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Have Yourself an Alto Madness Christmas

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Christmas Time Is Here; Let It Snow; O Christmas Tree; I'll Be Home for Christmas; Mr. Grinch B Bopsky; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; Christmas in New England; Jingle Bell Rock; Bad Santa; White Christmas; Blue Christmas; Have Yourself an Alto Madness Christmas; A Song for Christmas; Silver Bells; Sleigh Ride; The Christmas Song

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Richie Cole Plays Ballads & Love Songs

By Richie Cole

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most; Second Time Around; Sarah; The Internationale; Chances Are; Alfie; Emily; Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered; It's Magic; That Sunday, That Summer; Sunday Kind Of Love.

Article: Album Review

Richie Cole: Have Yourself an Alto Madness Christmas

Read "Have Yourself an Alto Madness Christmas" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 4, 2016

Yes, there are jazz musicians who earn more bread than Richie Cole, and others who rank higher in the popularity contests that double as polls. There aren't many, however, who have more fun making music than the well-traveled alto saxophonist who, late in life, has found a place to call home in Pittsburgh, PA.

Article: Album Review

Richie Cole: Richie Cole Plays Ballads & Love Songs

Read "Richie Cole Plays Ballads & Love Songs" reviewed by Jim Trageser

by Jim Trageser
November 25, 2016

Alto saxophonist Richie Cole has made quite the career with his brand of hard bop, generally coming at melody almost as an unintended consequence of his heavy focus on improvisational interpretation. On his latest release--itself an unintended consequence of a recording date arriving without half the scheduled musicians able to attend--Cole taps into his ...

Article: Live Review

Gerry Malkin Quintet at the BeanRunner Café

by Karl Ackermann
November 15, 2016

Gerry Malkin QuintetThe BeanRunner Café Peekskill, New York November 12, 2016 The Gerry Malkin Quintet is a quintessential, hard-working, New York area group that plays top-notch music, while going under-recognized in the competitive and crowded metropolitan marketplace. What is atypical of its session-savvy members are jazz pedigrees that run deep ...

News: Recording

"Richie Cole Plays Ballads & Love Songs," Cole's First Ballad Album In His 45-year Career, To Be Released Oct. 21

October 5, 2016

Setting down roots in Pittsburgh two years ago has borne fruit for alto saxophonist Richie Cole in the form of his beautiful new album, Richie Cole Plays Ballads & Love Songs. The CD, his first all-ballads album, will be released on his Richie Cole Presents imprint on October 21. “I don’t play the saxophone, I sing ...

Article: Album Review

Richie Cole: Pittsburgh

Read "Pittsburgh" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 23, 2016

After a lifetime of movin' on that has taken him from Trenton, NJ, to cities, towns and hamlets across the country and around the world, it seems that alto saxophonist Richie Cole, now fifty-eight, is at last ready to settle down and plant some roots. As he declares in his latest album's opening number, “I Have ...

Article: Big Band Report

Time Check: A Paucity of Riches?

by Jack Bowers
June 2, 2016

On May 18, Betty and I flew to Los Angeles to attend Time Check: A Buddy Rich Alumni Reunion, a four-day panorama sponsored by the L.A. Jazz Institute and held at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, about a stone's throw or two from the LAX airport. We arrived early afternoon so we could also be present for ...

Article: Interview

Walt Weiskopf: All About the Sound

by Bob Kenselaar
March 31, 2016

What is it that drives Walt Weiskopf? It's all about the music, all about the sound.He's reached a large audience in ten years of touring with Steely Dan. He's written a half dozen books on jazz improvisation techniques and methods, and he's taught at the Eastman School of Music, Temple University and New Jersey ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Richie Cole

February 29, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Richie Cole's birthday today! Richie Cole fans continue to praise the jazz/bebop artist who is recognized worldwide for the sweet sounds of his alto sax and the creativity behind his Alto Madness Orchestra. The Alto Madness Orchestra was developed by Richie in the early 90\'s and its continuing popularity is proof ...