George Coleman Junior

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George Coleman Jr. (* around 1975 ) is an American modern jazz musician ( drums ) .

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George Coleman Jr., son of jazz saxophonist George Coleman , received his first drum kit from Max Roach when he was seven . In his childhood he was influenced by both his father's jazz music and the blues music of his mother, the organist Gloria Coleman . He attended the New York High School of Music and Art and then took classes with Billy Higgins , Sam Ulano , Michael Carvin , Harold Mabern and Jamil Nasser . He then completed an engineering degree and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, to work as a chemical technician. But he continued to play drums in his spare time and formed his own band. Eventually he returned to music full-time.

From the end of the 1990s, Coleman a. a. with Dakota Staton , Ray Bryant , John Patton , Benny Green , Charles Davis , Johnny Coles , Benny Powell , Hilton Ruiz , Etta Jones , Sonny Fortune , TK Blue and Joey DeFrancesco ( Home for the Holidays , 2014). In the field of jazz he was involved in eight recording sessions between 1996 and 2017. Currently (2018) George Coleman Jr. is working with his own quintet composed of Mike DiRubbo (alto saxophone), Brian Charette (organ), Yotam Silberstein (guitar) and Eric Wheeler (bass), in 2019 with Paul Bollenback (guitar).

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  1. ↑ a b c George Coleman Jr. Smalls, November 11, 2018, accessed November 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 11, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Coleman, George Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1975