Introduction
Gloria Coleman (died February 10, 2010) 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.
She died on February 10, 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
- Soul Sisters (Impulse!, 1963) with Pola Roberts
- Sings And Swings Organ (Mainstream, 1965)
- Sweet Missy (Doodlin', 2007)
As sidewoman
With Leo Wright
- Soul Talk (Vortex, 1963 [rel. 1970])
With Hank Crawford
- Groove Master (Milestone, 1990)
With Nat Simpkins
- Cookin' with Some Barbecue (Muse, 1994)