Richie Cole (29 Februari 1948 – 2 Mei 2020) adalah seorang pemain saksofon jazz Amerika, komposer, dan penata musik. Cole lahir di Trenton, New Jersey.[1] Dia mulai bermain alto saxophone ketika dia berumur sepuluh tahun, didorong oleh ayahnya, yang memiliki klub jazz di New Jersey. Dia lulusan Ewing High School, di Ewing Township, New Jersey.[2][3] Cole memenangkan beasiswa dari majalah Down Beat untuk menghadiri Berklee School of Music di Boston.

Richie Cole
Lahir(1948-02-29)29 Februari 1948
Trenton, New Jersey, A.S.
Meninggal2 Mei 2020(2020-05-02) (umur 72)
Carnegie, Pennsylvania, A.S.
GenreJazz
PekerjaanMusisi
InstrumenSaxophone
Tahun aktif1969–2020
LabelMuse, Palo Alto, Heads Up
Situs webwww.richiecole.com

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  1. ^ Provizer, Norman. "RICHIE COLE BRINGS SAX APPEAL TO VARTAN", Rocky Mountain News, April 4, 1996. Accessed March 25, 2012. "On his current CD, Kush: The Music of Dizzy Gillespie, alto saxophonist Richie Cole spends most of his time in the company of a large brass section.... Instead, the Trenton, N.J. native will be in a quartet setting for a live recording on the Vartan Jazz label."
  2. ^ Bailey, Marilynn E. "Cole Bebops Into Greatness", Evening Independent, December 2, 1978. Accessed March 25, 2012. "Cole says he was pleased when he learned he and Johnson had gone to the same high school — Ewing High — in Trenton."
  3. ^ Allmusic biography

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