Results for "Alex Coke"

Alex Coke

Born: November 13, 1953

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.

Found Memories

By Carolyn Trowbridge

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Thank You For the Memories, Thank You For the Laughs; Duchess of Sheba; Chopin's Seance; Grackle vs Tacotarian; The Lonely Frost Flower; Tookey's Engine; Turtle Heart; The Old Woman Who Never Grew Older; Physalia's Journey; Onward.

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.

Glenn Makos, Serge Chaloff, and Tord Gustavsen

by Jerome Wilson
March 18, 2026

This show features recent music by Glenn Makos and Gregory Groover Jr. along with older releases by Serge Chaloff and Tord Gustavsen. 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 Coke & Carl Michel Sextet “After ...

Carolyn Trowbridge: Found Memories

by Jerome Wilson
March 14, 2026

There has been a notable increase in the number of prominent vibraphone players in the creative music world as 2026 unfolds. People like Joel Ross, Patricia Brennan, Sasha Berliner, and Simon Moullier have all been making names for themselves the past few years. Another one to pay attention to is Carolyn Trowbridge out of Austin, Texas. ...

The Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet, Frank Carlberg, and Sullivan Fortner

by Jerome Wilson
March 19, 2025

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
February 26, 2025

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
February 26, 2025

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
February 14, 2025

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
February 6, 2025

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 ...