Gloria Coleman

Gloria Coleman (died February 18, 2010) was an American musician.

Coleman played bass, piano then organ. As a jazz organist she released two albums. The first, Soul Sisters, by the Gloria Coleman Quartet was for the Impulse! Records label. It featured drummer Pola Roberts, Leo Wright and Grant Green.[1] It was produced by Rudy Van Gelder. The second album featured Ray Copeland, Dick Griffith, James Anderson, Earl Dunbar and Charlie Davis.[2]

Coleman wrote many songs for Bobbi Humphrey and Ernestine Anderson, among others.[3]

Coleman married saxophonist George Coleman.[4] The couple had two children and divorced.[4] She died on February 18, 2010.[5]

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Gloria Coleman among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.[6]

Discography

As leader

As sidewoman

With Leo Wright

With Hank Crawford

With Nat Simpkins

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References
  1. allmusic ((( Soul Sisters > Overview )))
  2. allmusic ((( Gloria Coleman > Biography )))
  3. Gloria Coleman - Women in Jazz - www.fyicomminc.com
  4. Longley, Martin (April 2010). "Close to Home". AllAboutJazz: New York. No. 96. p. 9.
  5. Sunderland, Celeste (April 2010). "In Memoriam". AllAboutJazz: New York. No. 96. p. 43.
  6. Rosen, Jody (June 25, 2019). "Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire". The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
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