dance

Herbie Hancock

9:16

[d]

1548 (tk. 9)

Survival Of The Fittest

Herbie Hancock

10:02

[e]

1549 (tk. 10)

Little One

Herbie Hancock

8:45

 

All on Blue Note BLP 4195, BST 84195, CDP 7 46339-2 Maiden Voyage

All on Blue Note 95569-2 The Complete Blue Note Sixties Session

 

 

Leader:Chet Baker: The Prestige Sessions

NYC, August 23-25, 1965

Chet Baker-flg; George Coleman-tsx; Kirk Lightsey-p; Herman Wright-b; Roy Brooks-d

 

[a] Grade gAh Gravy                            Carpenter-Bruce                      6:24

[b] Serenity                                          Carpenter-Bruce                      5:20

[c] Fine And Dandy                              Swift-Jones                              7:22

[d] Have You Met Miss Jones?            Rogers-Hart                             6:38

[e] Rearinf Back                                   Carpenter-Stitt                         6:01

[f] So Easy                                           Tadd Dameron             6:51

[g] Madison Avenue                             Carpenter-Bruce                      5:51

[h] Lonely Star                         Carpenter-Bruce                      7:49

[i] Wee, Too                                        Carpenter-Bruce                      7:37

[j] Tan Gaugin                                      Carpenter-Bruce                      6:16

[k] Cherokee                                        Ray Noble                                6:51

[I] Bavan Beeps                                   Tadd Dameron             5:02    

[m] Cominf On                         Carpenter-Bruce                      5:39

[n] Stairway To The Stars                     Malneck-Stignorelli-Parish        4:42

[o] No Fair Lady                                  Jimmy Mundy                           8:10

[p]When Youfre Gone              Bruce-Johnson                         4:04

[q] Choose Now                                  Tadd Dameron             5:47

[r] Chabootie                                        Richard Carpenter                    5:53

[s] Carpsiefs Groove                            Carpenter-Stitt                         6:36

[t] Hurry                                               Capenter-Bruce                        4:50

[u] I Waited For You                            Gillespie-Fuller             6:29

[v] The 490                                          Tadd Dameron             6:08

[w] Cut Plug                                         Carpenter-Stitt                         4:37

[x] Boudoir                                           Carpenter-Bruce                      6:19

[y] Étude In Three                                Carpenter-Bruce                      5:09

[z] Sleeping Susan                                Jimmy Mundy                           8:42

[aa] Go-Go                                          Carpenter-Bruce                      4:07

[bb] Lament For The Living                  Tadd Dameron             6:55

[cc] Pot Luck                                       Carpenter-Bruce                      8:11

[dd] Budfs Blues                                  Sonny Stitt                                6:12

[ee] Romas                                           Tadd Dameron             6:48

[ff] On A Misty Night                           Tadd Dameron             7:33    

 

 

[a] to [f] Prestige LP: Smokinf With The Chet Baker Quintet PR 7449

[g] to [l] Prestige LP: Groovinf With The Chet Baker Quintet PR 7460

[m] to [s] Prestige LP: Cominf On With The Chet Baker Quintet PR 7478

[t] to [z] Prestige LP: Cool Burninf With The Chet Baker Quintet PR 7496

[aa] to [ff} Prestige LP: Boppinf With the Chet Baker Quintet  PR 7512

 

NOTE: The above five LPs have been re-released as three Prestige CDs collectively called The Prestige Sessions: [a] to [j] PRCD-24172-2 Lonely Star;[k] to [s] and [u] PRCD-24173-2 Stairway To The Stars; and [t] and [w] to [ff]   PRCD-24174-2 On A Misty Night.

 

[above albums are listed as recorded at Van Gelderfs studio - but according to Dan Skea who interviewed George Coleman about this they were recorded in NYC.]

 

Leader:Duke Pearson: Prairie Dog

NYC 1966

Duke Pearson-p, George Coleman-tsx, Johnny Coles-tpt, James Spaulding-asx, Gene Bertoncini-g, Bob Cranshaw-b, Mickey Roker-d.

 

[a]        Prairie Dog       Duke Pearson               6:45

[b]        Little Waltz       Ron Carter                   6:04

 

Atlantic LP 3005   Koch Jazz KOC CD 8532

 

Leader:Jack McDuff: A Change Is Gonna Come

NYC, May 5, 1966

Danny Turner-asx; George Coleman-tsx; Cornell Dupree-g, cga; Jack McDuff-org, arr; Jimmy Tyrell-b; Joe Dukes-d

 

[a]

10241

No Tears

Holliway

4:40

[b]

10242

Same Old, Same Old

 

 

[c]

10243

Hotcha

Woods

3:31

[d]

10244

Minha Saudade

Donato & Gilberto

5:50

[e]

10245

Canft Find the Keyhole Blues

Jack McDuff

7:14

 

All on Atlantic SD 1463 A Change Is Gonna Come

[a] [c] [d] [e] Collectibles COL-CD-6246 [with Jack McDuff & David Newman: double-barreled Soul]

 

Leader:Original Soundtrack: Sweet Love, Bitter

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 23, 1967

Dave Burns-tpt; George Coleman-asx, tsx; Charles Davis-bsx; Mal Waldron-p; George Duvivier-b; Richard Davis-b [a, d]; Al Dreares-d

 

 

[a] 90756

Loserfs Lament

Mal Waldron

 

[b] 90757

Della

Mal Waldron

 

[c] 90758

Hillary

Mal Waldron

 

[d] 90759

Espresso Time

Mal Waldron

 

[e] 90760

Keel

Mal Waldron

 

[f] 90761

Smokinf

Mal Waldron

 

[g] 90762

Dellafs Dream

Mal Waldron

 

[h] 90763

The Search

Mal Waldron

 

[i] 90764

Candyfs Ride

Mal Waldron

 

[j] 90765

Bread

Mal Waldron

 

[k] 90766

Eagle Flips Out

Mal Waldron

 

[l]

Brindles Place

Mal Waldron

 

[m]

Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Mal Waldron

 

 

All on Impulse AS 9142 Sweet Love, Bitter

 

[date? Bruyninckx says c. 1966, Lord says 3/23/67]

 

 

Leader:Elvin Jones: Skyscrapers, Vol. 1

NYC, Village Vanguard, March, 1968

George Coleman-tsx; Wilbur Little-b; Elvin Jones-d

 

[a]

A Night In Tunisia (part 1)

Dizzy Gillespie

 

[b]

A Night In Tunisia (part 2)

Dizzy Gillespie

 

[c]

Blues Inside Out

George Coleman

 

 

Honey Dew LP HD 6602

 

Leader:Elvin Jones: Skyscrapers, Vol. 2

NYC, Village Vanguard, March, 1968

George Coleman-tsx; Wilbur Little-b; Elvin Jones-d

 

[a]

Whew

Wilbur Little

 

[b]

Blues Inside Out

George Coleman

 

[c]

You Donft Know What Love Is

DePaul-Raye

 

[d]

Body And Soul

Heyman-Green

 

 

Honey Dew LP HD 6603

 

Leader:Elvin Jones: Skyscrapers, Vol. 3

NYC, Village Vanguard, March 1968

George Coleman-tsx; Wilbur Little-b; Elvin Jones-d

 

[a]        Yesterdays

[b]        A Night In Tunisia                  Dizzy Gillespie

[c]        Body And Soul

 

Honey Dew LP HD 6004

 

Leader:Elvin Jones: Skyscrapers, Vol. 4

NYC, Village Vanguard, March, 1968

George Coleman-tsx; Wilbur Little-b; Elvin Jones-d, Hannibel Marvin Peterson Jr.-tpt.

 

[a]        Mister Jones

[b]        Raunchy Rita

 

Honey Dew LP HD 6005

 

 

Leader:Harold Mabern: A Few Miles From Memphis

??? March 11, 1968

George Coleman, Buddy Terry-tsx; Harold Mabern-p; Bill Lee-b; Walter Perkins-d

 

[a]

A Few Miles From Memphis

 

 

[b]

Walkinf Back

 

 

[c]

A Treat For Ben

 

 

[d]

Syden Blue

 

 

[e]

Therefs A Kind of Hush

 

 

[f]

B & B

 

 

[g]

To Wane

 

 

 

Prestige P-7568 A Few Miles From Memphis

Prestige PRCD-24288-2, A Few Miles From Memphis

 

 

 

Leader:Elvin Jones: Live At The Village Vanguard

NYC, Village Vanguard, March 20, 1968 

George Coleman-tsx; Wilbur Little-b; Elvin Jones-d

 

[a]

By George

George Coleman

 7:06

[b]

Laura

David Raksin

12:00

[c]

Mister Jones

Keiko Jones

15:06

[d]

You Donft Know What Love Is

DePaul-Raye

 7:02

 

Enja LP 2036

 

Leader:Wynton Kelly: Live In Baltimore

Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, MD, September 22, 1968

George Coleman-tsx; Wynton Kelly-p; Ron McClure-b; Jimmy Cobb-d

 

[a]

On A Clear Day

Lane-Lerner

16:56

[b]

On The Trail

Ferde Grofe

20-14

[c]

Unit 7

Sam Jones

25:01

[d]

Surrey With The Fringe On Top

Rodgers-Hammerstein

20:14

[e]

Mr. P.C.

John Coltrane

15:29

[f]

Herefs That Rainy Day

Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke

11:32

[g]

Theme

Miles Davis

  2:00

 

Affinity LP(2) AFF (D) 108

Fresh Sound FSCD 1032

 

Leader:Harold Mabern: Rakinf And Scrapinf

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 23, 1968

Blue Mitchell-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Harold Mabern-p; Bill Lee-b; Hugh Walker-d

 

[a]

Rakinf and Scrapinf

Harold Mabern

7:35

[b]

Such Is Life

Harold Mabern

8:13

[c]

Anon

Harold Mabern

9:03

[d]

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Witfield-Strong

3:20

[e]

Valerie

Harold Mabern

 

 

[e] Omit Mitchell and Coleman

Prestige P-7624, OJC-330

Also on: Prestige PRCD-24288-2, A Few Miles From Memphis

 

 

Leader:Charles Earland:  Soul Crib

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1969

Charles Earland-org; George Coleman-tsx; Jimmy Ponder-g; Walter Perkins-d.

 

[a]        Soon Itfs Gonna Rain

[b]        Strangers In The Night

[c]        Old Folks                                Hill-Robinson                          5:26

[d]        The Dozens                             Charles Earland                       3:47

[e]        Milestones (No. 2)                   Miles Davis                             8:50                

[f]        Must Be LSD                          Charles Earland                       6:32

[g]        Undecided                               Charlie Shavers                       7:44

 

Choice ST 520

Note: [a] [b] and are on Charles Earland:  Smokinf  Muse LP MR 5126 dated 1977

          [c] [d] [e] [f] [g] are on Charles Earland:  Mama Roots Muse LP MR 5156 dated

                                     1978 with [f] titled gMama Rootsh

 

Leader:Elvin Jones: The Prime Element

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 14, 1969

Lee Morgan-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Joe Farrell-f [a], ssx [b], tsx [c,d]; Wilbur Little-b; Elvin Jones-d; Candido Camero-cga [a,b,d]; Miovelito Valles-perc [a,d]

 

[a]

3852 (tk. 1)

Dido Afrique

Elvin Jones

11:13

[b]

3853 (tk. 4)

Champagne Baby

Joe Farrell

11:24

[c]

3854 (tk. 8)

Inner Space

Chick Corea

6:29

[d]

3855 (tk. 14)

Raynay

Elvin Jones

7:55

 

All on Blue Note BN-LA 506-H2 (2 LP) The Prime Element

All on Mosaic MD-195 The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions

 

Leader:Rueben Wilson: Love Bug

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 21, 1969

Lee Morgan-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Grant Green-g; Rueben Wilson-org; Idris Muhammad (aka Leo Morris)-d

 

[a]

tk. 4

Love Bug

 

 

[b]

tk. 9

Back Out

 

 

[c]

tk. 12

Stormy

 

 

[d]

tk. 15

Hot Rod

 

 

[e]

tk. 16

I Say A Little Prayer

Burt Bacharach & Hal David

 

[f]

tk. 17

Ifm Gonna Make You Love Me

 

 

 

Blue Note BST 84317, [CD] Love Bug

 

Leader:Don Patterson: Oh Happy Day

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 2, 1969

Virgil Jones-tpt; Houston Person-tsx; George Coleman-tsx [b,d,e]; Don Patterson-org; Frankie Jones-d

 

[a]

Oh Happy Day

Edwin Hawkins

 7:18

[b]

Perdido

Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington

 8:48

[c]

Good Time Theme

Douglas-Oliver

 3:40

[d]

Hip Trip

Don Patterson

13:38

[e]

Blue fnf Boogie

Dizzy Gillespie

  4:43

 

Prestige P-7640 Oh Happy Day, Prestige PRCD-24149-2 Dem New York Dues

Note: gBlues For Momh to be issued on Prestige PR 7852

 

 

Leader:John Patton

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 9, 1969

Marvin Cabell-ssx, tsx; George Coleman-tsx; John Patton-org; Leroy Williams-d

 

[a]

tk. 5

Untitled Original

John Patton

 

[b]

tk. 16

2 J

John Patton

7:46

[c]

tk. 23

Man from Tanganyika

McCoy Tyner

6:10

[d]

tk. 25

Cissy Strut

Modeliste, Neville, Nocentelli, Porter

6:55

[e]

tk. 30

Dragon Slayer

Marvin Cabell

6:35

[f]

tk. 33

Untitled Original (#2)

John Patton

 

 

[a] [b] [f] Blue Note CD 53924 Accent On The Blues

[c] [d] [e] Blue Note CD 35521 Memphis To New York Spirit

 

Cuscuna/Ruppli misspell [d] as gSissy Struth

 

 

Leader:Harold Mabern: Workinf And Wailinf

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 30, 1969

Virgil Jones-tpt, flg [f]; George Coleman-tsx; Harold Mabern-p, el. p  [a] [c]; Buster Williams-b; Idris Muhammad (aka Leo Morris)-d

 

[a]

Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

N. Whitfield

4:18

[b]

Strozierfs Mode

Harold Mabern

7:50

[c]

Blues for Phineas

Harold Mabern

5:05

[d]

I Canft Understand What I See In You

Harold Mabern

8:40

[e]

Waltzing Westward

Harold Mabern

9:16

[f]

A Time for Love

Johnny Mandel

4:50

 

Prestige P-7687 Workinf And Wailinf, Prestige PRCD-24134-2 Wailinf

 

Leader:Freddie King: My Feeling For The Blues

 

Ernie Royal, Martin Banks-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Frank Wess-tsx; King Curtis-tsx, arr; Hugh McCracken-hca, tsx; Trevor Lawrence-bsx, tsx; Willie Bridges-bsx, tsx; Cornell Dupree-g; Freddie King-g, voc; George Stubbs-p; Jerry Jemmott-b; Kenneth "Spider Webb" Rice-d; Donny Hathaway-arr

 

[a]

Yonder Wall

James

3:18

[b]

Stumble

King

3:32

[c]

I Wonder Why

Josea & King

3:18

[d]

Stormy Monday

Walker

4:24

[e]

I Donft Know

Mabon & Thomas

3:04

[f]

Whatfd I Say

Ray Charles

2:58

[g]

Ainft Nobodyfs Business What We Do

Jimmy Witherspoon

3:37

[h]

You Donft Have to Go

Reed

2:26

[i]

Woke up This Morning

King & Taub

3:10

[j]

Things I Used to Do

Eddie Jones

3:47

[k]

My Feeling for the Blues

King & Ousley

2:07

 

Cotillion 9016, Atlantic 90352-2 My Feeling For The Blues

 

 

 

Leader:The New York Bass Violin Choir, directed by Bill Lee: Baby Sweets

Music Inn, Lenox, MA, 1969

George Coleman-tsx; Harold Mabern-p; Lisle Atkinson, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Michael Fleming, Milt Hinton, Sam Jones, Bill Lee-b; Sonny Brown-perc

 

[a]

John Coltrane

Bill Lee

9:00

[b]

Veronica

Bill Lee

8:58

 

Strata East SES 8003 Performing Excerpts From gBaby Sweetsh

 

Leader:Lee Morgan: The Procrastinator

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 12, 1969

Lee Morgan-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Julian Priester-tbn; Harold Mabern-p; Walter Booker-b; Mickey Roker-d

 

[a]

5142

Stormy Weather

 

5:41

[b]

5143

Mr. Johnson

 

6:06

[c]

5144

Untitled Boogaloo

 

5:25

 

Blue Note BN-LA582-J2 (2LP), Blue Note (Japan) GXF-3024 The Procrastinator

Also on BN-90414 Sonic Boom (connoisseur series)

 

Leader:Don Patterson: Tune Up

???c. 1969

Virgil Jones-tpt; Houston Person-tsx; Sonny Stitt-tsx; George Coleman-tsx; Booker Ervin-tsx; Grant Green-g; Don Patterson-org; Billy James-d

 

[a]

Just Friends

S. Lewis & J. Klenner

 

[b]

Flying Home

Lionel Hampton

 

[c]

Blues For Mom

 

 

[d]

Tune Up

Miles Davis (Eddie Vinson)

   4:23

 

All on Prestige P-7852 Tune Up

Note:  Coleman in not on [d].  I do not know which of the other three cuts he is on.  The recording is currently out of print.

 

 

Leader:Elvin Jones: Poly-currents

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 26, 1969

Fred Tompkins-f [b]; George Coleman-tsx [a,c,d,e,f], Joe Farrell- Eng. horn [a,d,f], tsx [a,e], bf [b], f [a,d]; Pepper Adams-bsx [a,c,d,f]; Wilbur Little-b Elvin Jones-d; Candido Camero-cga [a,d,f]

 

[a]

5210 (tk. 1)

Mr. Jones

Keiko Jones

7:34

[b]

5211 (tk. 3)

Yes

Fred Tompkins

2:20

[c]

(tk. 4 or 5)

Unknown title

 

 

[d]

5212 (tk. 9)

Agappe Love

Joe Farrell

5:48

[e]

5214 (tk. 12)

Whew

Wilbur Little

9:27

[f]

5213 (tk. 14)

Agenda

Elvin Jones

13:55

 

[a] [b] [d] [e] [f] Blue Note BST 84331, CDP 7 84331-2 Poly-currents

[a] [b] [d] [e] [f] Mosaic MD-195 The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions

 

Leader:Lee Morgan: The Procrastinator

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 10, 1969

Lee Morgan-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Julian Priester-tbn; Harold Mabern-p; Walter Booker-b; Mickey Roker-d

 

[a]

5284

Free Flow

 

4:48

[b]

5285

Uncle Rough

 

5:31

[c]

5286

Claw-til-da

 

3:03

[d]

5287

The Stoker

 

5:44

 

All on Blue Note BN-LA582-J2 (2LP), Blue Note (Japan) GXF-3024 The Procrastinator

Also on BN-90414 Sonic Boom (connoisseur series)

 

 

Leader:Rueben Wilson

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 31, 1969

Lee Morgan-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Grant Green-g; Rueben Wilson-org; Jimmy Lewis-eb; Idris Muhammad (aka Leo Morris)-d; Joe Sircus-cga

 

[a]

Hold On, Ifm Coming

 

8:00

[b]

Ma Cherie Amour

Stevie Wonder

 

 

[a] Blue Note 31883-2 The Lost Grooves

[b] Blue Note - rejected

 

Leader:Horace Silver: That Healinf Feelinf

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 8, 1970

Randy Brecker-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Horace Silver-ep, p; Bob Cranshaw-b; Mickey Roker-d; Andy Bey-voc [a,c,d,e]

 

[a]

 

The Happy Medium

Horace Silver

 4:45

[b]

tk. 7

That Healinf Feelinf

Horace Silver

 3:45

[c]

tk. 17

Love Vibrations

Horace Silver

 3:55

[d]

tk. 21

The Show Has Begun

Horace Silver

 4:00

[e]

 

Peace

Horace Silver

 3:20

 

All on BN LP BST 84352 That Healinf Feelinf

Also on Blue Note CD:  73157

[d] also on Blue Note 45-1964

 

 

Leader:Roy Brooks: The Free Slave

Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD, April 26, 1970.

Woody Shaw-tpt; George Coleman-tsx; Hugh Lawson-p; Cecil McBee-b; Roy Brooks-d

 

[a]

The Free Slave

Roy Brooks

12:18

[b]

Understanding

Roy Brooks

10:57

[c]

Will Panfs Walk

Cecil McBee

9:07

[d]

Five For Max

Roy Brooks

13:40

 

Muse MR 5003 [LP], 32 Jazz 32070 [CD] The Free Slave

 

Leader:Elvin Jones: Coalition

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 17, 1970

George Coleman-tsx; Frank Foster-tsx [a,b,c,d], acl [e]; Wilbur Little-b; Elvin Jones-d; Candido Camero-cga [a,b,c], tamb [e]

 

[a]

Simone

Frank Foster

6:29

[b]

5/4 Thing

George Coleman

5:24

[c]

Ural Stradania

Frank Foster

8:27

[d]

Yesterdays

Jerome Kern & Otto Harbach

10:56

[e]

Shinjitu

Keiko Jones

7:36

 

All on Blue Note BST 84361 Coalition

All on Mosaic MD-195 The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions

[b] also on Blue Note (Japan) W-5514

 

Leader:Elvin Jones:  Time Capsule

c. 1977

Elvin Jones-d, Bunky Green-asx, Kenny Barron-p, Angel Allende-perc, Roy Kawasaki-g.

Frank Wess-fl [a,b}, Milt Hinton-b [a,b], Frank Foster-ssx [b], George Coleman-tsx, [except b], Junie Booth-b [c,d,e}

[a] Frost Bite                                       Ryo Kawasaki             7:53

[b] Digital Display                               Ed Bland                     7:31

[c] Moon Dance                                  Bunky Green               6:20

[d] Time Capsule                                 Bunky Green               8:07

[e] Spacing                                          Bunky Green             10:35

 

Vanguard CD, UV 038-VMD 79839

 

Leader:Melvin Sparks: Akilha

NYC, 1971

George Coleman-tsx; Ernie Royal and Virgil Jones-tpt; Sonny Fortune-asx; Frank Wess-tsx;  Melvin Sparks-g;  Leon Spencer, Jr.-org.,p.; Idris Muhammad-d;

Buddy Caldwell-d, perc.

 

[a]        Akilah

 

Prestige LP PR10039

 

Leader:Jazz Contemporaries: Reasons In Tonality

Village Vanguard, NYC, February 13, 1972

George Coleman, Clifford Jordan-tsx; Julius Watkins-fr hn; Harold Mabern-p; Larry Ridley-b; Keno Duke-d

 

[a]

Reasons In Tonality

Julius Watkins

24:00

[b]

3-M.B.

Kino Duke

22:45

Strata-East LP SES 1972-3 Reasons In Tonality

 

Leader:Shirley Scott: Lean On Me

NYC  1972

George Coleman-tsx; J. Daniel Turner-f, asx; Roland Prince-g; Shirley Scott-org; Idris Muhammad-d

 

[a]

Lean on Me

Bill Withers

4:50

[b]

Royal Love

Shirley Scott

5:10

[c]

Smile

Turner-Parsons-Chaplin

5:34

[d]

Funky Blues

Shirley Scott

8:33

[e]

By The Time I Get to Phoenix

J. Webb

8:29

[f]

How Insensitive

Antonio Carlos Jobim

8:54

[g]

You Canft Mess Around With Love

Shirley Scott

5:54

[h]

Carlafs Dance

Shirley Scott

5:08

Cadet LP CA 50025

 

Leader:Johnny Hartman: Today

NYC, 1972

Johnny Hartman-voc; George Coleman-tsx; Roland Prince-g; Herman Foster-p; Earl May-b; Billy Higgins-d

 

[a]

By The Time I Get to Phoenix

J. Webb

 

[b]

Didnft We

 

 

[c]

Games People Play

Joe South

 

[d]

Betcha By Golly Wow

 

 

[e]

Summer Wind

 

 

[f]

Help Me Make It Through The Night

 

 

[g]

The Folks Who Live On The Hill

 

 

[h]

Wefve Only Just Begun

 

 

[i]

Ifve Got To Be Me

 

 

 

Perception PLP-30

 

Leader:The Joneses: Keepinf Up With The Joneses

c. 1974

 

Mercury 1021 or Dr. Dream DDLP-8602

[this needs research]

 

Leader:Keno Duke/Contemporaries: Sense Of Values

White Plains, NY, 1974

Frank Strozier-asx, f; George Coleman-tsx; Harold Mabern-p; Lisle Atkinson-b; Keno Duke-d

 

[a]

Sense of Values

Keno Duke

4:47

[b]

Mirage

L. Slessinger

9:25

[c]

Tibiron

Strozier-Duke

5:46

[d]

Too Late, Fall Back Baby

Harold Mabern

6:55

[e]

D.R.T.

Frank Strozier

8:15