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George Cables

A bebop pianist respected as an integral part of the American jazz scene since the late 1960s, George Cables played with greats like Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins and Max Roach and released over 30 albums of his own. First taught to play the piano by his mother as a child, Cables studied classical music at Mannes College but discovered jazz through Thelonious Monk and spent his late teens in bars watching the likes of Mose Allison and Charlie Mingus perform. His first band was called The Jazz Samaritans, but after touring with Sonny Rollins he started recording in Los Angeles as a si...