Ira Coleman
Ira Coleman is a Swedish-American jazz bassist born on April 29, 1956, in
Stockholm, Sweden. Educated at the Berklee College of Music, he developed a
career as an international sideman, performing on four recordings led by
Paris-based pianist Laurent de Wilde. His early session credits include Mulgrew
Miller's Keys to the City (1985) and Herbie Hancock's Gershwin's World (1998).
Coleman collaborated extensively with vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater on albums
including This Is New (2002) and J'ai deux amours (2005), performed alongside
Sting on Symphonicities (2010) and Live in Berlin...
