George Cables

George Andrew Cables (born November 14, 1944) 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 (1963–65). He formed the Jazz Samaritans at the age of 18, a band that included Billy Cobham, Steve Grossman, and Clint Houston. Cables's early influences on piano were Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock.

His own recordings 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.

With Joe Henderson If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Milestone, 1970) – live In Pursuit of Blackness (Milestone, 1971)

With Freddie Hubbard Keep Your Soul Together (CTI, 1974) – 1973 High Energy (Columbia, 1974) Gleam (Columbia, 1975) – live Liquid Love (Columbia, 1975) Windjammer (Columbia, 1976)

With Bobby Hutcherson Waiting (Blue Note, 1976) Knucklebean (Blue Note, 1977) Highway One (Columbia, 1978) Conception: The Gift of Love (Columbia, 1979) Un Poco Loco (Columbia, 1980) – 1979 Four Seasons (Timeless, 1985) – 1983 Good Bait (Landmark, 1985) – 1984

With Greg Marvin Taking Off! (Planet X, 1991) Special Edition (Planet X, 2001)

With Frank Morgan Mood Indigo (Antilles, 1989) Quiet Fire with Bud Shank (Contemporary, 1991) – 1987 A Lovesome Thing (Antilles, 1991) City Nights: Live at the Jazz Standard (HighNote, 2004) – 2003 Raising the Standard (HighNote, 2005) – 2002 A Night in the Life (HighNote, 2007) – 2003 Montreal Memories (Live Duo Performance) (HighNote, 2018) – 1989

With Art Pepper The Trip (Contemporary, 1976) No Limit (Contemporary, 1977) Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1979) – 1977 Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1979) – 1977 Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1979) – 1977 So in Love (Artists House, 1979) Landscape (Galaxy, 1979) Besame Mucho (JVC, 1981) – 1979 Roadgame (Galaxy, 1982) – 1981 Art Lives (Galaxy, 1983) – 1981 Artworks (Galaxy, 1984) – 1979 APQ (Galaxy, 1984) – 1981 More for Les at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1985) – 1977 Arthur's Blues (Galaxy, 1991) – 1981 San Francisco Samba (Contemporary, 1997) – 1977 Art Pepper: Unreleased Art, Vol. 1 (APM, 2006)

With Max Roach Lift Every Voice and Sing (Atlantic, 1971) To the Max! (Enja, 1997) – 1990–1991

With Bud Shank Yesterday, Today and Forever with Shorty Rogers (Concord Jazz, 1983) California Concert with Shorty Rogers (Contemporary, 1985) – live That Old Feeling (Contemporary, 1986) Quiet Fire with Frank Morgan (Contemporary, 1991) – live 1987

With Woody Shaw Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970) Song of Songs (Contemporary, 1972) Woody III (Columbia, 1979)

With others Laurie Antonioli, Soul Eyes (Catero, 1984) Gary Bartz, Love Song (Vee-Jay International, 1977) Art Blakey, Child's Dance (Prestige, 1972) Joe Chambers, The Almoravid (Muse, 1974) Joe Farrell, Sonic Text (Contemporary, 1979) Chico Freeman, Focus (Contemporary, 1995) Curtis Fuller, Crankin' (Mainstream, 1971) Dexter Gordon, Sophisticated Giant (Columbia, 1977) Dexter Gordon, Manhattan Symphonie (Columbia, 1978) Billy Harper, Capra Black (Strata-East, 1973) Philly Joe Jones, Philly Mignon (Galaxy, 1977) Eddie Marshall, Dance of the Sun (Muse, 1977) David "Fathead" Newman, Keep the Dream Alive (Prestige, 1978) Sonny Rollins, Next Album (Milestone, 1972) Charlie Rouse, Epistrophy (Landmark, 1989) Archie Shepp, California Meeting: Live on Broadway (Soul Note, 1987) – 1985 Bennie Wallace, Bennie Wallace in Berlin (Enja, 2002) Kazumi Watanabe, Lonesome Cat (Denon, 1978)