Al Cohn
Al Cohn (born November 24, 1925 in New York City , † February 15, 1988 in Stroudsburg , Pennsylvania ; actually Alvin Gilbert Cohn ) was an American jazz saxophonist and arranger.
Live and act
Cohn was already working with musicians such as Joe Marsala , Georgie Auld , Boyd Raeburn , Alvino Rey and Buddy Rich in the mid-1940s . He became known as one of the Four Brothers in Woody Hermans Second Herd (1948-49) alongside Zoot Sims , Stan Getz and Serge Chaloff . After he was still a member of Artie Shaw's band in 1949 , he worked mainly as a studio musician in the 1950s and recorded his first albums as a band leader. Since 1956 he worked at irregular intervals as the coleader of a quintet with Zoot Sims.
While Cohn had worked as an arranger under Woody Herman and later wrote arrangements for Broadway productions such as Raisin and Sophisticated Ladies , in his final years he concentrated on playing and recording.
With Jack Kerouac and Zoot Sims , Al Cohn recorded an album on which the two jazz musicians improvised on blues themes while Kerouac recited haikus . His son Joe Cohn became known as a guitarist.
The Al Cohn estate was looked after by the Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection and has been housed in the Kemp Library at East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County (Pennsylvania) since 1988 ; The Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection publishes The Note magazine three times a year .
Discographic notes
- The Progressive Al Cohn with Max Roach , Horace Silver , George Wallington , Tommy Potter , Nick Travis , Tiny Kahn , Curly Russell , 1950
- Cohn's Tones with Max Roach, Horace Silver, Tommy Potter, Nick Travis, Tiny Kahn, Curly Russell, George Wallington, 1950
- Broadway with Red Mitchell , Harvey Leonard , Hal Stein , Christy Febbo , 1954
- The Brothers! with Chuck Flores , Hank Jones , Richie Kamuca , Bill Perkins , John Beal , Barry Galbraith , 1955
- The Essential Billie Holiday - Carnegie Hall Concert , 1956
- Jazz from A to Z with Hank Jones, Dave McKenna , Milt Hinton , Osie Johnson , Dick Sherman , Zoot Sims, 1956
- Al and Zoot with Mose Allison , Teddy Kotick , Zoot Sims, Nick Stabulas , 1957
- You 'n Me with Mose Allison, Major Holley , Osie Johnson, Zoot Sims, 1960
- Either Way with Zoot Sims, 1961
- Body and Soul with Mel Lewis , George Duvivier , Jaki Byard , Zoot Sims, 1973
- Heavy Love with Jimmy Rowles , 1977
- Nonpareil with Jake Hanna , Lou Levy , Monty Budwig , 1980
- Tour De Force with Cal Collins , Scott Hamilton , Jake Hanna, Dave McKenna, Buddy Tate , Bob Maize , 1981
- Overtones with Hank Jones, George Duvivier, Joe Cohn , Akira Tana , 1982
- Standards of Excellence with Herb Ellis , Monty Budwig , 1983
- Rifftide with Eric Ineke , Rein de Graaff , Koos Serierse , 1987
- Al Cohn Meets Al Porcino with Al Porcino , Claus Reichstaller , Franz Weyerer , Wolfgang Haffner , Roberto di Gioia , Paulo Cardoso , Thomas Faist , Auwi Geyer , Petri Kral , Thomas Zoller , O. Staniloi , Peter Tuscher , Gerd Fink , Erwin Gregg , Hermann Martlreiter , Jon Welch , 1987
- Keeper of the Flame with Pete Beachill , Chris Laurence , Andrew MacKintosh , Dick Pearce , Jack Sharpe , David Hartley , 1987
- In Concert April 17, 1986 with Steve Gilmore , Bill Goodwin , Harry Leahey , 2001
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Beat Poet and His Horns. Retrieved November 27, 2012 .
- ↑ Website of the Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection
Web links
- Works by and about Al Cohn in the catalog of the German National Library
- All Cohn at Allmusic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohn, Al |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cohn, Alvin Gilbert (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1988 |
| Place of death | Stroudsburg |