G-Man (Half-Life) refers to simply as his "employers". His mysterious nature has made him an icon of the "Half-Life" series, with his identity and motives remaining almost completely unexplained. The G-Man's name comes from "G-Man", an American colloquialism meaning "Government Man". However, within the "Half-Life" games, he is identified by this name only in the program code and the multiplayer profile menu as a default name option, not within the story itself; his name is derived from his "Half-Life" model and entity name and has since been reused in subsequent games of the series. His name has been confirmed and he has
G-Man (Sonny Rollins album) trombonist Clifton Anderson, bass player Bob Cranshaw, pianist Mark Soskin, and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith. The concert was originally filmed for "Saxophone Colossus", Robert Mugge's documentary on Rollins. Some tenor saxophone parts were recorded in studio on April 9, 1987, and overdubbed onto the track "Kim", and "G-Man" was released in November of that year by Milestone Records. In a contemporary review for "The Village Voice", Robert Christgau wrote that Rollins' ensemble sounds inspired by his innovative and radical saxophone playing on "G-Man", which he called "jazz for rock-and-rollers to cut their teeth on. It's exciting, fun, a gas, all