Hadley Caliman

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Hadley Caliman 1978 ( Pori Jazz )

Hadley Caliman (born January 12, 1932 in Idabel , Oklahoma , † September 8, 2010 in Seattle ) was an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , flute , bass clarinet , soprano saxophone ).

biography

Caliman began playing the clarinet at the age of twelve and then switched to the alto or tenor saxophone. At the age of 16 he started touring with professional bands; from 1949 to 1951 he played in the Roy Porter Big Band. In the early 1950s he studied at Pomona State College and the Conservatory in San Francisco . There he then worked with his own formations, in 1967 with Gerald Wilson and in 1969 with Don Ellis and Johnny Almond .

In the late 1960s he was briefly a member of a fusion band led by Ray Draper . In 1971 he made his first album under his own name. In the 1970s, Hadley et al. a. in jazz and fusion projects with Julian Priester ( Love Love on ECM ), Carlos Santana ( Caravanserai and Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live ! , Columbia, 1972), Joe Henderson , Earl Hines , Freddie Hubbard ( Pinnacle: Live & Unreleased from Keystone Korner ), Jon Hendricks , Eddie Henderson , Azar Lawrence , Patrice Rushen and Bobby Hutcherson (1976/77). In the 1980s he had a quintet with trumpeter Nathan Breedlove . In the 1990s he took part in recordings by Jessica Williams ( Joy ) and Akbar DePriest, among others . In the 2000s Caliman was still active in the Seattle area as the leader of a quartet / quintet, with which he was awarded in 2008 and most recently appeared again with Pete Christlieb .

Discographic notes

Albums under your own name

  • Hadley Caliman (Mainstream Records, 1971)
  • Iapetus (mainstream, 1972)
  • Projecting (Catalyst Records, 1976)
  • Celebration (Catalyst Records, 1977)
  • Gratitude (2008)
  • Reunion (2010) with Pete Christlieb

Albums as a sideman

  • Azar Lawrence: Bridge into the New Age (Prestige, 1974)
  • Patrice Rushen: Prelusion (1974)
  • Bobby Hutcherson: Knucklebean (Blue Note, 1976)
  • Freddie Hubbard: Skagly (1980)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jazzinstitut Darmstadt : Obituaries September 2010
  2. ↑ Winners at the 2008 Earshot Jazz Awards included trumpeter Thomas Marriott, saxophonist Hadley Caliman , The Seattle Times
  3. ↑ Longtime sax buddies rekindle days of soulful club gigs , The Seattle Times
personal data
SURNAME Caliman, Hadley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Idabel (Oklahoma)
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 2010
Place of death Seattle