caption website associated_acts years_active birth_name label image_size article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
the george coleman quintet , 2012 -lsb- http://www.georgecoleman.com/ www.georgecoleman.com -rsb- jimmy roach slide hampton lionel hampton ahmad jamal joey defrancesco chet smith baker miles davis herbie hancock b.b. king max 1950s & ndash ; present george edward coleman evidence , telarc 260 george coleman
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 8 march 1935 saxophone jazz , hard bop , post-bop george coleman at the jazz standard , october 2012.jpg memphis , tennessee , usa george coleman saxophonist composer bandleader teacher
george coleman

george edward coleman -lrb- born march 8 , 1935 -rrb- is an american hard bop saxophonist , bandleader , and composer , known chiefly for his work with miles davis and herbie hancock in the 1960s .
he was named a national endowment for the arts jazz master for 2015 .
