Hadley Caliman


Hadley Caliman (January 12, 1932 – September 8, 2010) was an American jazz saxophone and flute player.[1]

Hadley Caliman
Hadley Caliman performs with the Freddie Hubbard Quintet at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland in 1978.
Background information
Born(1949-12-31)December 31, 1949
Idabel, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 1993(1993-02-24) (aged 51)
Seattle, Washington
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsSaxophone, flute

Career

Raised by his mother in rural Idabel, Oklahoma until the age of ten, he moved to Los Angeles with his father and studied at Jefferson High School, the same school as saxophonist Dexter Gordon.[2] One of his teachers was trumpeter Art Farmer.[2] He worked with Earl Hines, Carlos Santana, the Grateful Dead,[2] Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard,[3] Jon Hendricks,[1] Earl Anderza,[4] In the late 1960s, he was a member of a jazz-rock fusion group led by Ray Draper.

He recorded his first solo album in 1971 before moving to Cathlamet, Washington with his third wife to raise a family.[2] Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he led quartet and quintet in Seattle. He was on the music faculty at Cornish College of the Arts until his retirement in 2003 and taught private lessons to area musicians.[2] He moved to Seattle, where he lived with his fourth wife and recorded three solo albums after being diagnosed with liver cancer in 2008. He died in September 2010 at the age of 78.[2]

Discography

As leader
  • Hadley Caliman (Mainstream, 1971)
  • Iapetus (Mainstream, 1972)
  • Projecting (Catalyst, 1976)
  • Celebration (Catalyst, 1977)
  • Gratitude (Origin, 2008)
  • Straight Ahead (Origin, 2010)
  • Reunion with Pete Christlieb (Origin, 2010)

As sideman

With Gerald Wilson

With others

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See also

References
  1. All About Jazz Archived 2010-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Lacitis, Erik (11 September 2010). "Jazz saxophonist Hadley Caliman, 78, dies; he was 'totally focused on the music'". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. Ross, Bob (13 March 1978). "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. "Earl Anderza Leader Entry". www.jazzdiscography.com. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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