George Adams

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George Adams was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flutist known for his powerful, expressive playing and collaborations with Charles Mingus and Don Pullen.

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George Adams canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flutist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
activeIn 20th-century jazz ⓘ
associatedAct Cecil McBee ⓘ
Charles Mingus ⓘ
Dannie Richmond ⓘ
Don Pullen ⓘ
Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet ⓘ
Gil Evans ⓘ
Lester Bowie ⓘ
Mingus Dynasty ⓘ
collaborationWith Charles Mingus ⓘ
Don Pullen ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
genre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
free jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
instrument bass clarinet ⓘ
flute ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableRole co-leader of the Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet ⓘ
member of Charles Mingus’s late-period bands ⓘ
notableWork City Gates ⓘ
Decisions ⓘ
Don’t Lose Control ⓘ
Earth Beams ⓘ
Life Line ⓘ
Nasty & Sweet ⓘ
Nightingale ⓘ
Old Feeling ⓘ
Paradise Space Shuttle ⓘ
Sound Suggestions ⓘ
occupation flutist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Enja Records ⓘ
Soul Note ⓘ
Timeless Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic blues-influenced phrasing ⓘ
expressive playing ⓘ
powerful tone ⓘ
use of vocal-like effects on saxophone ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaki Byard → associatedWith → George Adams ⓘ
Dannie Richmond → workedWith → George Adams ⓘ
Cecil McBee → associatedAct → George Adams ⓘ