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Richie Cole and the Alto Madness Orchestra: Rise's Rose Garden
by C. Michael Bailey
Risë's Rose Garden is a compelling, if not profound, statement of Richie Cole's vision of “Alto Madness, the saxophonist's respectful allusion to the Sonny Rollins/John Coltrane lower reed affliction. The disc was recorded in the wake of Cole's wife's death last year--and if, as paraphrased by the late Will Durant, the greatest beauty is begat of ...
Richie Cole and the Alto Madness Orchestra: Rise's Rose Garden
by Jack Bowers
There's often more in a package of music than meets the eye--or ear. I don't know how difficult it must have been for saxophonist Richie Cole to produce this album, but I can imagine. The Risë in the title is Cole's wife, who passed away last April, only a few weeks before the album was recorded. ...
Richie Cole: Then & Now
by C. Michael Bailey
Saxophonist Richie Cole perfected the art of turning all tunes, no matter their origin, into be-bop, thus perfecting what Charlie Parker started when he launched into his now famous recording of “Embraceable You. Two simultaneously released albums, recorded twenty three years apart, show off Cole's talents to powerful effect. Richie Cole and Art Pepper ...
Back on Top
By Richie Cole
Label: Jazz Excursion Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Remembering Oliver Nelson; Jazz Excursion; A Walk in the Park; Uncle Freddy; Home Town; Don
Richie Cole & The Alto Madness Orchestra: Back On Top
by Michael P. Gladstone
It is gratifying to find that altoist Richie Cole, one of the major jazz personalities of the 1970s, is still playing at the same high level on this album, which marks his 25th date as a leader. After lengthy contracts with Muse and Palo Alto Records, his albums since the 1990s have been relatively infrequent.
Cole, Blanchard, Bennett in Philly
by AAJ Staff
A trio of major jazz stars (Richie Cole, Terence Blanchard and Tony Bennett) are brightening up the Philly jazz scene over the next two weeks. CHRIS' JAZZ CAFE September 2 had Richie Cole and his Alto Madness Orchestra with a party gig for his new CD Back On Top. Cole told us, “I always like playing ...
Richie Cole: Back on Top
by Jack Bowers
While I'm never pleased when someone calls a septet an orchestra, I must concede that alto saxophonist Richie Cole's new album, Back on Top, quickly captured my heart, enabling me to lay that grievance aside and focus on the music, which is consistently upbeat and enjoyable. And thanks to Cole's clever charts, the ensemble does seem ...
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. ...
Richie & Phil & Richie
By Richie Cole
Label: 32 Jazz
Released: 1998
Track listing: Save Your Love for Me; Naugahyde Reality; Scrapple From the Apple; Donna Lee; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Eddie's Mood/Side by Side; Body and Soul; The Common Touch; Lady Bird; Cherokee; I Can't Get Started; Stormy Weather
Richie And Phil & Richie
By Richie Cole
Label: 32 Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Save Your Love For Me; Naughahyde Reality; Scrapple >From the Apple; Donna Lee; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Eddie's Mood/Side By Side; Body and Soul; The Common Touch; Lady Bird; Cherokee; I Can't Get Started; Stormy Weather (Trenton Style).
