Bill Coleman 1972 Lover Girl
Lover Girl – Bill Coleman 1972
One of my favourite trumpet players was Bill Coleman. I compare him in line with Buck Clayton and Red Allen. Unfortunately there are not many films of him. He lived for a large part of his life in France and missed some of the international glory the others had.
In a French TV program called Jazz Harmonie Bill plays Fluegelhorn. Marc Hemmeler piano, Jimmy Gourley guitar, Pierre Sim bass and Michel Silva drums
William Johnson Coleman (August 4, 1904 in Paris, Kentucky – August 24, 1981 in Toulouse) was a jazz trumpeter from the swing era.
He had his musical debut in 1927. Coleman's first recordings were with the Luis Russell orchestra, but all solos on record went to the rising star Henry "Red " Allen. This led to Bill Coleman's departure from the band. By 1935 he worked with Fats Waller. In 1935 he also moved for the first time to France. This led to his working with European musicians like Django Reinhardt in the mid-1930s. He later spent time in Egypt working with Herman Chittison. In 1943 he worked with the American saxophonists Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins.
He returned to France in 1948 and spent the rest of his life there in part due to racial segregation. In 1974 he received the Ordre National du Mérite.
From wikipedia
One of my favourite trumpet players was Bill Coleman. I compare him in line with Buck Clayton and Red Allen. Unfortunately there are not many films of him. He lived for a large part of his life in France and missed some of the international glory the others had.
In a French TV program called Jazz Harmonie Bill plays Fluegelhorn. Marc Hemmeler piano, Jimmy Gourley guitar, Pierre Sim bass and Michel Silva drums
William Johnson Coleman (August 4, 1904 in Paris, Kentucky – August 24, 1981 in Toulouse) was a jazz trumpeter from the swing era.
He had his musical debut in 1927. Coleman's first recordings were with the Luis Russell orchestra, but all solos on record went to the rising star Henry "Red " Allen. This led to Bill Coleman's departure from the band. By 1935 he worked with Fats Waller. In 1935 he also moved for the first time to France. This led to his working with European musicians like Django Reinhardt in the mid-1930s. He later spent time in Egypt working with Herman Chittison. In 1943 he worked with the American saxophonists Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins.
He returned to France in 1948 and spent the rest of his life there in part due to racial segregation. In 1974 he received the Ordre National du Mérite.
From wikipedia