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Alex Coke
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Alex Coke is a Texas tenor saxophonist, flutist, and composer based in Austin, Texas and Amsterdam, Netherlands.
An improvisor at heart, his multifarious projects as bandleader include Live Action Brass Band, Leadbelly Legacy Band, New Texas Swing, a jazz adaptation of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas In Wales, and the post-bop quintet, Worthy Constituents, a collaboration with longtime partner, pianist, and composer, Rich Harney.
In 2022, along with guitarist Carl Michel, Coke began writing for, performing and recording with the Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet, an outgrowth of a series of driveway concerts he and harpist Elaine Barber began hosting in 2020. The sextet has recorded 3 albums to date on the PlayOn records label The Emissary, Emergence and Situation.
Situation
By Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet
Label: Play On
Released: 2025
Track listing: 440; Sketchy; The Seeker; Suikinkutsu 3; Introduction To Aquarium; Aquarium;
Situation; 221; Sea And Sky; Let's Go To The Park; Crepuscule With Nellie; Pines Of
Rome; Miyako; Suikinkutsu 2.
The Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet, Frank Carlberg, and Sullivan Fortner
by Jerome Wilson
This show features recent music from the Alex Coke and Carl Michel Sextet, Sullivan Fortner, and Frank Carlberg plus older work from Devin Gray, Nucleus, and Joe Harriott. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Alex ...
Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet: Situation
by Jack Bowers
As might be envisioned from a sextet whose membership encompasses harp, vibraphone, flute and pedal steel guitar, the themes on saxophonist Alex Coke and guitarist Carl Michel's third album, Situation, are in large measure thoughtful and atmospheric. And while the music is charming and graceful, its ties to jazz are tenuous at best. ...
Steve Coleman, Matthew Shipp and RIP Susan Alcorn
by Jerome Wilson
This show features a tribute to the late pedal steel master, Susan Alcorn. It also includes music from Matthew Shipp, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, and Steve Coleman among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Itamar ...
Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet: Situation
by Jerome Wilson
This is the third album by the Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet and, on it, they continue to refine their integration of jazz, country and classical styles into a more expansive and complex whole. Their use of vibraphone, pedal steel and harp, in addition to the more common instruments of guitar, saxophone and bass, gives ...
Steve Smith, Don Paul, Mike Stern, John Surman & More
by Bob Osborne
In this eclectic mix there is a 40th anniversary retrospective of the work of ex-Journey drummer Steve Smith. In addition a then and now look at guitarist Mike Stern plus a remarkable album from poet Don Paul. This is interspersed with some new releases plus a new version of a 1969 recording by UK jazz legend ...
Alex Coke-Carl Michel Sextet Release 'Situation' on Play On Records
The Alex Coke-Carl Michel Sextet features Coke (woodwinds) and Michel (guitar) with Elaine Barber (concert harp), Bob Hoffnar (pedal steel guitar), James Suter (acoustic bass) and Carolyn Trowbridge (vibraphone). This distinctive six piece composer’s forum from Austin, Texas, breaks down barriers of musical genres, fearlessly exploring the possibilities involved in combining musicians from diverse musical backgrounds. ...
The Seeker
Album: Situation
By Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet
Label: Play On
Released: 2025
Duration: 7:32
Emergence
By Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet
Label: Play On
Released: 2023
Track listing: After The Rain; Rolling...the wind picks up and the boats cast off for Troy;Bagatelle II; Mangled
Tango;4 Mobile Structures Dedicated to Alexander Calder; Locust Grove; Again; Garden Of
Eden; Wait/Not Wait; CME; Presence; POP!
