Phil Cohran

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Kelan Phil Cohran (born May 8, 1927 in Oxford , Massachusetts , † June 28, 2017 in Chicago ) was an American jazz musician ( trumpet , cornet , french horn , baritone saxophone and percussion ).

Live and act

Philip Cohran grew up in St. Louis , Missouri , played in Jay McShann's band in the early 1950s and then in a band with the US Navy. After military service he was a member of the Arkestra of Sun Ra (until Ra left Chicago in 1961 ). He was heard on early Arkestra albums such as Fate In a Pleasant Mood and Angels and Demons at Play . Cohran was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) from the very beginning . From the late 1960s he worked with his formation Artistic Heritage Ensemble on a fusion of African rhythms, funk and jazz improvisation. The band included the future Miles Davis guitarist Pete Cosey and members of the horn group of Earth, Wind & Fire . The album On the Beach was created in 1967/68 , on which Cohran also plays an African thumb piano ( Frankiphone ). Cohran later taught at the Center for Inner City Studies at Northeastern Illinois University .

His eight sons from two marriages, who were trained musically by their parents, form the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble , which performed at the JazzFest Berlin in 2011 .

Discographic notes

  • On the Beach (1967/68)
  • Armageddon (Catalyst, 1968)
  • The Malcolm X Memorial - A Tribute In Music (Mississippi Records, 1968) with Aaron Dodd
  • African Skies (1993, Captcha Records)
  • Singles (Midday, 2007)
  • The Spanish Suite (Catalyst)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary (English)
  2. ↑ Web presence ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / philcohran.com
  3. ↑ Review of Thom Jurek's album On the Beach at Allmusic (English). Retrieved August 3, 2011.
  4. ↑ Christian Broecking : The Song of Songs of Freedom . Süddeutsche Zeitung from November 8, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Cohran, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cohran, Kelan Phil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxford (Massachusetts)
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 2017
Place of death Chicago