George Cables

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George Cables

George Andrew Cables (* 14. November 1944 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American jazz - pianist , composer and bandleader of modern jazz .

Live and act

George Cables enjoyed classical piano training in his youth at the Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and studied for two years at Mannes College of Music . In 1964 he formed his first band, the Jazz Samaritans , which included musicians such as Billy Cobham , Lenny White and Clint Houston . He then played in various New York jazz clubs such as the Top of the Gate , worked with tenor saxophonist Paul Jeffrey and was briefly a member of Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers in 1969 .

On a tour in 1969 with Sonny Rollins , Cables came to the west coast of the USA and gained prominence in the jazz scene of Los Angeles , where he stayed first, and later in San Francisco . In 1971 he worked on Max Roach's album "Lift Every Voice and Sing". During this time he worked again with Sonny Rollins ("Next Album", 1972) as well as with Woody Shaw ("Blackstone Legacy") and Bobby Hutcherson . Cables also often used an electric piano. Gradually, Cables gained a reputation as a sensitive companion and became a sought-after sideman at festival appearances and record sessions. From 1969 to 1971 he played with Joe Henderson , from 1971 to 1976 with Freddie Hubbard , for whom he a. a wrote the titles "Ebony Moonbeam" and "Camel Rise". He also worked in Los Angeles with his own Cable Car trio . In 1977 he became a member of Dexter Gordon's band and also worked with Art Pepper . Cables became Pepper's preferred pianist, calling him “Mr. Beautiful "called. Together they made several quartet recordings for the jazz label Contemporary and Galaxy , such as the concert recordings at the Village Vanguard jazz club in July 1977, as well as the duet album Goin 'Home on Pepper's last recording session in May 1982. George Cables also worked on recordings of Philly Joe Jones , Roy Haynes , Joe Chambers , Joe Farrell , Shorty Rogers Archie Shepp , Sarah Vaughan , Tony Williams , Charles Owens and Dizzy Gillespie with.

Cables also earned a reputation as a leader in trios and quartets and as a soloist and player in duets in the 1980s and 1990s; a number of albums emerged, especially on the Contemporary Records and Steeplechase labels . Contributing musicians were u. a. bassists Ron McClure , Cecil McBee , Jay Anderson and drummers Victor Lewis , Billy Hart , Albert "Tootie" Heath and Tony Williams .

Cables belongs to the generation of pianists like Kenny Barron or Jim McNeely , who play in the tradition of McCoy Tyner . Cables himself “names Thelonious Monk as his main influence, but also“ the harmonious concept of Herbie Hancock , Wynton Kelly , Oscar Peterson ”. In his brilliant game go Bop - phrasing , romanticism and radio a tense connection on ".

Since 2007 he has been working with the all-star formation The Cookers . A gala in the form of an All Star Benefit Tribute concert took place for the sick George Cables in January 2007 , in which Kenny Barron, Andy Bey , Randy Brecker , Lenny White , Steve Turre , Reggie Workman and many others participated. After a leg amputation, Cables was able to continue his career in 2019; so he appeared in a trio with Dezron Douglas and Victor Lewis at Village Vanguard .

George Cables

Selection discography

Recordings as a leader or co-leader

  • 1979 - Circles (Contemporary Records) with Joe Farrell, Ernie Watts , Rufus Reid , Peter Erskine
  • 1979 - Cable Vision (OJC) with Freddie Hubbard, Ernie Watts, Bobby Hutcherson
  • 1985 - Phantom of the City (Contemporary Records) with Tony Williams , John Heard
  • 1987 - By George: Plays the Music of George Gershwin (Contemporary Records), with Ralph Penland , John Heard
  • 1991 - Cable Fables (Steeplechase)
  • 1991 - Night and Day ( DIW ) with Cecil McBee, Billy Hart
  • 1991 - Beyond Forever (Steeplechase) with Joe Locke , Santi Debriano , Victor Lewis
  • 1993 - I Mean You (Steeplechase) with Jay Anderson, Adam Nussbaum
  • 1994 - Maybeck Recital Hall Series - Volume 35 (Concord) solo
  • 1994 - Quiet Fire (Steeplechase) with Ron McClure, Billy Hart
  • 1995 - Person to Person (Steeplechase) solo
  • 1995 - Skylark (Steeplechase) with Jay Anderson, Albert Heath
  • 1996 - Dark Side, Light Side (Steeplechase) with Jay Anderson, Billy Hart
  • 2000 - One for My Baby (Steeplechase) with Jim Anderson , Yoron Israel
  • 2014 - Icons and Influences (HighNote) with Dezron Douglas , Victor Lewis
  • 2016 - The George Cables Songbook (HighNote) with Craig Handy , Essiet Essiet , Victor Lewis, Steve Kroon and Sarah Elizabeth Charles
  • 2018 - Frank Morgan & George Cables: Montreal Memories (HighNote, rec. 1989, ed. 2018)
  • 2019 - I'm All Smiles (High Note), with Essiet Essiet, Victor Lewis

Recordings as a sideman

  • Joe Farrell: Sonic Text (OJC, 1979)
  • Chico Freeman : Focus (Contemporary, 1994)
  • Joe Henderson: Tetragon / In Pursuit of Blackness (BCP, 1967-71)
  • Art Pepper: The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (Galaxy, 1977)
  • Woody Shaw: Song of Songs (OJC, 1972)
  • Archie Shepp: California Meeting ( Soul Note , 1985)
  • John Stubblefield: Morning Song (Enja, 1993)

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literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ cit. after Cook & Morton, p. 238 f. Cook and Morton gave Cables' albums Phantom of the City (1985) and Night and Day the highest rating of four stars. They describe Phantom of the City as a wonderfully balanced trio album and probably the best record appearance by Tony Williams in the 1980s .
  2. ↑ cit. to Berendt / Huesmann
  3. ↑ cit. according to Kunzler, p. 186
personal data
SURNAME Cables, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cables, George Andrew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (piano, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City