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Name
Richie Cole
Role
Musician · richiecole.com
Movies
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Modern Jazz at the Village Vanguard
Albums
Hollywood Madness, Vocal Madness, Yakety Madness, Battle of the Saxes, The Wildman Meets Th
Similar People
Bobby Enriquez, Sonny Stitt, Freddie Hubbard, Art Pepper, Boots Randolph
Education
Berklee College of Music
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Richie Cole (born February 29, 1948) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger.
Cole was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He started playing alto saxophone when he was ten years old, encouraged by his father, who owned a jazz club in New Jersey. He is a graduate of Ewing High School, in Ewing Township, New Jersey. Cole won a scholarship from Down Beat magazine to the Berklee School of Music in Boston.
Career
In 1969 he joined drummer Buddy Rich's Big Band. After working with Lionel Hampton's Big Band and Doc Severinsen's Big Band, he formed his own quintet and toured worldwide, doing a great deal to popularize bebop and his own "alto madness" style in the 1970s and early '80s. He formed the Alto Madness Orchestra in the 1990s.
Cole has performed and recorded with Eddie Jefferson, Nancy Wilson, Tom Waits, The Manhattan Transfer, Hank Crawford, Freddie Hubbard, Eric Kloss, Bobby Enriquez, Phil Woods, Sonny Stitt, Art Pepper, and Boots Randolph. He has recorded over fifty albums, including his top hit album Hollywood Madness (Muse, 1979) and his tribute album to Leonard Bernstein, Richie Cole Plays West Side Story (Music Masters, 1997).
He was appointed to the Board of the National Jazz Service Organization and the Board for the National Endowment for the Arts where he served as chairman for one year. He is a charter member of the International Association of Jazz Educators.
In 2005 he was awarded the State of California Congressional Certificate of Lifetime Achievement in Jazz on behalf of the Temecula Jazz Society.
As leader
Trenton Makes, the World Takes (Progressive, 1976)
Starburst with Reuben Brown Trio (Adelphi, 1976)
Battle of the Saxes, Vol. 1 with Eric Kloss (Muse, 1976)
New York Afternoon (Alto Madness) (Muse, 1977)
Alto Madness (Muse, 1978)
Keeper of the Flame (Muse, 1979)
Hollywood Madness (Muse, 1979)
Side by Side with Phil Woods (Muse, 1980)
Cool 'C' (Muse, 1981)
Tokyo Madness (Seven Seas/King [Japan], 1981)
Alive! at the Village Vanguard (Muse, 1981)
Return to Alto Acres with Art Pepper (Palo Alto, 1982)
The 3 R's with Red Rodney, Ricky Ford (Muse, 1982)
The Wildman Meets the Madman with Bobby Enriquez (GNP Crescendo, 1982)
Yakety Madness! with Boots Randolph (Palo Alto, 1983)
Alto Annie's Theme (Palo Alto, 1983)
Some Things Speak For Themselves (Muse, 1983)
Bossa Nova Eyes (Palo Alto, 1985)
Pure Imagination (Concord Jazz, 1986)
Popbop (Milestone, 1987)
Signature (Milestone, 1988)
Bossa International with Hank Crawford (Milestone, 1990)
Profile (Heads Up, 1993)
Kush: The Music of Dizzy Gillespie (Heads Up, 1996)
West Side Story (Venus [Japan], MusicMasters, 1996)
Trenton Style (Jazz Excursion, 1998)
Pure Madness (32 Jazz, 1999) compilation
Come Sunday (Jazz Excursion, 2000)
A Tribute to Our Buddies (Fresh Sound, 2004)
Back on Top (Jazz Excursion, 2005)
A Piece of History (Jazz Excursion, 2006)
Rise's Rose Garden (Jazz Excursion, 2006)
The Man with the Horn (Jazz Excursion, 2007)
Live at KUVO 2/11/08 (Jazz Excursion, 2008)
Bebop Express (Jazz Excursion, 2008)
The KUVO Sessions, Volume 2 (Jazz Excursion, 2009)
Castle Bop with Emil Viklicky (Multisonic, 2011)
Vocal Madness with Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet (House Cat, 2014)
Breakup Madness (Akashic, 2014)
Mile Hi Madness (Akashic, 2015)
Pittsburgh (Richie Cole Presents, 2015)
Plays Ballads and Love Songs (Richie Cole Presents, 2016)
Have Yourself an Alto Madness Christmas (Richie Cole Presents, 2016)
The Many Minds of Richie Cole (Richie Cole Presents, 2017)
As sideman
With Greg Abate
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Candid, 1995)
With Les DeMerle
You're the Bop! A Jazz Portrait of Cole Porter (Summit, 2001)
With Jim Holman
Explosion! (Delmark, 2012)
With Freddie Hubbard
Back to Birdland (Real Time, 1982; Drive Archive, 1994; West Wind, 2002)
With Eddie Jefferson
Vocal Ease (32 Records, 1999; Savoy, 2003)
With Peter Lauffer
Keys to the Heart (Peter Lauffer/CD Baby, 2010)
With The Manhattan Transfer
Extensions (Atlantic, 1979)
Mecca for Moderns (Atlantic, 1981)
Vocalese (Atlantic, 1985)
With Oliver Nelson
Swiss Suite (Flying Dutchman/RCA, 1971)
With Anita O'Day
Big Band at Carnegie Hall (Emily, 2009)
With Don Patterson
Movin' Up! (Muse, 1977)
With Buddy Rich
Swingin' New Big Band/Keep the Customer Satisfied (Beat Goes On/BGO [UK] 1994)
With Janine Santana
Soft as Granite (Janine Santana/CD Baby, 2008)
With Sigmund Snopek III
Virginia Woolf (Gear Fab, 2000)
With Sonny Stitt
Just in Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was [live; rec. 1981] (32 Jazz, 1998)
With James Van Buren
Live at the Kasbah (Van Buren Records and Tapes/CD Baby, 2003)
With Patrice Villastrigo
Golden Orchid (Skinny Llama/CD Baby, 2010)
DVDs
From Village Vanguard [includes both the Johnny Griffin Quartet and the Richie Cole Group (his quintet) in two separate sets/performances; recorded 1981] (2004)
Eddie Jefferson in Concert Featuring Richie Cole: Live from the Jazz Showcase (2005)
Jazz Legends Live! – part 9 of 13 in this series, starring Dexter Gordon, Gary Burton, Billy Cobham, Ahmad Jamal, Carmen McRae, and Richie Cole (2005)
