28 February 2021

Alex Coke - New Visions


 no much known, he has many collaborations with Willem Breuker Kollektief, Tina Marsh Opportunity Orchestra, and some albums as a leader; also some wonderful, to me, albums with Steven Feld and the Ghana connection on voxlox label.

Cola Rodriguez - Bass
Rock Savage - Drums
Alex Coke - Flute, Saxophone
Booka Michel - Percussion
James Wagner Rich Harney - Piano
Randy Zimmerman - Trombone
Tina Marsh - Vocals

A1 - By The River (Thinking of 0) 4:34
composed by Tina Marsh
A2 - Flexible Sunset           4:50
composed by Alex Coke
A3 - REM - 136           2:56
composed by Alex Coke
A4 - Djinn (improvisation)     5:18
A5 - Lenny          3:25
composed by Alex Coke
B1 - The Prank          5:22
composed by Rock Savage
B2 - Radio Eyes (e.d.)      8:10        
composed by Alex Coke
B3 - Casey Jones           5:26
composed by Edward Newton
B4 - Sayonara (improvisation)     2:12

Recorded November 1981 at Lone Star Studio

re records ‎– RE001
Vinyl
1982

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11 comments:

  1. corvimax28 February 2021 at 12:26:00 CET

    http://www.mediafire.com/file/2i3lxzyui3r4trj/NewVisions.rar/file

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  2. francisco santos28 February 2021 at 16:17:00 CET

    BIG THX!...

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  3. Clifford Allen28 February 2021 at 18:26:00 CET

    Nice one, and for the vinyl hunters, still a very affordable obscurity.

    Alex is a Texan and we shared time in Austin when I lived there from 2005-2012. He has spent a lot of his career in the Netherlands, and might be better known there in fact.

    https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2020-07-08/checking-in-alex-coke-plays-saxophone-in-his-driveway/

    Saw him many times with a variety of groups, including sitting in with the ICP Orchestra on a couple of their visits to town under the auspices of Epistrophy Arts. Alex is a wonderful human being as well as being a hell of a musician (and an underrated one at that). Hopefully he chimes in here to talk a bit about his history and the record.

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  4. doghouse28 February 2021 at 18:40:00 CET

    Thanks for sharing - much appreciated

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  5. Guitarradeplastico,scraping oddities1 March 2021 at 11:37:00 CET

    Many thanks

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  6. BT1 March 2021 at 18:43:00 CET

    Really appreciate this! Thank-you.

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  7. armando2 March 2021 at 23:05:00 CET

    Thanks for sharing, corvimax!...and Clifford Allen for the memories.

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  8. correct silence3 March 2021 at 08:53:00 CET

    @Corvimax
    If you dont already know this album, you may be interested by it:
    https://www.discogs.com/fr/Anyaa-Arts-Quartet-Nii-Noi-Nortey-Nii-Otoo-Annan-Alex-Coke-Steven-Feld-Harmattan/release/11924108
    I don't know where it is possible to find it but it might be your taste.

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  9. corvimax3 March 2021 at 12:07:00 CET

    correct silence, I have that album
    it looks out of print now, since is no more in voxlox catalogue for sell
    I think is ok to post it here

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  10. correct silence3 March 2021 at 14:53:00 CET

    In fact I'm not personally searching for this album. It is my interest in the music of Ni Noy Nortey that drove me to this record. I don't know if you know this african musician but if you don't know him I recommend two recordings with the late David Panton
    https://pantonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/david-pantons-one-music-ensemble-1978-79-pma1-789
    and this superbe live at café Oto
    https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/nii-noi-nortey-mark-sanders-david-panton-030116-dl/

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  11. Anonymous25 January 2022 at 03:12:00 CET

    THANKS. All my Ghana cds with Nii Nii Nortey and Accra Trane Station including some with Alex Coke are available at https://voxlox.myshopify.com. My other collaborations with Alex, on Live Action Brass Band, Ledbelly Legacy Band, and Its Possible, are also available there. Cheers, Steve Feld, wafeki@cybermesa.com

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