Dolo Coker

Dolo Coker (actually Charles Mitchell Coker, born November 16, 1927 in Hartford, Connecticut, † 13 April 1983 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American pianist of modern jazz. He played with Art Pepper, Sonny Stitt and Dexter Gordon.

Coker studied music in Florence and at the Mather Academy in Camden, South Carolina, in 1946 worked with Ben Webster, 1955 at Kenny Dorham. From 1955 to 1957 he played with Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, and then at Lou Donaldson, Erskine Hawkins in 1959, and Ruth Brown, Clyde McPhatter, Philly Joe Jones and 1960-1961 with Dexter Gordon. During this time he also worked with the albums Intensity and The Way It Was by Art Pepper. From 1961 headed Coker in Los Angeles a trio. In the 1970s and 1980s he worked, inter alia, with John Collins, Sonny Criss, Harry Sweets Edison, Lee Konitz, Sam Noto and Sahib Shihab.

Auswahldiskographie

• Dexter Gordon: The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon ( OJC, 1960)
• Junior Cook Junior 's Cookin ' ( OJC, 1961)
• Sonny Criss: Criss Craft ( Muse, 1975)
• Qunicy Jones: Showcase ( OJC, 1959)
• Art Pepper: The Way It Was ( OJC, 1956-60 ); Intensity ( OJC, 1960)