George Cables

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George Cables
Background information
Born (1944-11-14) 14 November 1944
New York City, New York
United States
Genres Jazz
Occupations Musician
Instruments Piano
Labels Whynot, Contemporary, Toshiba, DIW, SteepleChase, Concord, Meldac, Soul Note
Website Cables' Official Site

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

Jazz pianist George Cables in 1984. Photo by Brian McMillen

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
  • 1975 - Why Not (Whynot) with Tony Dumas, Carl Burnett
  • 1984 - The Big Jazz Trio (Eastworld) with Stanley Clarke, Peter Erskine
  • 1991 - Night and Day (DIW) with Cecil McBee, Billy Hart
  • 1994 - Maybeck Recital Hall Series - Volume 35 (Concord) solo
  • 2000 - Alone Together (Groove Jazz) with Philippe Soirat, Carlos Barretto
  • 2001 - Senorita de Aranjuez (Meldac) with George Mraz, Victor Lewis
  • 2002 - Shared Secrets (MuseFX) with Bennie Maupin, Gary Bartz
  • 2003 - Looking for the Light (MuseFX) with Gary Bartz, Peter Washington, Victor Lewis
  • 2006 - A letter to Dexter (Kind of Blue) with Rufus Reid, Victor Lewis
  • 2010 - You Dont Know Me (Kind of Blue)
  • 2012 - My Muse (HighNote) with Essiet Essiet, Victor Lewis

As sideman

With Art Blakey

With Joe Farrell

  • Sonic Text (Contemporary, 1979)

With Curtis Fuller

With Freddie Hubbard

With Bobby Hutcherson

With Eddie Marshall

  • Dance of the Sun (Muse, 1977)

With Art Pepper

With Max Roach

With Woody Shaw

With Bud Shank

  • Quiet Fire (Contemporary, 1991)

With Archie Shepp

References

  1. Allmusic
  2. Yanow, Scott. "Cables' Vision: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-27. 

External links

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