Ira Coleman (musician)
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Ira Coleman is an American jazz bassist.
He appears on four albums by Paris-based pianist Laurent de Wilde
and has worked with artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater
, Milt Jackson
, Ulf Wakenius
, John Esposito
, Joanne Brackeen
, Herbie Hancock
and Tony Williams.
Coleman is currently touring with Sting and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
on his Symphonicity tour.
He appears on four albums by Paris-based pianist Laurent de Wilde
Laurent de Wilde
Laurent de Wilde is a French jazz pianist, composer and writer.Raised in France from 1964, he joined the Ecole Normale Superieure in 1981, philosophy section. In 1983, during a music scholarship, he lived in New York at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University...
and has worked with artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater is an American Jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater...
, Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
Milton "Bags" Jackson was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms...
, Ulf Wakenius
Ulf Wakenius
Ulf Wakenius is a Swedish jazz guitarist. Wakenius was a member of the Oscar Peterson quartet from 1997. He was also a member of the Ray Brown trio...
, John Esposito
John Esposito (pianist)
John Esposito is an American jazz pianist of advanced bebop tendencies. Known as a composer for his own groups and a versatile sideman capable of all styles from stride piano to free improvisation, he is a pianist highly influenced by modernism , and capable of playing off of several rhythmic and...
, Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Brackeen is an American jazz pianist and music educator.-Biography:She was born Joanne Grogan in Ventura, California. She attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, but devoted herself to jazz by imitating Frankie Carle albums...
, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
and Tony Williams.
Coleman is currently touring with Sting and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
on his Symphonicity tour.
Discography
- 1992: Live at the Blue Note - Franco AmbrosettiFranco AmbrosettiFranco Ambrosetti is a Swiss jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer born in Lugano, Switzerland, perhaps most noteworthy for his many albums released on the jazz recording label Enja Records. Ambrosetti's father, Flavio, was a saxophonist who once played sax opposite Charlie Parker...
- 1994: In from the Cold - Jonny KingJonny KingJonny King is an American jazz pianist.Raised in New York City, King graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law School and has been an attorney at a copyright practice....
- 1996: Below the Bassline - Ernest RanglinErnest RanglinErnest Ranglin O.D. is a Jamaican guitarist and composer. Best known for his session work at the famed Studio One, Ranglin helped give birth to the ska genre in the late 1950s...
, with Idris Muhammad, Gary Mayone, Monty Alexander - 1997: Recontre - Georges ArvanitasGeorges ArvanitasGeorges Arvanitas was a jazz pianist and organist.- Life and career :He began life as a child of Greek immigrants from Constantinople. At the age of four he began studying piano and initially trained as a classical. However he switched to jazz some time in his teens and would be known for jazz in...
- 1998: Gershwin's WorldGershwin's WorldGershwin's World is the forty-second album by Herbie Hancock.This album featured the songs of George and Ira Gershwin. It features several prominent musicians including Joni Mitchell, Chick Corea, Stevie Wonder, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra....
- Herbie HancockHerbie HancockHerbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound... - 1998: Mirrors - Joe ChambersJoe ChambersJoe Chambers is an American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer. He attended the Philadelphia Conservatory for one year. In the 1960s and 70s Chambers gigged with many high-profile artists such as Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Lou Donaldson, Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Giuffre...
- 2002: This Is NewThis is NewThis is New is a 2002 album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, dedicated to the songs of Kurt Weill.-Track listing:#"This Is New" – 3:47#"Lost in the Stars" – 5:36#"The Bilbao Song" – 10:24...
- Dee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee Bridgewater is an American Jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater... - 2002: Soul on JazzSoul on JazzSoul on Jazz is a 2002 album by Philip Bailey which was released on Heads Up International Records. On Soul on Jazz Bailey covered Thelonious Monk's Ruby My Dear, Earth, Wind & Fire's Keep Your Head to the Sky, Joe Zawinul's Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Gene McDaniels's Compared to What and Herbie...
- Philip BaileyPhilip BaileyPhilip Irvin Bailey is an American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor, best known as one of the longtime members of Earth, Wind & Fire. Together with Verdine White, B. David Whitworth, and Ralph Johnson he forms the heart of the current EWF line-up on... - 2005: J'ai Deux AmoursJ'ai Deux AmoursJ'ai Deux Amours is a 2005 album by Dee Dee Bridgewater. This was Bridgewater's first album of French music; she lived in France for more than two decades and speaks French.-Track listing:...
- Dee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee Bridgewater is an American Jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater...