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Steve Coleman is an American composer and jazz musician born in Chicago in 1956. He is a saxophonist who also plays the flute, alto saxophone, and clavinet. Coleman’s work spans genres including bebop, big band, hard bop, contemporary jazz, and free jazz. He is associated with the M-Base movement and has been influenced by Charlie Parker.
He was educated at the University of Chicago. Throughout his career, he has released records on JMT Records, Bertelsmann Music Group, and Tzadik Records. Coleman has received the MacArthur Fellows Program award and the Guggenheim Fellowship. He is recognized in the Macarthur Fellows collection.
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1956
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 114,426
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Steve Coleman is an American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz. Born on 20 September 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, Coleman moved to New York in 1978 and has lived in the NY area since that time. Although he has led several groups over the years, his main group Steve Coleman and Five Elements began in 1981 and is still active today. Others have included M-Base Collective <a href="https://www.last
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steve
- Family name
- Coleman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Educated at
- University of Chicago
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- clavinet
- Official website
- www.m-base.com
- Image
- Steve Coleman 1611.JPG
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- Steve Coleman
- date of birth
- 1956-09-20
- influenced by
- Charlie Parker
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