Richie Cole

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Richie Cole (* 29. February 1948 in Trenton , New Jersey ; † 2. May 2020 ) was an American alto saxophonist of modern jazz .

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Cole began playing the alto saxophone when he was ten , inspired by his father, who owned a jazz club in New Jersey . He won a scholarship and began his professional music career with a two-year training course at Berklee College of Music in Boston . He played first with Buddy Rich , then with Lionel Hampton , Doc Severinsen and Eddie Jefferson . From 1976 he presented albums under his own name, initially together with the trio of Reuben Brown Starburst . In the next few years he put on other collaborative albums with musicians such as Eric Kloss , Phil Woods , Art Pepper , Boots Randolph , Red Rodney / Ricky Ford , Hank Crawford , Sonny Stitt and Emil Viklický .

Cole was known for his creative bebop game; he has appeared with Manhattan Transfer , Freddie Hubbard , Greg Abate , Eddie Jefferson , Don Patterson , Oliver Nelson and Nancy Wilson . In the early 1990s he founded the Alto Madness Orchestra . He later started his own label, Richie Cole Presents , on which he released productions such as Pittsburgh , Plays Ballads & Love Songs, and Latin Lover in 2017 . Cole's last album, Cannonball , was released in 2018 , a homage to his idol Julian "Cannonball" Adderley .

Cole has recorded well over 50 albums and CDs. He went on concert tours and taught master classes at universities. Richie Cole died in early May 2020 at the age of 72.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alto Sax Master Richie Cole Has Died At The Age of 72. In: jazzbuffalo.org. May 2, 2020, accessed on May 4, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Cole, Richie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz alto saxophonist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Trenton , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2020