John Coates Jr.
John Coates Jr. (born 1938 ; died November 22, 2017 in Scranton, Pennsylvania ) was an American jazz pianist .
Coates began playing the piano at an early age and studied at the Mannes College of Music and the Dalcroze School of Music, initially aiming for a career as a concert pianist. Under the influence of jazz music , he changed his musical direction. At the age of 17 he had the opportunity to record his first album for Savoy ( portrait , with Wendell Marshall and Kenny Clarke , 1955). From 1956 to 1958 he toured with the Charlie Ventura Orchestra , and then continued his studies at Rutgers University (graduated in 1962). In the following years he worked as a music publisher, composer and arranger inDelaware Water Gap , where he also performed regularly at the Deer Head Inn jazz club there . From the mid-1970s, Coates recorded a number of albums in trio or as a soloist, such as The Jazz Piano of John Coates, Jr. (1974), Alone and Live at The Deer Head (1977) and Tokyo Concert (1980) . In later years there were live recordings with Nancy Reed and Phil Woods . John Coates Jr. is considered an early role model for Keith Jarrett ; stylistically, it is in the tradition of Bill Evans' jazz piano . In the field of jazz he was involved in 35 recording sessions from 1955 to 2007. Coates died in November 2017 in a Jewish nursing home where he had lived since 2015.
Web links
- John Coates Jr. at Allmusic (English)
- John Coates Jr. at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in The Times-Tribune
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 29, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coates, John Jr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coates, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd November 2017 |
| Place of death | Scranton, Pennsylvania |