George Cables
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Background information | |
Born | New York City | November 14, 1944
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Piano |
Labels | SteepleChase, Contemporary, Atlas |
Associated acts | |
Website | www |
George Andrew Cables (born November 14, 1944)[1] is an American jazz pianist and composer.
Early life[]
Cables was born in New York City, United States.[1] He was initially taught piano by his mother.[1] He then studied at the High School of Performing Arts and later at Mannes College (1963–65).[1] He formed the Jazz Samaritans at the age of 18, a band that included Billy Cobham, Steve Grossman, and Clint Houston.[1] Cables' early influences on piano were Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock.[1]
Later life and career[]
Cables has played with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Joe Henderson, and other well-established jazz musicians.[2]
His own records include the 1980 Cables' Vision with Freddie Hubbard among others.[3] From 1983, Cables worked in the project Bebop & Beyond. He left later in the 1980s, but returned for guest appearances on two early 1990s albums, before rejoining in 1998.[1]
Discography[]
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As leader/co-leader[]
Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
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1975 | Why Not | Whynot | Trio, with Tony Dumas (bass), Carl Burnett (drums) |
1979 | Circle | Contemporary | With Joe Farrell (flute), Ernie Watts (alto sax), Rufus Reid (bass), Eddie Gladden (drums) |
1979 | Cables' Vision | Contemporary | With Freddie Hubbard (flugelhorn), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Tony Dumas (bass, electric bass), Peter Erskine (drums); some tracks with Ernie Watts (tenor sax, flute), Vince Charles (percussion) added |
1980 | Morning Song | HighNote | Quartet, with Eddie Henderson (trumpet), John Heard (bass), Sherman Ferguson (drums); in concert |
1980? | Some of My Favorite Things | Atlas | Trio, with Tony Dumas (bass), Billy Higgins (drums) |
1981 | Whisper Not | Atlas | Trio, with Tony Dumas (bass), Peter Erskine (drums) |
1982? | Old Wine, New Bottle | Atlas | Trio, with David Williams (bass), Carl Burnett (drums) |
1982? | Wonderful L.A. | Atlas | Trio, with David Williams (bass), Carl Burnett (drums) |
1982 | Goin' Home | Galaxy | Duo, with Art Pepper (alto sax, clarinet) |
1982 | Tête-à-Tête | Galaxy | Duo, with Art Pepper (alto sax) |
1983? | Sleeping Bee | Atlas | Trio, with Tony Dumas (bass), Ralph Penland (drums) |
1984 | The Big Jazz Trio | Eastworld | Trio, with Stanley Clarke (bass), Peter Erskine (drums) |
1985 | Phantom of the City | Contemporary | Trio, with John Heard (bass), Tony Williams (drums) |
1986 | Double Image | Contemporary | Duo, with Frank Morgan (alto sax) |
1987 | By George | Contemporary | Some tracks solo piano; most tracks trio, with John Heard (bass), Ralph Penland (drums) |
1991 | Cables Fables | SteepleChase | Trio, with Peter Washington (bass), Kenny Washington (drums) |
1991 | Night and Day | DIW | Trio, with Cecil McBee (bass), Billy Hart (drums) |
1991 | Beyond Forever | SteepleChase | With Joe Locke (vibraphone), Santi Debriano (bass), Victor Lewis (drums) |
1993 | I Mean You | SteepleChase | Trio, with Jay Anderson (bass), Adam Nussbaum (drums) |
1994 | Quiet Fire | SteepleChase | Trio, with Ron McClure (bass), Billy Hart (drums) |
1994 | George Cables at Maybeck | Concord | Solo piano; in concert |
1995 | Person to Person | SteepleChase | Solo piano |
1995 | Alone Together | Groove Jazz | Trio, with Philippe Soirat, Carlos Barretto |
1995 | Skylark | SteepleChase | Trio, with Jay Anderson (bass), Albert Heath (drums) |
1996 | Dark Side, Light Side | SteepleChase | Trio, with Jay Anderson (bass), Billy Hart (drums) |
1997 | Bluesology | SteepleChase | Trio, with Jay Anderson (bass), Billy Drummond (drums) |
2000 | One for My Baby | SteepleChase | Trio, with Jay Anderson (bass), Yoron Israel (drums) |
2001 | Senorita de Aranjuez | Meldac | Trio, with George Mraz (bass), Victor Lewis (drums) |
2001 | New York Concerto | Meldac | Trio, with George Mraz (bass), Victor Lewis (drums) |
2001 | Shared Secrets | MuseFX | With Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet), Gary Bartz (alto sax), Alphonso Johnson and Abraham Laboriel (bass; separately); Vinny Colaiuta and Peter Erskine (drums; separately) |
2003 | Looking for the Light | MuseFX | One track solo piano; one track trio, with Peter Washington (bass), Victor Lewis (drums); most tracks quartet, with Gary Bartz (alto sax, soprano sax) added |
2004 | A Letter to Dexter | Kind of Blue | Trio, with Rufus Reid (bass), Victor Lewis (drums) |
2007 | You Don't Know Me | Kind of Blue | Solo piano |
2012 | My Muse | HighNote | Trio, with Essiet Essiet (bass), Victor Lewis (drums) |
2013 | Icons & Influences | HighNote | Trio, with Dezron Douglas (bass), Victor Lewis (drums) |
2015 | In Good Company | HighNote | Trio, with Essiet Essiet (bass), Victor Lewis (drums) |
2016 | The George Cables Songbook | HighNote | Some tracks trio, with Essiet Essiet (bass), Victor Lewis (drums); some tracks quartet, with Sarah Elizabeth Charles (vocals) added); one track quintet, with Craig Handy (tenor sax, flute) added; some tracks sextet, with Steven Kroon (percussion) added |
2019 | HighNote | Trio, with Essiet Essiet (bass), Victor Lewis (drums) |
As sideman[]
With Laurie Antonioli
- Soul Eyes (Catero, 1984)
With Gary Bartz
- Love Song (Vee-Jay International, 1977)
With Art Blakey
- Child's Dance (Prestige, 1972)
With Joe Chambers
- The Almoravid (Muse, 1974)
With Joe Farrell
- Sonic Text (Contemporary, 1979)
With Chico Freeman
- Focus (Contemporary, 1995)
With Curtis Fuller
- Crankin' (Mainstream, 1971)
With Billy Harper
- Capra Black (Strata-East, 1973)
With Roy Haynes
- Thank You Thank You (Galaxy, 1977)
- Vistalite (Galaxy, 1977 [1979])
With Eddie Henderson
- Comin' Through (Capitol, 1977)
With Joe Henderson
- If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Milestone, 1970)
- In Pursuit of Blackness (Milestone, 1971)
With Freddie Hubbard
- High Energy (Columbia, 1974)
- Gleam (Columbia, 1975)
- Liquid Love (Columbia, 1975)
- Windjammer (Columbia, 1976)
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)
- Four Seasons (Timeless, 1983 [1985])
- Good Bait (Landmark, 1985)
With Philly Joe Jones
- Philly Mignon (Galaxy, 1977)
With Eddie Marshall
- (Muse, 1977)
With Greg Marvin
- Taking Off! (Planet X, 1991)
- Special Edition (Planet X, 2001)
With Frank Morgan
- Quiet Fire (Contemporary, 1987 [1991] with Bud Shank
- Mood Indigo (Antilles, 1989)
- A Lovesome Thing (Antilles, 1991)
- City Nights: Live at the Jazz Standard (HighNote, 2003 [2004])
- Raising the Standard (HighNote, 2002 [2005])
- A Night in the Life (HighNote, 2003 [2007])
- Keep the Dream Alive (Prestige, 1978)
With Art Pepper
- The Trip (Contemporary, 1976)
- No Limit (Contemporary, 1977)
- Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1977 [1979])
- Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1977 [1979])
- Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1977 [1979])
- More for Les at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1977 [1985])
- San Francisco Samba (Contemporary, 1977 [1997])
- So in Love (Artists House, 1979)
- Artworks (Galaxy, 1979 [1984])
- Landscape (Galaxy, 1979)
- Besame Mucho (JVC, 1979 [1981])
- Roadgame (Galaxy, 1981 [1982])
- Art Lives (Galaxy 1981 [1983])
- APQ (Galaxy, 1981 [1984])
- Arthur's Blues (Galaxy, 1981 [1991])
- Art Pepper: Unreleased Art, Vol. 1 (APM 2006)
With Max Roach
With Sonny Rollins
- Next Album (Milestone 1972)
With Charlie Rouse
- Epistrophy (Landmark, 1989)
With Bud Shank
- Yesterday, Today and Forever (Concord Jazz, 1983) with Shorty Rogers
- California Concert (Contemporary, 1985) with Shorty Rogers
- That Old Feeling (Contemporary, 1986)
- Quiet Fire (Contemporary, 1987 [1991] with Frank Morgan
With Woody Shaw
- Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970)
- Song of Songs (Contemporary, 1972)
- Woody III (Columbia, 1979)
With Archie Shepp
- Archie Shepp
- California Meeting: Live on Broadway (Soul Note, 1985)
With Bennie Wallace
- (Enja Records, 2002)
With Kazumi Watanabe
- Lonesome Cat (Denon, 1978)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Rinzler, Paul; Kernfeld, Barry, Cables, George, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, retrieved December 18, 2014
- ^ Biography, AllMusic
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Cables' Vision: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
External links[]
- 1944 births
- Living people
- American jazz pianists
- American male pianists
- Musicians from New York City
- SteepleChase Records artists
- DIW Records artists
- Black Saint/Soul Note artists
- Contemporary Records artists
- Concord Records artists
- American session musicians
- 20th-century American pianists
- Jazz musicians from New York (state)
- 21st-century American pianists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians
- Bebop & Beyond members
- HighNote Records artists