George Cables


George Andrew Cables is an American jazz pianist and composer.

Early life

Cables was born in New York City, United States. He was initially taught piano by his mother. He then studied at the High School of Performing Arts and later at Mannes College. He formed the Jazz Samaritans at the age of 18, a band that included Billy Cobham, Steve Grossman, and Clint Houston. Cables' early influences on piano were Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock.

Later life and career

Cables has played with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Joe Henderson, Frank Morgan and other well-established jazz musicians.
His own records include the 1980 Cables' Vision with Freddie Hubbard among others. From 1983, Cables worked in the project Bebop & Beyond. He left later in the 1980s, but returned for guest appearances on two early 1990s albums, before rejoining in 1998.
Cables is a charter member of The Cookers band, founded in 2010, which includes leading jazz composers and players like Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Donald Harrison, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart and others.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

As sideman

With The Cookers
With Roy Haynes
  • Thank You Thank You
  • Vistalite
With Eddie Henderson
  • Comin' Through
  • Witness to History
With Joe Henderson
  • If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem
  • In Pursuit of Blackness
With Freddie Hubbard
  • Keep Your Soul Together
  • High Energy
  • Gleam
  • Liquid Love
  • Windjammer
With Bobby Hutcherson
  • Waiting
  • Knucklebean
  • Highway One
  • Conception: The Gift of Love
  • Un Poco Loco
  • Four Seasons – rec. 1983
  • Good Bait
With Greg Marvin
  • Taking Off!
  • Special Edition
With Frank Morgan
With Art Pepper
  • The Trip
  • No Limit
  • Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard – rec. 1977
  • Friday Night at the Village Vanguard – rec. 1977
  • Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard – rec. 1977
  • So in Love
  • Landscape
  • Besame Mucho – rec. 1979
  • Roadgame – rec. 1981
  • Art Lives – rec. 1981
  • Artworks – rec. 1979
  • APQ – rec. 1981
  • More for Les at the Village Vanguard – rec. 1977
  • Arthur's Blues – rec. 1981
  • San Francisco Samba – rec. 1977
  • Art Pepper: Unreleased Art, Vol. 1
With Max Roach
With Bud Shank
  • Yesterday, Today and Forever with Shorty Rogers
  • California Concert with Shorty Rogers
  • That Old Feeling
  • Quiet Fire with Frank Morgan – rec. 1987
With Woody Shaw
  • Blackstone Legacy
  • Song of Songs
  • Woody III
With others