George Adams

A separate tenor and flute participant who was simply not timid to split up chordal improvising with an urgent scream or roar, George Adams was a genuine tone of voice who (like his friend Don Pullen) crossed over many stylistic boundaries. He began on piano, but by enough time he is at senior high school he was playing tenor in funk rings. In 1961, he toured with Sam Cooke, and in 1963 Adams transferred to Ohio where he used organ groupings for another couple of years. In 1968, he relocated to NY where he used Roy Haynes, Gil Evans, and Artwork Blakey, amongst others. However, it had been his association with Charles Mingus (1973-1976) that provided him his preliminary popularity. After playing a little with McCoy Tyner, Adams co-led a stimulating quartet with Don Pullen that produced many records. Later in lifestyle, Adams (who appreciated taking an intermittent raspy blues vocal) teamed up with Adam Bloodstream Ulmer in the group Phalanx, and sometimes used Mingus Dynasty.