Uniquely among the great American jazz trumpeters, Bill Coleman (1904-1981) spent the major part of his career in Paris. Two generously filled CDs present the cream of Bill Coleman’s artistry from his remarkable first sessions under his own name in 1936 and his classic dates with Fats Waller, through 24 years of memorable performances to the late 50s, still playing with the same relaxed strength and creative ingenuity which marked his entire career. The concluding Colemanology provides the perfect coda to a collection celebrating Bill Coleman; a trumpeter who combined grace and beauty with inspiration for every chorus of his life. We shall not hear his like again.

Tracklisting:

CD 1
1. What’s The Reason I’m Not Pleasin’ You?
2. Georgia On My Mind
3. I’m In The Mood For Love
4. After You’ve Gone
5. Joe Louis Stomp
6. Believe It, Beloved
7. Dream Man
8. I’m A Hundred Percent For You
9. Baby Brown
10. Rosetta
11. Stompin’ At The Savoy
12. Sweet Sue, Just You
13. Hangin’ Around Boudon
14. Japanese Sandman
15. Exactly Like You
16. Hangover Blues
17. Indiana
18. Rose Room
19. Bill Street Blues
20. After You’ve Gone
21. I Ain’t Got Nobody
22. Bill Coleman Blues
23. In A Little Spanish Town
24. ’Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
25. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
26. Three O’clock Jump

CD 2
1. I Never Knew That Roses Grew
2. Linger Awhile
3. Just You, Just Me
4. What Is This Thing Called Love?
5. St Louis Blues
6. Liza
7. I Can’t Get Started
8. Don’t Blame Me
9. Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby!
10. If I Had You
11. I’m Confessin’
12. Indiana
13. Blues In My Heart
14. Limehouse Blues
15. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
16. Idaho
17. Blue, Turning Grey Over You
18. Caravan
19. Honeysuckle Rose
20. I’ve Found A New Baby
21. Colemanology