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A very special performance by one of my favorite european bass players, Ira Coleman and the unique voice of an extraordinary singer from New England by the name of Dominique Eade. In one of the most simple, but very jazz interpretation of the song "Tea For Two" from her 1997 CD entitle"When the Wind Was Cool".

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Una actuación muy especial por uno de mis bajistas europeo favoritos, Ira Coleman y la voz única de una extraordinario cantante de Nueva Inglaterra de nombre Dominique Eade. En una de la interpretación más simple, pero muy jazziada de la canción "Tea For Two", de su CD "cuando el viento era fresco"." When The Wind Was Cool".

MORE ABOUT DOMINIQUE EADE:
http://www.dominiqueeade.com/biography.html

MORE ABOUT IRA COLEMAN:
World Musician
Ira Coleman was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Raised in Southern France, Ira thereafter lived in Germany for fourteen years. While in Germany, Ira Coleman studied double bass at Cologne's "Hochschule für Musik" and subsequently came a move to the US to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston.
"I have very strong ties to Europe," says Ira who is fluent in French and German. "My mother was Swedish and a famous silversmith and designer, and my father was a painter and graphic artist from Baltimore. The place to go was Paris. My parents met many expatriate artists, writers and musicians." Among visitors to Ira's childhood home were Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Charlie Mingus and Chester Himes. Ira got his inspiration at an early age, though he didn't actually pick up a bass until he was 19 years old.
"The bass fits my character," says Ira, who graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1985. "In most musical genres the bass is the pivotal center piece, the instrument which provides a discrete and clear foundation, and I enjoy the many challenges its function poses."
Ira's resumé tells the story. Over the years, Ira has worked with such well-known figures as Cab Calloway, Freddie Hubbard, Betty Carter, Branford Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jessye Norman and Sting. He was musical director for vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and toured with her internationally from 2002 until 2009.
One night he's on the stage at Carnegie Hall playing in a tribute to African-American culture. The next morning he is on a plane to Europe to collaborate on a recording or heading to Japan for a jazz festival. As comfortable playing Jamaican rhythms as he is accompanying a gospel choir or performing in a Jazz trio, this professional bass player has built an international reputation for versatility.