George Coleman

• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL

• GATEFOLD EDITION

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

When any recording made by George Coleman is issued, it's an instant event. Though Coleman has always been busy performing, writing, and especially teaching, scant few LPs or CDs have come listeners' way. It is especially thrilling to hear him live in concert performance at the initial site of the then newly minted Yoshi's in Oakland, CA, as his extended techniques and heightened sense of tonal ideas come fully to the fore.

Coleman and pianist Harold Mabern, both originally from the fertile jazz scene in Memphis, make the perfect tandem, ably supported by super pros in expatriate drummer Alvin Queen and veteran New York bassist Ray Drummond, both of whom Coleman played with when he was in Europe.

PERSONNEL:

• George Coleman - (tenor saxophone)
• Harold Mabern - (piano)
• Ray Drummond - (bass)
• Alvin Queen - (drums)

Recorded Live at Yoshi's Night Club, Oakland, August 1987

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. They Say It's Wonderful
• A2. Good Morning Heartache

• SIDE B
• B1. Laig Gobblin' Blues
• B2. Io
• B3. Up Jumped Spring