58th birthday of Steve Coleman

(Born 20 September 1956, Chicago, US)

Intensely creative alto saxophonist and composer who categorises his music (as well as that of Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and other masters) as “spontaneous composition”

(Dave Holland Quintet, “Blues for CM” – featuring Steve Coleman [personnel: Holland, bass; Kenny Wheeler, trumpet; Robin Eubanks, trombone; Coleman, alto saxophone; Marvin “Smithy” Smith, drums; recorded: ECM, New York, US, February 1987]) 

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