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George Cables Photo credit: Terrence Jennings |
George Cables Interview by LondonJazz
PODCAST SYNOPSIS
0:00 Opening music: Happiness from the album Icons and Influences (2014)
My Muse was dedicated to George Cables’ late partner Helen Wray.
2: 24 Music: My Old Flame from the album My Muse (2012)
Happiness was the first song that George Cables wrote. It describes “the idealistic positive young man that I was,” and has reminders of his mother’s nature: “ready to see what each new day holds.”
5: 38 Music: Happiness from the album Icons and Influences (2014)
Mr Anonymouse was an unexpected room-mate in a cheap hotel room in Chicago. “He escaped before I could get his name.”
10: 57 Music: Mr Anonymouse from the album In Good Company (2015)
One of Helen Wray’s sisters is called Ann Marie, who is always known as Reggie. “She’s a great young woman with a great sense of humour.”
15: 06 Music AKA Reggie from the album George Cables Songbook (2016)
LINKS: Review of the George Cables Trio at Upstairs
For an interview going far deeper see Ethan Iverson’s…
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