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American jazz musician
George Roland Bohanon, Jr. (born August 7, 1937) is a jazz trombonist and
session musician from Detroit, Michigan.
[1]
In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with
Johnny Griffith , Paula Greer,
David Hamilton , Lefty Edwards and Herbie Williams.
[2] After appearing on several Motown recordings, together with leading musicians such as
Hank Cosby , of
the Funk Brothers , he went to live in California.
[3]
In 1962, he replaced
Garnett Brown in the
Chico Hamilton Quintet.
[4] In 1963 and 1964, he recorded two albums for
Motown 's unsuccessful jazz Workshop label.
In 1971, he was a member of the
Ernie Wilkins Orchestra, playing alongside fellow trombonist
Benny Powell , that backed
Sarah Vaughan on her
A Time in My Life album, recorded in Los Angeles.
[5]
Between 1984 and 1993, he played in orchestras backing
Frank Sinatra .
[6]
Discography
As leader
Boss: Bossa Nova (Workshop Jazz, 1963)
Blue Phase (Geobo Music, 1991)
With
Karma
Celebration (Horizon/A&M, 1976)
[7]
For Everybody (Horizon/A&M, 1977)
[8]
With
Monk Higgins
With
Miles Davis and
Michel Legrand
As sideman
1966:
The Dealer ,
Chico Hamilton (
Impulse! )
1971:
A Time in My Life ,
Sarah Vaughan (
Mainstream )
1972:
Woga ,
Charles Kynard (
Mainstream )
1973:
Your Mama Don't Dance ,
Charles Kynard (
Mainstream )
1974:
Northern Windows ,
Hampton Hawes (
Prestige )
1974: Live'n Well , Bert Myrick (
Strata )
1974:
Slow Dancer ,
Boz Scaggs (
Columbia Records )
1975:
Stratosonic Nuances ,
Blue Mitchell (
RCA )
1975:
Black Miracle ,
Joe Henderson (
Milestone )
1975:
Places and Spaces ,
Donald Byrd (
Blue Note )
1976:
Eternity ,
Alice Coltrane (
Warner Bros. )
1976:
Everybody Come On Out ,
Stanley Turrentine (
Fantasy )
1976:
School Days ,
Stanley Clarke (
Epic )
1976:
Songs in the Key of Life ,
Stevie Wonder (
Tamla )
1978:
Jazz ,
Ry Cooder (
Warner Bros. )
1978:
Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela (
Horizon )
1979:
We're the Best of Friends ,
Natalie Cole and
Peabo Bryson
1992:
GRP All-Star Big Band (
GRP )
1992:
Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!
1995:
All Blues
1997:
Theme for Monterey ,
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
1998:
12 Songs of Christmas ,
Etta James (
Private Music )
2005:
Christmas Songs ,
Diana Krall
References
^
Feather, Leonard and
Ira Gitler (1999)
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz . Oxford University Press. At Google Books. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^
Dahl, Bill (2001) Motown: The Golden Years , P. 21. Krause Publications At Google Books. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^
Dahl, Bill (2001) Motown: The Golden Years , P. 64. Krause Publications At Google Books. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^
Yanow, Scott (2003)
Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years , p. 631. Backbeat Books
^
Gourse, Leslie (2009) Sassy: The Life of Sarah Vaughan , p- 274. Da Capo Press At Google Books. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^
Do Nascimento Silva, Luiz Carlos (2000) Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography . Greenwood Publishing Group At Google Books. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^ Karma - Celebration (LP liner notes). Horizon/A&M Records. SP-713
^ Karma - For Everybody (LP liner notes). Horizon/A&M Records. SP-723
International National Artists