George Rufus Adams (29 April 1940 - 14 November 1992) was a United States jazz musician who played tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. He was also known for his idiosyncratic singing. April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... This article pertains to the musical instrument. ... A typical Bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. ... Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, often constrasted with speech. ...

He is best known for his work with Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Roy Haynes and his own quartet that he co-led with pianist Don Pullen, bassist Cameron Brown and drummer Dannie Richmond. Charles Mingus Stamp issued by the USPS on September 16, 1995. ... Gil Evans (13 May 1913 - 20 March 1988) was a jazz arranger and pianist; noted for working with Miles Davis. ... Roy Owen Haynes (born Boston, Massachusetts, March 13, 1925) is one of the most recorded drummers in jazz. ... A quartet is a group of four identical or similar objects, or or a grouping of four persons for a common purpose. ... Don Pullen (December 25, 1941 - April 22, 1995) was a jazz pianist born in Roanake, Virginia. ...

His 1979 ECM record, "Sound Suggestions," is unusual because it teams Adams up with musicians such as trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, Heinz Sauer, pianist Richie Beirach and bassist Dave Holland who tend to play from a different style than the majority of Adams' recorded work. To listen to Adams in a more familiar context, try his records with Charles Mingus, or Don Pullen. ECM is an abbreviation of: Electret condenser microphone Electro chemical machining Electronic countermeasures Electronic control module Elliptic curve method (integer factorization) Enterprise content management Error correction mode (fax protocol) Extracellular matrix See also: ECM (record label) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... Kenny Wheeler (born 1930) is a Canadian trumpet and flugelhorn player. ... Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a jazz bassist and composer. ... Charles Mingus Stamp issued by the USPS on September 16, 1995. ... Don Pullen (December 25, 1941 - April 22, 1995) was a jazz pianist born in Roanake, Virginia. ...

George Adams' musical style was rooted in the blues and in American (especially Black) popular music. As a saxophonist his greatest influences seem to have been Rahsann Roland Kirk, with whom he played in Mingus' band on occasion, as well as the adventurous edginess of John Coltrane and Albert Ayler. He played with tremendous intensity and passion, as well as lyricism and subtlety. At times he bent over backwards when playing, almost ending up on his back yet somehow staying on his feet, such was his physical power. His singing varied from wild wailing blues to heartfelt and moving ballads. Album cover of A Love Supreme John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936–November 1970) was a jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. ...

One of his last recordings was America on the Blue Note label. This extraordinary album consists of classic American songs like Tennessee Waltz, You Are My Sunshine and Take Me Out to the Ballgame as well as a few original songs that articulate Adams' surprisingly positive view of his country and the gifts it had given him. It also includes the Star Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful, both played with exceptional sensitivity and creativity. In jazz and blues notes added to the major scale for expressive quality, loosely defined by musicians to be an alteration to a scale or chord that makes it sound like the blues. ... Nicholson took the copy Key gave him to a printer, where it was published as a broadside on September 17 under the title The Defence of Fort McHenry, with an explanatory note explaining the circumstances of its writing. ... America the Beautiful is an American patriotic song which rivals The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States, in popularity. ...

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Selected Discography

As a leader

• 1975 "Song of Adams"
• 1979 "Sound Suggestions"
• 1989 "America
• 1991 "Old Feeling"

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• 1973 "Mingus Moves"
• 1974 "Mingues at Carnegie Hall"
• 1974 "Changes One"
• 1974 "Changes Two"

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• 1978 "The Greeting"
• 1979 "Horizon"

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• 1975 "There Comes a Time"
• 1984 "Live at Sweet Basil"
• 1987 Live At Umbria Jazz: Volume 1
• 1987 Live At Umbria Jazz: Volume 2

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• 1979 "Don't Lose Control"
• 1979 "All That Funk"
• 1979 "More Funk"
• 1980 "Earth Beams"
• 1981 "Life Line"
• 1983 "City Gates"
• 1984 "Decisions"
• 1986 "Breakthrough"
• 1987 "Song Everlasting"