Ira Coleman (born April 29, 1956) is a French-American jazz bassist. Educated at the

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, he appears on four albums by Paris-based pianist Laurent de Wilde

Carr, Ian Ian Carr (21 April 1933 – 25 February 2009) was a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator. Carr performed and recorded with the Rendell-Carr quintet and jazz-fusion band Nucleus, and was an associate professor at the Guildhall ...

; Fairweather, Digby and Priestley, Brian
''Rough Guide to Jazz''

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, 2004. , at Google Books and has worked with artists such as

Dee Dee Bridgewater Dee Dee Bridgewater (née Denise Garrett, May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer and actress. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National ...

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, Tony Williams,

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and Antonio Farao.

Discography

*1985: ''

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Mulgrew Miller Mulgrew Miller (August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained in ...

*1990: ''Dreamboat'' - Carl Allen And Manhattan Projects *1991: ''

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Vincent Herring Vincent Dwayne Herring (born November 19, 1964) is an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and educator. Known for his fiery and soulful playing in the bands of Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, and Nat Adderley in the earlier stages of h ...

*1991: ''

Dawnbird ''Dawnbird'' is an album by saxophonist Vincent Herring which was released on Orrin Keepnews' Landmark label in 1993.Live at the Blue Note'' –

Franco Ambrosetti Franco Ambrosetti (born 10 December 1941) is a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer. He was born in Lugano, Switzerland; his father, Flavio, was a saxophonist who once played opposite Charlie Parker.Folklore: Live at the Village Vanguard'' – Vincent Herring *1993: ''Secret Love'' - Vincent Herring *1993: ''Tokyo Live -'' Tony Williams *1993: ''Piccadilly Square'' - Carl Allen And Manhattan Projects *1994: ''New York Romance -''

Barney Wilen Bernard "Barney" Jean Wilen (4 March 1937 – 25 May 1996) was a French tenor and soprano saxophonist and jazz composer. Life Wilen was born in Nice, France; his father was an American dentist turned inventor, and his mother was French. He began ...

*1994: ''In from the Cold'' –

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*1994: '' Power Talk'' –

*1996: ''Below the Bassline'' –

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, with

Idris Muhammad Idris Muhammad ( ar, إدريس محمد; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, R&B, and soul music and recorded with musicians such a ...

, Gary Mayone,

Monty Alexander Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was influenced by Louis ...

*1997: ''Rencontre'' –

Georges Arvanitas Georges Arvanitas (June 13, 1931 – September 25, 2005) was a French jazz pianist and organist. Life and career He was born in Marseille, a child of Greek immigrants from Constantinople. At the age of four he began studying piano and initially ...

*1998: ''

Gershwin's World ''Gershwin's World'' is a studio album by the American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. Prominent guests include Joni Mitchell, Kathleen Battle, Stevie Wonder, Wayne Shorter and Chick Corea. It contains songs written by George and Ira Gershwin. It f ...

'' –

*1998: ''Black Inside'' – Antonio Faraò,

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ENJA Records Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971. The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and Jap ...

) *1998: ''Mirrors'' –

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*2000: ''Tunga'' –

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*2002: '' This Is New'' –

*2002: ''Sings All Love -'' Grady Tate *2002: ''

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*2003: ''

The Creator Has a Master Plan ''The Creator Has a Master Plan'' is a live album by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. It was recorded on April 23, 2003 at Wonder Station in Tokyo, Japan, and was released later that year by Venus Records. On the album, Sanders is joined by pianist Wi ...

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Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...

*2005: '' J'ai Deux Amours'' – Dee Dee Bridgewater *2013: ''Evan'' – Antonio Faraò *2016: ''Landscapes -'' Joe Chambers

References

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