This swinging quintet features world class musicianship,
classic and original post bop composition,
and
impeccable time and taste.
Alex Coke
is an accomplished flute/sax player and composer,
who's multifarious projects as bandleader include
Live Action Brass Band, Leadbelly Legacy Band, New
Texas Swing, and post-bop quintet, The Worthy Constituents,
a collaboration with longtime partner, pianist and composer, Rich Harney.
In addition to many local music awards,
Coke's local and European recording, radio,
and TV credits are numerous....
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This swinging quintet features world class musicianship,
classic and original post bop composition,
and
impeccable time and taste.
Alex Coke
is an accomplished flute/sax player and composer,
who's multifarious projects as bandleader include
Live Action Brass Band, Leadbelly Legacy Band, New
Texas Swing, and post-bop quintet, The Worthy Constituents,
a collaboration with longtime partner, pianist and composer, Rich Harney.
In addition to many local music awards,
Coke's local and European recording, radio,
and TV credits are numerous.
A composer and improvisor at heart,
he has worked with
Tina Marsh,
The Creative Opportunity Orchestra,The Willem Breuker Kollektief,
Gerald Wilson, Charles Tolliver, the Paradise Regained Orchestra and Trio Henk de Jonge.
He has also been heard with
the John Jordan Trio, Mysterious Quartet From Helsinki featuring Chris Duarte, Rob Verdurmen's Double Drummer Bill, Greezy Wheels, The Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra, and many others.
Rich Harney
has been illuminating the Austin jazz scene
as one of its brightest stars for the last decade. His remarkable talents as pianist, composer, and vocalist have gained him acclaim from the
Austin American-Statesman as “one of Austin’s most valuable musical resources.”
A recipient of many local and national awards,
Harney has performed extensively as band leader and ensemble pianist
with Gene Ramey, Tony Campise, Carmen Bradford (Count Basie Orchestra), Countenance, Martin Banks (Duke Ellington Orchestra),
Clifford Scott, Redd Volkaert and Ted Piltzecker (Director, Aspen Music Festival’s Jazz Program).
In addition to writing, recording, playing jazz festivals and local venues, he and singer Beth Ullman co-produced the popular concert series “Jazz at St. David’s” and the highly acclaimed theatrical concert “Dyin’ to Swing.”
In 2012, Harney released 2 new CDs.
Sessions, featuring many of Austin's finest jazz musicians,
and Solitaire, a solo piano recording.
Dennis Dotson
has been a professional
trumpeter for forty years, having played in the house bands
in Las Vegas and free-lancing in New York City and Houston, Texas.
As a soloist in the Woody Herman and Buddy Rich big bands,
Dotson has also performed alongside Joe Lovano, Joe Henderson, Marvin Stamm and David Liebman, among others, and has performed in big bands with Carl Fontana, Bobby Shew,
Tom Harrell, and Kenny Wheeler.
With~
Richard Mikel, bass
Daniel Dufour, drums
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