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#1 - Bill Coleman (William Johnson Coleman, Paris, Kentucky, August 4, 1904 – August 24, 1981, Toulouse, France) was a jazz trumpeter.
In 1909 his family moved from Kentucky to Cincinnati. His first musical explorations were on clarinet and C melody saxophone, but he eventually settled on trumpet. As a young man he worked as a messenger for the Western Union telegraph company. He studied with Cincinnati trumpeter Theodore Carpenter, and played in an amateur band led by trombonist J.C. Higgenbotham. He began professional work in Cincinnati with bands led by Clarence Paige and Wesley Helvey (both bands his teacher Carpenter worked in) then with Lloyd and Cecil Scott. In December 1927 he traveled with the Scott brothers to New York City, and continued to work with them until the late summer of 1929, when he joined the orchestra of pianist Luis Russell. His first recording session was with Russell on September 6, 1929, and he solos on the tune "Feelin' the Spirit." By December 1929 he had left Russell (partly due to the majority of the solo work going to section mate Henry "Red" Allen), but would rejoin the band on two more occasions during 1931-32.
He rejoined the Scott brothers (then known as Cecil Scott's Bright Boys) in late 1929, participating in a Victor recording session, and continued to work with them through the early part of 1930. He worked with various New York based bands until rejoining Luis Russell in 1931.
His first trip to Europe was with the band of Lucky Millinder from June until October 1933, after which he returned to New York to work with bandleaders Benny Carter and [(Teddy Hill)], whom he recorded with in early 1935. While with the Hill band he participated in a freelance recording session with pianist Fats Waller, waxing a number of memorable sides.
Coleman returned to Cincinnati briefly in the summer of 1935, then headed to Europe, playing a residency in Paris with entertainer/vocalist Freddy Taylor (whom he had worked with in the Lucky Millinder band). While in Paris he recorded with guitarist Django Reinhardt and made several freelance sessions under his own name. In late 1936 he traveled to Bombay, India, playing with Leon Abbey's Orchestra, then back to Paris in April 1937, joining the band led by American-born saxophonist William T. Lewis (the band known as Willie Lewis and his Entertainers).
After a sojourn to Cairo, Egypt, Coleman returned to the U.S. in March 1940, and worked throughout the 1940s with a variety of top groups including bands led by Benny Carter (1940), Teddy Wilson (1940-41), Andy Kirk (1941-42), Ellis Larkins (1943), Mary Lou Williams (1944), John Kirby (1945), Sy Oliver (1946-47), and Billy Kyle (1947-48). During this same time, Coleman participated in many recording sessions with top jazz stars such as Lester Young, Billie Holiday and Coleman Hawkins.
He returned to France in 1948 and spent the rest of his life there in part due to racial segregation. Like many American musicians, he felt he received the recognition he deserved from European audiences, and during the decades he lived in France he traveled and performed in clubs and concert venues all over Europe. In 1978, he performed at the first Jazz in Marciac festival (along with tenor saxophonist Guy Lafitte), later becoming an honorary president of the festival organization.
In 1974 he received the Ordre National du Mérite.
From his first solo on record with the Luis Russell Orchestra, Coleman's playing exhibited a lighter sound more akin to Jabbo Smith than Louis Armstrong, yet his phrasing is more in the Armstrong vein than that of Smith. In many respects his playing was stylistically related to the playing by other swing era trumpeters such as Roy Eldridge and Buck Clayton.
#2 - Bill Coleman is a musician from Cork, Ireland, who released his debut album, "I'll Tear My Own Walls Down", in February of 2007. His music has been compared, rightly or wrongly, to Elvis Costello and the Cure, but what definitely distinguishes him from the hordes of talented young men with guitars are his glorious sense of melody and heartfelt, but never saccharine, vocals.
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After You
Bill Coleman Lyrics
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How could you tell me that you're goin' away?
Don't say that we must part,
Don't break your baby's heart
You know I've loved you for these many years,
Loved you night and day,
Oh! honey baby, can't you see my tears?
After you've gone and left me cryin'
After you've gone there's no denyin'
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Someday, when you grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
After you've gone, after you've gone away
After you've gone and left me cryin'
After you've gone there's no denyin'
You're gonna feel blue, and you're gonna feel sad
You're gonna feel bad
And you'll miss, and you'll miss,
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
But baby, think what you're doin'
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
It's gonna drive you to ruin
After you've gone, after you've gone away.
The lyrics of the song "After You've Gone" by Bill Coleman express the pain and heartbreak of a person who is being left behind by their loved one. The singer is pleading with their partner to stay and not to break their heart by leaving. The singer reveals that they have loved their partner for many years and that they cannot bear the thought of them leaving. They warn that their partner will one day regret their decision to leave and that they will feel the pain of the loss that they caused.
The chorus of the song emphasizes the loneliness and sadness that the singer feels after their partner is gone. They describe the feelings of their partner, stating that they will miss the singer deeply and that they will wish that they had never left. The chorus also foreshadows the regret that the partner will feel in the future, warning that they will eventually realize that they made a mistake by leaving.
Overall, the song is a poignant depiction of the pain of losing a loved one and the regret that often follows. It is a heartfelt plea to stay with the person who loves you and a warning to those who would abandon their partners in search of something else.
Line by Line Meaning
Now won't you listen honey, while I say,
Please pay attention, my love, to what I am about to say.
How could you tell me that you're goin' away?
Why did you choose to inform me that you are leaving me?
Don't say that we must part,
Please do not suggest that we need to end our relationship.
Don't break your baby's heart
Please do not shatter my heart and emotions.
You know I've loved you for these many years,
You are aware that I have loved you for so many years.
Loved you night and day,
I have loved you every single day without break.
Oh! honey baby, can't you see my tears?
My dear, do you not see the tears streaming down my face?
Listen while I say
Please lend your ears to me for a moment.
After you've gone and left me cryin'
When you leave and desert me, causing me to cry...
After you've gone there's no denyin'
It is undeniable that...
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
You will experience feelings of depression and sorrow.
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
You will long for the closest friend you have ever had.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
A time will come, please remember this...
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
You will eventually regret your actions.
Someday, when you grow lonely
At some point in the future, when you become lonely...
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
Your heart will shatter, just like mine did, and you will exclusively desire me.
After you've gone, after you've gone away
Once you have left, after you have gone away...
You're gonna feel blue, and you're gonna feel sad
You will experience emotions of depression and sadness.
You're gonna feel bad
You will feel awful.
And you'll miss, and you'll miss,
You will long for...
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had
You will long for the greatest friend you ever had.
But baby, think what you're doin'
Please reconsider your actions, my dear.
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
I will persistently and teasingly bother you.
It's gonna drive you to ruin
It will lead you to your downfall.
After you've gone, after you've gone away.
When you have departed, after you have gone away...
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Written by: Henry Creamer, Turner Layton, Ray Sherman
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