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Richie Cole
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1948–2020)
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- 1
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- Hollywood Madness
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1948
- Active to
- 2020
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Richie Cole (born in Trenton, NJ, on 29 February 1948; died 2 May 2020) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He formed his Richie Cole Quintet and toured worldwide, developing his own "alto madness" bebop style in the 70s and early '80s. He formed the Alto Madness Orchestra in the 1990s. A graduate of Ewing High School, Ewing New Jersey, Cole started on alto saxophone when he was ten encouraged by his father who owned a jazz club in New Jersey. <a href="https://www.last.fm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Cole
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Trenton
- Place of death
- Carnegie
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- alto saxophone
- Record label
- Muse Records
- Official website
- www.richiecole.com
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- Richie Cole.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1948-02-29
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-05-02
- name in native language
- Richie Cole
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