Hadley Caliman

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

Biography

Caliman began at the age of twelve years, first on the clarinet and then switched to the old or to the tenor saxophone. At age 16, he began to walk with professional bands on tour; 1949 to 1951 he played in the Roy Porter Big Band. In the early 1950s he studied at Pomona College and the State Conservatory in San Francisco. He then worked with his own bands, in 1967 Gerald Wilson and in 1969 with Don Ellis and Johnny Almond.

In the late 1960s he was a member of a fusion band, led by Ray Draper for a short time. In 1971 his first album under his own name. In the 1970s, Hadley worked among others 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, 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 worked with, among others, with shots of Jessica Williams ( Joy) and Akbar DePriest. In the 2000s Caliman was still active in the Seattle area as the head of a quartet / quintet, with which he was awarded in 2008 and held its last meeting back on with Pete Christlieb.

Disco Graphical Notes

Albums under his 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 )

Swell

  • Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9
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