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George Cables

born on 14/11/1944 in Brooklyn, NY, United States

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George Cables

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George Cables

George Andrew Cables is a jazz pianist, born November 14, 1944 in New York City.

He has played with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Joe Henderson, and many other well-established jazz musicians.[1]

His own records include the 1980 Cables' Vision with Freddie Hubbard among others.[2]

In the 1980s he worked in the project Bebop & Beyond, who recorded tribute albums to Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk.

Discography

As leader

Contemporary Records
Atlas Records
  • 1980 - Some Of My Favorite Things with Tony Dumas, Billy Higgins
  • 1982 - Old Wine, New Bottle with David Williams, Carl Burnett
  • 1982 - Wonderful L.A. with David Williams, Carl Burnett
  • 1983 - Sleeping Bee with David Williams, Carl Burnett
  • 1987 - Whisper Not with Tony Dumas, Peter Erskine
SteepleChase Records
  • 1993 - I Mean You with Jay Anderson, Adam Nussbaum
  • 1994 - Beyond Forever with Joe Locke, Santi Debriano, Victor Lewis
  • 1995 - Cables Fables with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
  • 1994 - Quiet Fire with Ron McClure, Billy Hart
  • 1995 - Person to Person solo
  • 1995 - Skylark with Jay Anderson, Albert Heath
  • 1996 - Dark Side, Light Side with Jay Anderson, Billy Hart
  • 2000 - Bluesology with Jay Anderson, Billy Drummond
  • 2001 - One for My Baby with Jay Anderson, Yoron Israel
Others

As sideman

With Art Blakey

  • Child's Dance (Prestige, 1972)

With Joe Farrell

  • Sonic Text (Contemporary, 1979)

With Curtis Fuller

  • Crankin' (Mainstream, 1971)

With Freddie Hubbard

  • Liquid Love (1975)

With Bobby Hutcherson

  • Waiting (Blue Note, 1975)
  • Knucklebean (Blue Note, 1977)
  • Highway One (Columbia, 1978)
  • Conception: The Gift of Love (Columbia, 1979)
  • Un Poco Loco (Columbia, 1979)

With Art Pepper

  • The Trip (Contemporary, 1976)
  • No Limit (Contemporary, 1977)
  • Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1977)
  • Landscape (1979)

With Max Roach

  • Lift Every Voice and Sing (Atlantic, 1971)
  • To the Max! (Enja, 1990-91)

With Archie Shepp

  • Archie Shepp
  • California Meeting: Live on Broadway (Soul Note, 1985)

References

  1. [George Cables at All Music Guide Allmusic]
  2. Yanow, Scott. [George Cables at All Music Guide Cables' Vision: Review]. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-12-27.

External links

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