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Richie Cole: Back on Top
by Rob Mariani
How do you get four horns and a rhythm section to sound like a sixteen-piece orchestra without using overdubbing or any other kind of electronic enhancement?
“After many years of experimenting with chords and harmonies, altoist/arranger Richie Cole explains, “I've developed certain secret compositional techniques to create the big band sound of the Alto Madness Orchestra. And they work amazingly well. Listening to this group before I read the liner notes, I assumed it was a big band. It's a ...
Continue ReadingRichie Cole & Phil Woods: Richie And Phil & Richie
by Jim Santella
This reissue offers seventy-five minutes of material that was originally recorded between 1976 and 1981. The first half dozen tracks are from Side By Side, a live session with Richie Cole and Phil Woods at The Historic Paramount Theater in Denver. The other half dozen tracks are from several of Richie Cole's Muse albums: Alto Madness, Some Things Speak For Themselves, New York Afternoon, and Alive!
Woods' lighter, bouncier tone is quite distinct from Cole's more forceful and direct sound; ...
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