George Bohanon

George Roland Bohanon Jr. (August 7, 1937 – November 8, 2024) was an American jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan.Feather, Leonard and Ira Gitler (1999) [https://books.google.com/books?id=CibYUWF-ZXkC&dq=George+Bohanon&pg=PT246 The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press.] At Google Books. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

Biography

In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith, Paula Greer, David Hamilton, Lefty Edwards and Herbie Williams.[https://books.google.com/books?id=_3NBSvayMdgC&dq=George+Bohanon&pg=PA64 Dahl, Bill (2001) Motown: The Golden Years, P. 21. Krause Publications] At Google Books. Retrieved 23 July 2013. After appearing on several Motown recordings, together with leading musicians such as Hank Cosby, of the Funk Brothers, he went to live in California.[https://books.google.com/books?id=_3NBSvayMdgC&dq=George+Bohanon&pg=PA64 Dahl, Bill (2001) Motown: The Golden Years, P. 64. Krause Publications] At Google Books. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

In 1962, he replaced Garnett Brown in the Chico Hamilton Quintet.Yanow, Scott (2003) [https://books.google.com/books?id=zy3XOvATyDcC&dq=George+Bohanon&pg=PA631 Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years, p. 631. Backbeat Books] In 1963 and 1964, he recorded two albums for Motown's unsuccessful jazz Workshop label.

In 1971, he was a member of the Ernie Wilkins Orchestra, playing alongside fellow trombonist Benny Powell, that backed Sarah Vaughan on her A Time in My Life album, recorded in Los Angeles.[https://books.google.com/books?id=kvImwPArpeYC&dq=George+Bohanon&pg=PA274 Gourse, Leslie (2009) Sassy: The Life of Sarah Vaughan, p- 274. Da Capo Press] At Google Books. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

Between 1984 and 1993, he played in orchestras backing Frank Sinatra.[https://books.google.com/books?id=yqth52rImHQC&dq=George+Bohanon&pg=PA527 Do Nascimento Silva, Luiz Carlos (2000) Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. Greenwood Publishing Group] At Google Books. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

Bohanon died on November 8, 2024, at the age of 87.{{cite news |title=Remembering George Bohanon |url=https://jazzonthetube.com/video/remembering-george-bohanon/ |access-date=9 November 2024 |publisher=Jazz on the Tube |date=9 November 2024}}

Discography

As leader

Boss: Bossa Nova (Workshop Jazz, 1963)
Blue Phase (Geobo Music, 1991)

With Karma

Celebration (Horizon/A&M, 1976)Karma - Celebration (LP liner notes). Horizon/A&M Records. SP-713
For Everybody (Horizon/A&M, 1977)Karma - For Everybody (LP liner notes). Horizon/A&M Records. SP-723

With Monk Higgins