Ebony Moonbeams (ver. 1) by George Cables - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

George Andrew Cables is a jazz pianist, born November 14, 1944 in New York City. He has played with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, and others. He is most noted for his collaborations and as a sideman. When Cables was going to school in New York City, he used to walk the streets at night, taking in the cosmopolitan sights and sounds, mentally recording his encounters with "so many different kinds of people." In his musical career as well, Cables has prowled sidestreets and main thoroughfares in relative anonymity, absorbing countless influences into his personal style. Cables was classically trained as a youth, and when he started at the "Fame"-worthy New York High School of Performing Arts, he admittedly "didn't know anything about jazz." But he was soon smitten with the potential for freedom of expression he heard in jazz. The young Cables was impressed by such keyboardists as Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, but, as he points out, "I never really listened to pianists when I was coming up. I would probably say I've been more influenced by Miles or Trane and their whole bands rather than by any single pianist. The concept of the music is more important than listening to somebody's chops, somebody's technique, The Way Miles' band held together, it was just like magic. You were transported to another world."