George Coleman Octet Live at the Village Gate, New York City - 1975 (audio only)

George Coleman Octet Live at the Village Gate, New York City, 1975-04-28. WRVR Stereo FM Radio Broadcast. -Setlist: 01. Improvisation 02. Body & Soul 03. Blue Bossa -Lineup: George Coleman - tenor sax Harold Vick - tenor sax Monty Waters - alto sax Mario Rivera - baritone sax Danny Moore - trumpet Harold Mabern - piano Lisle Atkinson - bass Eddie Moore - drums George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master. Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was taught how to play the alto saxophone in his teens by his older brother Lucian Adams, inspired (like many jazz musicians of his generation) by Charlie Parker. Among his schoolmates were Harold Mabern, Booker Little, Frank Strozier, Hank Crawford, and Charles Lloyd. After working with Ray Charles, Coleman started working with B.B. King in 1953, at which point he switched