Richie Cole

Back the mid-’70s, when bebop had been greatly overshadowed simply by fusion, Richie Cole showed that not merely was bop not really old-fashioned, nonetheless it could possibly be quite fun. His Alto Madness was basically the proven fact that any tune, regardless of how improbable its source, could possibly be converted into exuberant bop. Over time, he has effectively recorded such tunes as “The I REALLY LIKE Lucy Theme,” “Vacation for Strings,” “Horray for Hollywood,” “The White colored Cliffs of Dover,” “Arrive Fly BESIDE ME,” “The Celebrity Trek Theme,” and also “La Bamba.” Affected by Phil Woods and Charlie Parker, Richie Cole noticed jazz from an early on age group because his dad possessed a jazz golf club in NJ. He began on alto when he was ten, went to Berklee for just two years, and became a member of Friend Rich’s big music group in 1969. Following a stint with Lionel Hampton, Cole created his personal group, performing a good deal to popularize bebop in the 1970s. A few of his finest recordings had been his early types for Muse, throughout a period when he frequently teamed up with vocalist Eddie Jefferson. His laughter sometimes remaining critics chilly, but Cole was among the best bop-oriented players from the 1980s, and his Mind Up releases from the ’90s (over time off the picture) are great.