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16523441 | Play | Fight No More | 04:50 Tools | |
16523410 | Play | St. James Infirmary | 05:26 Tools | |
16523412 | Play | Afromotive in Blue | 06:30 Tools | |
16523419 | Play | Have blues, will play 'em | 09:46 Tools | |
16523511 | Play | Bound | 03:48 Tools | |
16523415 | Play | Colemanology | 05:12 Tools | |
16523411 | Play | I'm in the Mood for Love | 03:02 Tools | |
16523429 | Play | Bill, budd and butter | 09:44 Tools | |
16523420 | Play | The Pull Of The Pint | 03:03 Tools | |
16523435 | Play | Crossfire | 03:37 Tools | |
16523486 | Play | In My Head | 03:36 Tools | |
16523417 | Play | After You've Gone | 02:57 Tools | |
16523418 | Play | Swing Guitars | 03:04 Tools | |
16523481 | Play | Awake | 04:06 Tools | |
16523413 | Play | Joe Louis Stomp | 03:09 Tools | |
16523444 | Play | I Surrender Dear | 05:58 Tools | |
16523421 | Play | Rosetta | 02:41 Tools | |
16523414 | Play | Pennies from Heaven | 03:03 Tools | |
16523466 | Play | Offer Up The Hope | 05:01 Tools | |
16523425 | Play | Tenderly | 03:05 Tools | |
16523416 | Play | Linger Awhile | 03:06 Tools | |
55478783 | Play | From Boogie To Funk, Part 1: The Blues | 03:06 Tools | |
16523431 | Play | Georgia On My Mind | 02:55 Tools | |
16523433 | Play | Indiana | 02:49 Tools | |
16523438 | Play | Bill Street Blues | 02:49 Tools | |
16523434 | Play | Let My People Go | 03:01 Tools | |
16523450 | Play | Coquette | 02:48 Tools | |
16523500 | Play | Old Time Religion | 03:11 Tools | |
16523543 | Play | Don't Suffer In Silence | 05:24 Tools | |
16523426 | Play | Muskrat Ramble | 03:35 Tools | |
16523422 | Play | Jumpin' At Pleyel | 02:36 Tools | |
16523423 | Play | False North | 03:23 Tools | |
16523432 | Play | Si Jolie | 03:09 Tools | |
16523476 | Play | Welcome to the Breakdown | 03:54 Tools | |
16523430 | Play | Mood Indigo | 04:15 Tools | |
16523456 | Play | Rose Room | 02:48 Tools | |
16523554 | Play | From Boogie to Funk:, Pt. 2: The Boogie | 04:36 Tools | |
16523446 | Play | Believe It | 02:43 Tools | |
16523427 | Play | I Want You to Know | 03:19 Tools | |
16523496 | Play | Tour De Force | 06:39 Tools | |
16523442 | Play | Perdido | 03:53 Tools | |
16523580 | Play | Didn't Mean to Make You Cry | 03:38 Tools | |
16523591 | Play | I'll Tear My Own Walls Down | 03:43 Tools | |
16523459 | Play | Baby Won't You Please Come Home | 03:00 Tools | |
55478784 | Play | Blues in My Heart (Live) | 03:20 Tools | |
16523454 | Play | Say It Like You Mean It | 03:20 Tools | |
16523440 | Play | From Boogie To Funk, Part 2 | 04:36 Tools | |
16523470 | Play | Believe It, Beloved | 02:41 Tools | |
16523563 | Play | I Ain't Got Nobody | 03:00 Tools | |
16523473 | Play | Big Boy Blues | 03:29 Tools | |
55478785 | Play | Tin Roof Blues (Live) | 02:41 Tools | |
55478786 | Play | From Boogie To Funk: Part 2 | 02:41 Tools | |
16523461 | Play | Runaway (Kanye West cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
16523524 | Play | Devilette | 03:17 Tools | |
16523631 | Play | From Boogie To Funk: Part 1 | 11:36 Tools | |
55478787 | Play | I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
16523437 | Play | Jef And Step | 03:07 Tools | |
16523436 | Play | One O'clock Jump | 05:15 Tools | |
16523439 | Play | Bill Coleman's Blues | 02:48 Tools | |
16523449 | Play | Idaho | 08:12 Tools | |
55478788 | Play | Just a Gigolo (Live) | 03:29 Tools | |
16523424 | Play | I Believe in Miracles | 02:55 Tools | |
16523533 | Play | Church of Second Chances | 04:00 Tools | |
55478789 | Play | Draggie Mama Blues (Live) | 03:29 Tools | |
16523624 | Play | The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down | 02:43 Tools | |
16523495 | Play | Way Down Yonder In New Orleans | 03:11 Tools | |
55478800 | Play | I Ain't Got Nobody (11-19-37) | 02:38 Tools | |
16523451 | Play | From boogie to funk Part 1 | 11:39 Tools | |
16523428 | Play | When The Saints Go Marching In | 02:43 Tools | |
55478790 | Play | Reunion in Paris (Live) | 04:00 Tools | |
16523528 | Play | Your Hands Were Made for Working | 03:17 Tools | |
16523447 | Play | Summertime | 02:02 Tools | |
16523445 | Play | Tea for Two | 03:17 Tools | |
16523463 | Play | Saint Louis blues | 08:28 Tools | |
16523497 | Play | Exactly Like You | 03:00 Tools | |
55478791 | Play | Dinah (Live) | 11:39 Tools | |
55478792 | Play | My Ideal (Live) | 11:39 Tools | |
16523530 | Play | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | 02:54 Tools | |
16523488 | Play | Jumpin' At Pleyel - Eng 9 Nov 1951 Paris | 02:36 Tools | |
55478793 | Play | Come On a My House | 02:37 Tools | |
16523467 | Play | Beale Street Blues | 02:32 Tools | |
16523523 | Play | All There Is | 05:05 Tools | |
16523515 | Play | Have Blues Will Play 'Em | 09:46 Tools | |
16523606 | Play | Telle Que Je Suis | 02:50 Tools | |
16523510 | Play | First On Me | 03:59 Tools | |
55478798 | Play | Lester Leaps in | 02:38 Tools | |
16523443 | Play | Oh' I Hate To Get Up In The Morning | 02:37 Tools | |
16523479 | Play | Sister Kate | 02:54 Tools | |
87562163 | Play | I'm Coming Virginia | 02:54 Tools | |
55478794 | Play | Walkin' My Baby Back Home (Live) | 03:07 Tools | |
16523468 | Play | Hawkins Barrel House | 02:55 Tools | |
55478795 | Play | B. And G. Bounce (Live) | 02:36 Tools | |
16523551 | Play | Baby Brown | 02:31 Tools | |
16523457 | Play | Lover Man | 02:38 Tools | |
55478796 | Play | All Too Soon (Live) | 02:02 Tools | |
55478799 | Play | Bill, Bud and Butter | 02:38 Tools | |
55478797 | Play | Jump for Joy (Live) | 02:31 Tools | |
16523534 | Play | I Double Dare You | 03:04 Tools | |
55478801 | Play | In A Little Spanish Town | 04:14 Tools | |
16523521 | Play | Baby, Won't You Please Come Home | 03:01 Tools | |
16523626 | Play | Hangover Blues | 03:20 Tools | |
16523522 | Play | Somewhere | 03:53 Tools | |
16523492 | Play | St. Louis Blues (Part 2) | 04:41 Tools | |
16523509 | Play | The Girl with the Sun in Her Hair | 04:14 Tools | |
16523498 | Play | Satin Doll | 09:02 Tools | |
16523507 | Play | Big Bang Blues | 04:15 Tools | |
16523566 | Play | Three O'clock Jump | 04:16 Tools | |
16523493 | Play | Ghost Of A Chance | 05:02 Tools | |
16523487 | Play | The Blues Jumped Up And Got Me | 02:51 Tools | |
16523558 | Play | Slow Hurricane | 05:19 Tools | |
16523622 | Play | Lady Love | 04:53 Tools | |
16523512 | Play | Knucklehead | 03:43 Tools | |
16523629 | Play | The blues jumped and got me | 02:57 Tools | |
16523460 | Play | Basin' Street Blues | 05:39 Tools | |
55478802 | Play | From Boogie To Funk, Part 2: The Boogie | 03:11 Tools | |
55478850 | Play | Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? (11-19-37) | 02:59 Tools | |
16523546 | Play | Sweet Sue | 03:00 Tools | |
16523499 | Play | Black and Blue | 03:49 Tools | |
16523582 | Play | Margie | 02:38 Tools | |
16523568 | Play | O.k. for Baby | 03:03 Tools | |
16523458 | Play | Come On At My House | 04:59 Tools | |
16523489 | Play | Drum Face | 03:37 Tools | |
16523577 | Play | Bad Place to Find | 04:02 Tools | |
16523455 | Play | Out Of Nowhere | 04:33 Tools | |
16523491 | Play | St James Infirmary | 04:50 Tools | |
16523562 | Play | Eden Roc | 03:01 Tools | |
16523480 | Play | She Knows/I Know | 03:03 Tools | |
16523477 | Play | Am I Still Your Number One? | 03:20 Tools | |
55478804 | Play | Lady Bird | 02:38 Tools | |
16523448 | Play | Royal Garden Blues | 05:54 Tools | |
16523599 | Play | Welcome to the Breakdown (Joe's No Handbag Disko Remix) | 04:38 Tools | |
16523643 | Play | Therapise | 05:33 Tools | |
16523607 | Play | Jumpin' with Symphony Sid | 02:16 Tools | |
16523571 | Play | The Blues Jumped Out And Got Me | 02:54 Tools | |
16523483 | Play | Sheik Of Araby | 03:42 Tools | |
16523474 | Play | Chinatown | 02:11 Tools | |
55478805 | Play | Jumping At Pleyel | 03:48 Tools | |
16523618 | Play | St. Louis Blues | 05:14 Tools | |
16523453 | Play | Red Top | 03:48 Tools | |
16523513 | Play | On Green Dolphin Street | 06:11 Tools | |
16523596 | Play | Ca Marche | 03:38 Tools | |
16523526 | Play | I Never Knew | 02:39 Tools | |
16523482 | Play | Trombone Blues | 01:58 Tools | |
16523465 | Play | Back Home Again In India | 02:53 Tools | |
16523574 | Play | Big Boy Blues (11-19-37) | 03:27 Tools | |
55478810 | Play | Coquette (01-31-36) | 05:39 Tools | |
16523575 | Play | Why Me? | 04:38 Tools | |
16523553 | Play | Bagatelle | 03:07 Tools | |
16523549 | Play | I've Found a New Baby | 04:04 Tools | |
16523569 | Play | Bing Bang Blues | 02:53 Tools | |
16523634 | Play | Le marchand d'oiseaux | 03:01 Tools | |
55478806 | Play | Hangin' Around Boudon | 02:53 Tools | |
55478809 | Play | From Boogie to Funk | 05:39 Tools | |
16523525 | Play | jumpin'at the pleyel | 02:37 Tools | |
55478807 | Play | After You've Gone (11-12-37) | 03:07 Tools | |
55478808 | Play | Moi J'Ai Garde | 05:39 Tools | |
16523464 | Play | Solitude | 05:39 Tools | |
87562165 | Play | After You’ve Gone | 05:39 Tools | |
16523559 | Play | Montmartre Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
55478813 | Play | (I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My) Sister Kate | 04:18 Tools | |
16523540 | Play | I Newer Knew | 02:41 Tools | |
16523573 | Play | After You've Gone (01-31-36) | 02:58 Tools | |
55478811 | Play | Jumpin' At Pleyel (Eng 9 Nov 1951 Paris) | 05:39 Tools | |
16523472 | Play | In My Solitude | 05:26 Tools | |
16523535 | Play | Im Fer It Too | 04:13 Tools | |
16523541 | Play | Blue Turning Grey Over You | 03:46 Tools | |
16523502 | Play | Jericho, Joshua Fits The Battle Of Jericho | 02:46 Tools | |
16523638 | Play | Three OClock Jump | 04:18 Tools | |
16523617 | Play | I'm In The Mood For Love (01-31-36) | 03:04 Tools | |
55478817 | Play | Georgia On My Mind (01-24-36) | 03:34 Tools | |
55478812 | Play | From Boogie To Funk, part 1 | 04:18 Tools | |
16523601 | Play | Swing, Brother, Swing | 02:43 Tools | |
16523501 | Play | Come On A' My House (Alt Track 2) | 03:17 Tools | |
16523547 | Play | Hangin Around Boudon | 02:54 Tools | |
16523602 | Play | Belive it | 02:43 Tools | |
16523505 | Play | Come On A' My House | 03:17 Tools | |
16523475 | Play | Jumpin' At The Pleyel (Alt Track) | 02:37 Tools | |
55478815 | Play | Blue Lou | 02:40 Tools | |
55478830 | Play | The merry go round broke down | 08:13 Tools | |
55478816 | Play | From Boogie to Funk, Pt. 2- The Boogie | 02:40 Tools | |
16523628 | Play | Arc en Ciel (Over the Rainbow) | 03:34 Tools | |
16523532 | Play | Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen | 02:40 Tools | |
55478824 | Play | Joe Louis Stomp (01-31-36) | 02:37 Tools | |
55478821 | Play | I'm Fer It Too | 06:42 Tools | |
55478819 | Play | What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) (01-24-36) | 03:34 Tools | |
55478818 | Play | For Max | 03:34 Tools | |
16523552 | Play | Jumpin' At The Pleyel | 02:37 Tools | |
16523548 | Play | Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning | 02:40 Tools | |
55478814 | Play | Dont Suffer In Silence | 02:40 Tools | |
55478836 | Play | Bill Coleman | 03:28 Tools | |
55478857 | Play | Swinging Guitars (11-19-37) | 03:46 Tools | |
16523604 | Play | Old Maid Blues | 05:28 Tools | |
16523520 | Play | The Blues Jumped Up And Got Me (Alt Track 1) | 02:52 Tools | |
55478820 | Play | But Not For Me | 02:37 Tools | |
55478826 | Play | From Boogie to Funk, Pt. 2: The Boogie | 02:37 Tools | |
16523527 | Play | The Blues Jumped Up And Got Me (Alt Track 2) | 02:52 Tools | |
16523471 | Play | Si Jolie (Alt Track) | 03:13 Tools | |
16523462 | Play | From Boogie To Funk - Part 1: The Blues | 11:40 Tools | |
16523531 | Play | Do You Know What It Means To Miss New-Orlean | 06:42 Tools | |
55478838 | Play | Caravan | 02:43 Tools | |
55478822 | Play | Montmarte Blues | 06:42 Tools | |
55478823 | Play | 01 From Boogie to Funk, Pt. 1- | 02:37 Tools | |
55478825 | Play | Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleanslive | 02:37 Tools | |
16523503 | Play | Sweet Georgia Brown | 03:02 Tools | |
16523504 | Play | Slow Huricane | 05:04 Tools | |
55478828 | Play | St. Louis Blues (Part 1) | 11:40 Tools | |
16523588 | Play | What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)? | 02:26 Tools | |
16523648 | Play | The Object Of My Affection | 02:46 Tools | |
16523613 | Play | Come On A' My House (Alt Track 1) | 03:20 Tools | |
16523478 | Play | From Boogie To Funk - Part 2: The Boogie | 04:36 Tools | |
16523506 | Play | Tenderly (Alt Track) | 03:05 Tools | |
16523516 | Play | Blow Ye, The Trumpet Blow | 02:23 Tools | |
16523469 | Play | Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child | 03:50 Tools | |
55478851 | Play | She's Funny That Way | 03:27 Tools | |
55478827 | Play | Le Marchand D'oiseux | 03:13 Tools | |
55478864 | Play | The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (11-12-37) | 02:25 Tools | |
55478829 | Play | Georgia On My Mind (Remastered) | 11:40 Tools | |
16523542 | Play | S'Wonderful | 08:13 Tools | |
55478881 | Play | Honeysuckle Rose | 04:35 Tools | |
55478849 | Play | When My Sugar Walks Down The Street | 05:57 Tools | |
16523567 | Play | Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams | 04:35 Tools | |
87562167 | Play | From Boogie To Funk: The Boogie - Part 2 | 03:14 Tools | |
55478831 | Play | Yesterdays | 02:46 Tools | |
55478832 | Play | Alexander's Ragtime Band | 02:46 Tools | |
55478833 | Play | Believe It Beloved | 02:46 Tools | |
55478834 | Play | Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (Take 2) | 02:46 Tools | |
55478839 | Play | Rose Room (11-12-37) | 02:43 Tools | |
55478835 | Play | 02 From Boogie to Funk-, Pt. 2 | 03:20 Tools | |
55478841 | Play | Indiana (11-12-37) | 02:43 Tools | |
55478843 | Play | Linge A While | 02:43 Tools | |
16523494 | Play | I'm Comin' Virginia | 02:58 Tools | |
16523576 | Play | Ça Marche | 03:36 Tools | |
16523550 | Play | Down by the Riverside | 05:14 Tools | |
55478847 | Play | Turn the Lights Down Low | 03:14 Tools | |
16523529 | Play | Old Fashioned Love | 03:28 Tools | |
55478837 | Play | Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? | 02:43 Tools | |
16523611 | Play | Bugle Call Rag | 02:43 Tools | |
87562172 | Play | N'Embrassez pas ma Femme | 02:58 Tools | |
87562169 | Play | From Boogie To Funk: The Blues - Part 1 | 02:25 Tools | |
16523584 | Play | I Surrender, Dear | 05:57 Tools | |
55478840 | Play | The Devil and the Deep | 02:43 Tools | |
55478852 | Play | Bill Coleman Blues (11-19-37) | 03:27 Tools | |
55478842 | Play | She Moved Through the Fair | 02:43 Tools | |
16523633 | Play | Hello Babe | 04:12 Tools | |
55478844 | Play | It Had To Be You | 04:12 Tools | |
88877674 | Play | From Boogie to Funk, Part 1 - The Blues | 04:12 Tools | |
55478874 | Play | Activator (You Need Some) - Splashfunk’s Terminator Mix | 02:58 Tools | |
55478845 | Play | Blues For Teddy | 04:12 Tools | |
55478846 | Play | Bill's Brothers Blues | 04:12 Tools | |
87562166 | Play | Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Original | 04:12 Tools | |
16523592 | Play | My Melancholy Baby | 03:14 Tools | |
87562168 | Play | Don't Blame Me | 04:35 Tools | |
55478862 | Play | I Double Dare You (06-13-38) | 02:25 Tools | |
16523639 | Play | Smiles | 02:59 Tools | |
55478861 | Play | In A Little Spanish Town (06-13-38) | 02:25 Tools | |
55478848 | Play | Stardust | 05:57 Tools | |
55478866 | Play | Sit With Me | 02:26 Tools | |
55478865 | Play | Bill Street Blues (11-12-37) | 02:26 Tools | |
55478867 | Play | Montmartre Blues (06-13-38) | 02:26 Tools | |
55478853 | Play | S'Wonderful Live | 02:43 Tools | |
55478854 | Play | Sleeping Insane | 02:43 Tools | |
55478855 | Play | Bond | 02:43 Tools | |
88877675 | Play | From Boogie to Funk, Part 2 - The Boogie | 02:43 Tools | |
16523578 | Play | I Want You to Know (C:\ Driver Bray Pride Mix) | 03:46 Tools | |
16523586 | Play | 01 I Want You to Know | 03:19 Tools | |
16523565 | Play | I Can't Get Started | 02:25 Tools | |
55478856 | Play | Three Little Words | 03:46 Tools | |
87562173 | Play | Have Blues, Will Play'em | 02:58 Tools | |
55478858 | Play | There'll Be Some Changes Made | 02:25 Tools | |
55478859 | Play | Dolores | 02:25 Tools | |
55478878 | Play | Just You, Just Me | 04:35 Tools | |
87562174 | Play | Arc en ciel | 03:18 Tools | |
55478860 | Play | Back Home Again In Indiana | 02:25 Tools | |
16523556 | Play | What Is This Thing Called Love? | 02:26 Tools | |
87562170 | Play | St. Louis Blues - Part 2 | 02:25 Tools | |
55478880 | Play | Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning (02-12-41) | 04:35 Tools | |
55478879 | Play | Pound Horn | 04:35 Tools | |
16523646 | Play | Crazy Rhythm | 04:35 Tools | |
55478863 | Play | "Stormy weather" | 02:25 Tools | |
16523557 | Play | Montreux Jump | 05:11 Tools | |
55478868 | Play | Radio Tuning and Introduction | 02:58 Tools | |
55478869 | Play | On Green Dolphin Street Live | 02:58 Tools | |
55478870 | Play | I Am a Pilgrim | 02:58 Tools | |
88877676 | Play | You've Changed | 02:58 Tools | |
87562171 | Play | From Boogie To Funk (Part 1: The Blues) | 02:58 Tools | |
55478871 | Play | Sunday | 02:58 Tools | |
55478872 | Play | Runaway | 02:58 Tools | |
55478873 | Play | Amapola | 02:58 Tools | |
55478875 | Play | B.C. Blues | 02:58 Tools | |
88877677 | Play | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | 02:58 Tools | |
87562175 | Play | Doin' The New Lowdown | 03:18 Tools | |
88877678 | Play | Way Down Yonger In New Orleans (09-13-38) | 03:18 Tools | |
88877679 | Play | Margie (06-13-38) | 03:18 Tools | |
88877680 | Play | Sister Kate (09-28-38) | 03:18 Tools | |
88877681 | Play | Bagatelle (06-13-38) | 03:18 Tools | |
88877682 | Play | Sweet Sue, Just You | 03:18 Tools | |
88877683 | Play | I Want A Little Girl | 03:18 Tools | |
88877684 | Play | Bagatelle (06-13-38) | 04:35 Tools | |
87562177 | Play | St. Louis Blues - Part 1 | 03:18 Tools | |
87562178 | Play | From boogie to funk Part 2 | 04:35 Tools | |
88877685 | Play | Sweet Sue, Just You | 04:35 Tools | |
88877686 | Play | I Want A Little Girl | 04:35 Tools | |
87562179 | Play | Bing Bang Blues (1951) | 04:35 Tools | |
55478882 | Play | Turn Your Radio On | 04:35 Tools |
There are two artists named Bill Coleman: #1 - Bill Coleman (William Johnson Coleman, Paris, Kentucky, August 4, 1904 – August 24, 1981, Toulouse, France) was a jazz trumpeter. In 1909 his family moved from Kentucky to Cincinnati. His first musical explorations were on clarinet and C melody saxophone, but he eventually settled on trumpet. As a young man he worked as a messenger for the Western Union telegraph company. He studied with Cincinnati trumpeter Theodore Carpenter, and played in an amateur band led by trombonist J.C. Higgenbotham. He began professional work in Cincinnati with bands led by Clarence Paige and Wesley Helvey (both bands his teacher Carpenter worked in) then with Lloyd and Cecil Scott. In December 1927 he traveled with the Scott brothers to New York City, and continued to work with them until the late summer of 1929, when he joined the orchestra of pianist Luis Russell. His first recording session was with Russell on September 6, 1929, and he solos on the tune "Feelin' the Spirit." By December 1929 he had left Russell (partly due to the majority of the solo work going to section mate Henry "Red" Allen), but would rejoin the band on two more occasions during 1931-32. He rejoined the Scott brothers (then known as Cecil Scott's Bright Boys) in late 1929, participating in a Victor recording session, and continued to work with them through the early part of 1930. He worked with various New York based bands until rejoining Luis Russell in 1931. His first trip to Europe was with the band of Lucky Millinder from June until October 1933, after which he returned to New York to work with bandleaders Benny Carter and [(Teddy Hill)], whom he recorded with in early 1935. While with the Hill band he participated in a freelance recording session with pianist Fats Waller, waxing a number of memorable sides. Coleman returned to Cincinnati briefly in the summer of 1935, then headed to Europe, playing a residency in Paris with entertainer/vocalist Freddy Taylor (whom he had worked with in the Lucky Millinder band). While in Paris he recorded with guitarist Django Reinhardt and made several freelance sessions under his own name. In late 1936 he traveled to Bombay, India, playing with Leon Abbey's Orchestra, then back to Paris in April 1937, joining the band led by American-born saxophonist William T. Lewis (the band known as Willie Lewis and his Entertainers). After a sojourn to Cairo, Egypt, Coleman returned to the U.S. in March 1940, and worked throughout the 1940s with a variety of top groups including bands led by Benny Carter (1940), Teddy Wilson (1940-41), Andy Kirk (1941-42), Ellis Larkins (1943), Mary Lou Williams (1944), John Kirby (1945), Sy Oliver (1946-47), and Billy Kyle (1947-48). During this same time, Coleman participated in many recording sessions with top jazz stars such as Lester Young, Billie Holiday and Coleman Hawkins. He returned to France in 1948 and spent the rest of his life there in part due to racial segregation. Like many American musicians, he felt he received the recognition he deserved from European audiences, and during the decades he lived in France he traveled and performed in clubs and concert venues all over Europe. In 1978, he performed at the first Jazz in Marciac festival (along with tenor saxophonist Guy Lafitte), later becoming an honorary president of the festival organization. In 1974 he received the Ordre National du Mérite. From his first solo on record with the Luis Russell Orchestra, Coleman's playing exhibited a lighter sound more akin to Jabbo Smith than Louis Armstrong, yet his phrasing is more in the Armstrong vein than that of Smith. In many respects his playing was stylistically related to the playing by other swing era trumpeters such as Roy Eldridge and Buck Clayton. #2 - Bill Coleman is a musician from Cork, Ireland, who released his debut album, "I'll Tear My Own Walls Down", in February of 2007. His music has been compared, rightly or wrongly, to Elvis Costello and the Cure, but what definitely distinguishes him from the hordes of talented young men with guitars are his glorious sense of melody and heartfelt, but never saccharine, vocals. http://www.bcoleman.com/ Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.