Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman (born 1956, Chicago) is an American alto saxophonist, composer,
and improviser whose career began in Chicago’s R&B and funk bands before he
moved to New York in 1978, where he worked in the big bands of Thad Jones and
Mel Lewis and of Sam Rivers. He founded the collective and musical philosophy
M-Base in the early 1980s, and launched his principal group, Steve Coleman and
Five Elements, in 1981; the group remains active. His debut album, Motherland
Pulse (1985), was followed by On the Edge of Tomorrow (1986) and World Expansion
(1987) on JMT Records. Later releases,...
You and IAbbey Lincoln, Steve Coleman, Jerry Gonzalez, Arlene Knox, James Weidman, Mark Johnson and Billy Johnson
Talking to the Sun
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You're My ThrillAbbey Lincoln, Steve Coleman, Jerry Gonzalez, Arlene Knox, James Weidman, Mark Johnson and Billy Johnson
Talking to the Sun
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Whistling Away the DarkAbbey Lincoln, Steve Coleman, Jerry Gonzalez, Arlene Knox, James Weidman, Mark Johnson and Billy Johnson
Talking to the Sun
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El TamborileroSteve Coleman
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The Little Drummer BoySteve Coleman
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