EARL COLEMAN
Genres: Vocal Jazz, Latin Jazz • United States

Earl Coleman is an all-but-forgotten vocalist today.The barrel- voiced baritone was born in Port Huron, Mich., in 1925 and starting singing with bands led by Jay McShann and Earl Hines. In New York in the late 1940s, he became a fixture in the clubs of 52nd Street. Coleman brought enormous feeling to the ballads and blues he sang, sounding as though he were yawning and stretching while singing. Coleman also was a favorite of leading jazz musicians who recognized his special ability to crawl all the way inside a song's lyrics to tell a personal story. Coleman died in 1995. from www.jazzwax.com