Tony Coe
An adventurous and flexible improviser, Tony Coe was one of England's top jazzmen. He performed in settings ranging from straight-ahead bop and borderline Dixieland to post-bop and free, keeping his own strong musical personality intact throughout his career. Coe started on clarinet and was self-taught on tenor. He performed in an Army band between 1953 and 1956 and played with Humphrey Lyttelton's mainstream group between 1957 and 1962. After heading his own band (1962-1964), Coe was offered a spot with Count Basie's Orchestra, but difficulties with immigration foiled that opportunity.
Coe's versatility was clearly in evidence by the late '60s. In addition to playing with John Dankworth's big band (1966-1969) and the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Orchestra (1967-1973), he also worked with Derek Bailey's very avant-garde Company, Stan Tracey, and several of his own groups. Associations with the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble and with the Mike Gibbs big band were also beneficial. Coe, whose tenor was well-featured during Henry Mancini's Pink Panther films, also wrote advanced works for orchestras. In 1995, he won the Danish Jazzpar Prize. Influenced most by Paul Gonsalves on tenor, in addition to being a very fluent clarinetist, Coe led sessions for a variety of European labels. Tony Coe died on March 16, 2023 in Canterbury, England at the age of 88.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Somewhere Called Home
Norma Winstone, John Taylor, Tony Coe
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on Jul 1, 1986
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Jazz Tete a Tete
Tubby Hayes, Tony Coe, Frank Evans
Jazz - Released by Progressive on Jan 1, 1994
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Home Is Where the Heart Is
Tina May, Enrico Pieranunzi, Tony Coe
Vocal Jazz - Released by 33 Jazz on Jun 1, 2015
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Canterbury Song
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Hot House on Jan 1, 1989
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Dancing in the Dark (Live)
Jazz - Released by Gearbox Records on Aug 13, 2021
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Carsten Dahl Jazzpar 2000 Quintet
Tony Coe, Jörg Huke, Carsten Dahl, Lars Daielsson, Aage Tanggaard
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Storyville Records on Dec 1, 2000
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Days of Wine and Roses
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Zephyr Records on May 18, 1998
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Jumpin'
Warren Vaché, Tony Coe, Alan Barnes Septet
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Zephyr Records on Jan 1, 1999
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Classic Pops In Velvet
Robert Farnon And His Orchestra, Tony Coe
R&B - Released by Cherry Red Records on Dec 31, 1970
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Dreams
Tony Coe, Gerard Presencer, Brian Lemon, Dave Green
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Zephyr Records on Jun 4, 2001
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Love Walked In
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Zephyr Records on Jan 1, 1999
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Street of Dreams
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Zephyr Records on Jun 7, 1999
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Captain Coe's Famous Racearound (Live)
Tony Coe, The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra, The 1995 Jazzpar Combo
Jazz - Released by Storyville on Feb 20, 1996
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Shine
Warren Vaché, Tony Coe, Alan Barnes Septet
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Zephyr Records on May 18, 1998
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British-American Blue
Jazz - Released by Between The Lines on Oct 27, 2006
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Bread Is Your Only Friend
Jazz - Released by First Hand Records on Jun 3, 2014
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Captain Coe's Famous Racearound
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Storyville on Feb 20, 1996
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Long Shadows (with NDR Pops Orchestra)
Robert Cornford, Tony Coe, Kenny Wheeler
Jazz - Released by Cherry Red Records on Dec 31, 2007
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