GEORGE COLIGAN TRIO
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George Colligan [piano] – Joshua Ginsburg [bass] – E. J. Strickland [drums]
George Colligan is not only one of the great jazz pianists of his generation, but he has earned an international reputation as a multi-instrumentalist( drums, trumpet, organ, keyboards), composer, accompanist, teacher, and bandleader. Winner of the 2015 Down Beat magazine Critics Poll (Keyboard), he has had a long association with living jazz legend Jack DeJohnette. With over 130 albums to date as an accompanist.
George Colligan has toured, recorded ,and/or performed as a sideman with Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Cassandra Wilson, Buster Williams, Don Byron, Lonnie Plaxico, Gary Bartz, Benny Golson, Gary Thomas, Miguel Zenon, Tom Harrell, Steve Coleman, Eddie Henderson, Ralph Peterson, Vanessa Rubin, Steve Wilson, Dave Weckl, Richard Bona, Jane Monheit, Ravi Coltrane, Lenny White, Michael Brecker, Mike Clark, Nicholas Payton, Sheila Jordan, Janis Siegel, Christian McBride, Billy Hart, Charles Fambrough, Mingus Big Band, AL Foster, Mark Turner, Don Braden, Lew Soloff, Gunther Schuller, Carl Allen, Rodney Whitaker, Lee Konitz, Jamie Baum, Michal Urbaniak, Ron McClure, DJ Logic, Randy Brecker, Stefon Harris, among others.. His latest album, “More Powerful”(Whirlwind Records) is his 28th as a bandleader. Colligan, a New York resident for 15 years, now resides in Portland, Oregon where he is an Associate Professor at Portland State University.
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PRESS HIGHLIGHTS:
“Captivating and unpredictable.”
★★★★ The Guardian
“More Powerful showcases Colligan’s colourful use of a jazz vocabulary in the modernist tradition… It’s far more than a blowing session.”
★★★★ Jazzwise Magazine
“Colligan is an equally deserving torch-carrier of the piano trio tradition….”
★★★★ John Kelman , All About Jazz
“This set of sprightly numbers all penned by Colligan, don’t hold
back at any time… The sheer vitality of his playing is truly remarkable,
his tunes uniformly memorable and vibrant.”
★★★★ All About Jazz
“A thoughtfully programmed, impressively accomplished affair that should win Colligan plenty of new admirers.”
★★★★ London Jazz
“This is powerful, accessible, exciting contemporary jazz by a crack team of high-level operatives, treading a fine line between maintaining the tradition and pushing at the frontiers.”
★★★★ Jazz Views
“Colligan’s writing continues to showcase a talent for clear melodies that stay with the listener long after the album is finished.”
★★★★ Herald Scotland
An impressive offering from Colligan. The standard of the
musicianship is excellent throughout, sometimes dazzlingly so, these
musicians have ‘chops’ in spades.
★★★★ The Jazz Mann
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