Ted Coleman Band -

The Ted Coleman Band was an American jazz-funk septet that released the 1980 album Taking Care of Business.

Background

Ted Coleman formed the Ted Coleman Band in New Jersey by 1979 after earlier work in Pittsburgh.

Coleman began his professional activity as a Pittsburgh club pianist and later made vibraphone and mallet percussion his principal instruments. His father introduced him to the music of Cal Tjader, while Coleman also cited Milt Jackson, Bobby Hutcherson, Johnny Lytle, and Roy Ayers among the vibraphonists that shaped his approach.

By 1979, Coleman lived in New Jersey and led the band on the local music circuit. He wrote seven compositions for a first album and took the group to G.T. Recording Studio in Long Branch, where Coleman sang and played vibraphone, piano, synthesizers, and strings with bassist Tim Tindall, drummers Al Woods Jr. and David Nuding, guitarists Ethan Rips and George Naha, and percussionists Albert “Ali” Reyes and David Stone.

Coleman arranged and produced the material, with Tom Elliott among the studio engineers. After completion of the sessions, Long Branch label JSR arranged the pressing under a model designed for working club bands, with no recording contract and band-managed sales through concerts and retail outlets.

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