Richie Cole

Richie Cole (born February 29, 1948) is an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer and arranger born in Trenton, New Jersey. He is a graduate of Ewing High School, in Ewing Township, New Jersey.

He started on alto saxophone when he was ten, encouraged by his father who owned a jazz club in New Jersey. Winning a scholarship, he attended Berklee College of Music for two years before beginning his professional career. He is widely known for his creative jazz/bebop style of play.

As leader

 * PRC Records Records
 * 1976: Trenton Makes The World Takes	
 * Muse Records
 * 1976: Battle of Saxes, Vol. 1	
 * 1976: New York Afternoon: Alto Madness
 * 1977: Alto Madness	
 * 1978: Keeper of the Flame
 * 1979: Hollywood Madness
 * 1980: Side by Side
 * 1981: Some Things Speak for Themselves	
 * 1981: Cool "C" 
 * 1981: Alive! at the Village Vanguard
 * Milestone Records
 * 1987: Popbop	
 * 1987: Bossa International	
 * 1988: Signature
 * Palo Alto Records
 * 1982: Return to Alto Acres (with Art Pepper)
 * 1982: Alto Annie's Theme
 * 1982: Yakety Sax
 * 1985: Bossa Nova Eyes
 * Other CDs
 * Piece Of Jazz History CD (2006) - Altoists Richie Cole and Art Pepper only played together once; for this recording date in 1982. Teamed together by producer-writer Herb Wong.
 * Back On Top CD (2005)
 * Man With The Horn CD (2007) - Features a quintet that included guitarist Bruce Forman and pianist Bobby Enriquez...
 * Rises's Rose Garden CDs (2006) with the Alto Madness Orchestra
 * Profile CD (1993)
 * Kush: Music Of Dizzy Gillespie CD (1994)
 * Bossa International CD (1987)
 * Hollywood Madness CD (1979)
 * Signature CD (1988)
 * Richie And Phil & Richie CD (1998)
 * Pure Madness CDs (1999)
 * Yakety Madness CD  (1983)
 * Live At The Douglas Beach House 1978 CD (1998)
 * Tribute To Our Buddies CD (2004)
 * Alto Madness CD (1977)
 * Starburst CD (1995)
 * Side By Side CD (1980)
 * Richie Cole Plays West Side Story CD (1996)
 * New York Afternoon CD (1976)
 * Richie Cole Live CD (1978)

Popbop CD

Trenton Style CD (2000 Come Sunday CD  (2000) Pure Imagination CD   Cool C / / Tokyo Madness CD Live at KUVO 2/11/08  (2008) Bebop Express  (2008)

KUVO Sessions Vol. 2 (2009) Featuring Tokyo Rose Sings the Rocky Mountain Blues; Pure Madness (2009) Pure Madness (1997) (2009) Richie & Phil Plus Richie (2010)

Vocalese (1985) dedicated to Eddie Jefferson Romantics/National Breakout (2008) Janine Santana
 * Richie Cole Appears on these CDs and albums
 * Manhattan Transfer
 * Extensions (1979)
 * Manhattan Transfer
 * Buddy Rich Keep The Customer Satisfied (1970)
 * Best Of Buddy Rich: The Pacific Jazz Years (1997)
 * Mecca For Moderns (1981)
 * Manhattan Transfer
 * Buddy Rich Swingin' New Big Band/Keep The Customer Satisfied (1992)
 * Sonny Stitt Just In Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was (1981)
 * Most Romantic Jazz Music In The Universe (2004)
 * More Of The Most Romantic Jazz Music In The Universe (2004)
 * Jazz For A Day At The Beach (2003)
 * Jazz For A Night On The Town (2003)
 * Eddie Jefferson Vocal Ease (1999)
 * Virginia Woolf (2001) Sigmund Snopek, III
 * Battle Of The Saxes (1981) Sonny Stitt
 * Jazz For A Tropical Vacation (2003)
 * Live At Carnegie Hall Anita O'Day (2010)
 * 1985 concert from Carnegie Hall featuring Richie Cole on alto sax, Roy Eldridge on vocals, Hank Jones on piano and John Poole on drums
 * Soft As Granite (2008)
 * Simply Jazz Greats (2008)
 * Les DeMerle You're The Bop! A Jazz Portrait  (2001)
 * Simply Jazz (2004)
 * Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit (1997)    James Van Buren
 * Live At The Kasbah (2004)
 * Peter Lauffer Keys To The Heart (2010)

CD Imports


 * Cool C/Tokyo Madness (2001) (Import) Japan
 * Hollywood Madness (Jpn) (1999) (Import) LTD Ed
 * West Side Story (1996) (Import) Japan; Limited Gold CD
 * West Side Story (Remastered) (1999) (Import) Japan
 * Live At The Douglas Beach House 78 (2006) (Import

Richie Cole Appears on CD Import Buddy Rich Collection (1999) (Import) United Kingdom

DVDs
 * Johnny Griffin & Richie Cole From Village Vanguard (2004)
 * Jazz Legends Live! - Part 9 (2005)