Earl Coleman (singer)

Earl Coleman ( born August 12, 1925 in Port Huron, Michigan, † July 14, 1995 in New York City, New York ) was an American jazz singer.

Life and work

Coleman sang with Jay McShann in 1943 and 1945, in 1944 with Earl Hines. After several years of musical inactivity, he entered 1954 with Gene Ammons and took his first LP in 1956 Earl Coleman Returns ( Prestige LP 7045 ) on. Colemans influenced by Billy Eckstine singing is also on plates of Sonny Rollins (1956 ), Fats Navarro (1947 ) and Charlie Parker to hear.

The DIAL - Session 1947

Meanwhile, producer Ross Russell had scheduled a recording session with Bird and pianist Erroll Garner on 19 February 1947. To sponsor the young, then unknown singer, brought him Charlie Parker easily into the recording studio with - The result was a trio session with Garner, Parker Quartet and the vocal numbers Dark Shadows (4 takes) and This Is Always ( 2 takes). Besides these numbers created on this DIAL session Parker pieces Birds Nest (3 takes), Hot Blues, Blues Blowtop and Cool Blues ( 2 takes).

Disco printing specifications

  • Charlie Parker: Complete Charlie Parker on Dial, 1946-47 ( Original Jazz Classics | OJC, 1996) 4CD - Box
  • Gene Ammons: The Gene Ammons Story: The 78 Era, 1950-55 ( Prestige, 1992)
  • Miles Davis: Bopping The Blues 1946 ( Black Lion, 1988)
  • Etta Jones: Sugar ( Muse Records, 1990)
  • Sonny Rollins: Tour De Force, 1956 ( Prestige / OJC, 1991)
  • Earl Coleman Earl Coleman Returns ( Prestige, 1956)

Literature / Sources

  • Robert Reisner: Bird - The Legend Of Charlie Parker, New York City, Ca Capo, 1962
  • Martin Kunzler: Jazz Encyclopedia, Reinbek, Rowohlt 1988
  • Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, Second Edition, 1994 & Sixth Edition, London, Penguin, 2002 ISBN 0-14-051521-6
  • Peter Niklas Wilson, Ulfert Goeman: Charlie Parker - His life, his music, his records, Schaftlach, Oreos ( Jazz Collection ), 1988, ISBN 3-923657-12-9
  • Bielefeld Catalog Jazz, 2001
Vocal jazz Prestige Records Black Lion Records Richard Cook (journalist) Brian Morton (Scottish writer) Integrated Authority File
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