Artist: Bill Coleman

Bill Coleman
Aliases
Bill Coleman + Four
Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars
Bill Coleman et son Orchestre
Real name
William Johnson Coleman
Born
August 4, 1904
Died
August 24, 1981
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz trumpet player and occasional vocalist. Coleman moved to France in 1948 in part to escape racial segregation, and most of his recordings were made after his move.

Performances

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 Black and Blue Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars 1954 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
2 Confessin' Bill Coleman et son Orchestre 1956 Chester Gaylord
3 Don't Blame Me Bill Coleman + Four 1969 Walter Woolf King
4 Down By the Riverside Bill Coleman with the Jef Gilson Big Band 1974 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
5 For Me and My Girl Bill Coleman + Four 1969 Margaret O'Connell
6 Ghost of a Chance Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars 1954 Bing Crosby
7 How High the Moon Bill Coleman + Four 1969 Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake
8 I Ain't Got Nobody Bill Coleman + Four 1969 Marion Harris
9 I'm in the Mood for Love Bill Coleman + Four 1969 Frances Langford
10 If I Had You Bill Coleman + Four 1969 Al Starita and the Piccadilly Players
11 If I Had You Bill Coleman et son Orchestre 1956 Al Starita and the Piccadilly Players
12 Lover Man Bill Coleman 1949 Billie Holiday
13 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Bill Coleman with the Jef Gilson Big Band 1974 The Tuskegee Institute Singers
14 Old Time Religion Bill Coleman with the Jef Gilson Big Band 1974 Haydn Quartet with Orchestra
15 One O'clock Jump Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars 1954 Count Basie and His Orchestra
16 Out of Nowhere Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars 1954 Bing Crosby
17 Royal Garden Blues Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars 1954 Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
18 Satin Doll Bill Coleman + Four 1969 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
19 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Bill Coleman with the Jef Gilson Big Band 1974
20 St. James Infirmary Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars 1954 Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
21 St. Louis Blues Bill Coleman 1949 Prince's Band
22 Stairway to the Stars Bill Coleman + Four 1969 Kay Kyser & His Orchestra - Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
23 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Bill Coleman with the Jef Gilson Big Band 1974 Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
24 The Sheik of Araby Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars 1954 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
25 When the Saints Go Marchin' In Bill Coleman with the Jef Gilson Big Band 1974
26 Yes, Sir, That's My Baby Bill Coleman et son Orchestre 1956 Gene Austin

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Jazz a Pleyel No. 1 Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars 1954 Philips
2 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Bill Coleman with the Jef Gilson Big Band 1974 Palm [2]
3 Three Generation Jam Bill Coleman + Four 1969 77 Records

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Bill Coleman et son Orchestre Bill Coleman et son Orchestre 1956 Columbia
2 St. Louis Blues Bill Coleman 1949 Swing

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