Bill Coleman
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925
- Died
- 1981-08-24
- Works
- 20
Top works
- My Confirmation Journal
- Only love can make it easy
- Key teachings
- The gift to be simple
- Only Love Can Make It Easy (B-1)
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10,886
- Total plays
- 58,923
Tags
jazzswingtrumpetUSA40s
There are two artists named Bill Coleman: #1 - Bill Coleman (William Johnson Coleman, Paris, Kentucky, August 4, 1904 – August 24, 1981, Toulouse, France) was a jazz trumpeter. In 1909 his family moved from Kentucky to Cincinnati. His first musical explorations were on clarinet and C melody saxophone, but he eventually settled on trumpet. As a young man he worked as a messenger for the Western Union telegraph company. He studied with Cincinnati trumpeter Theodore Carpenter, and played in an a
Key dates
- Born
- 4 August 1904
- Died
- 24 August 1981
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bill
- Family name
- Coleman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- Place of death
- Toulouse
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz