Gloria Coleman


Gloria Coleman was an American musician.
Coleman played bass, piano then organ. As a jazz organist she released two albums. The first, Soul Sisters, by the Gloria Coleman Quartet was for the Impulse! Records label. It featured drummer Pola Roberts, Leo Wright and Grant Green. It was produced by Rudy Van Gelder. The second album featured Ray Copeland, Dick Griffith, James Anderson, Earl Dunbar and Charlie Davis.
Coleman wrote many songs for Bobbi Humphrey and Ernestine Anderson, among others.
Coleman married saxophonist George Coleman. The couple had two children and divorced. She died on February 18, 2010.
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Gloria Coleman among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

Discography

As leader

With Leo Wright
With Hank Crawford
With Nat Simpkins