Al Cohn

Al Cohn Alvin Gilbert Cohn Brooklyn New York November 24 1925 – Stroudsburg Pennsylvania February 15 1988 Was An American Jazz Tenor-Saxophonist And Arranger And Composer. Al Cohn Was Initially Known In The 1940s For Playing In Woody Herman's Second Herd As One Of The Four Brothers Along With Zoot Sims Stan Getz And Serge Chaloff. Unlike The Better Known Tenors Sims And Getz Cohn Contributed Arrangements To The Herman Band. Cohn Had A Reputation As A Lyrical Flowing Soloist.
After Leaving The Herman Group Cohn Went On To Play With A Variety Of Other Musicians But His Best-Known Association Was His Long-Term Partnership With Fellow Herman Veteran Tenor Player Sims Beginning With The Quintet They Co-Led In 1956. They Continued To Play Together Sporadically Until The Death Of Sims. The High Point Of Their Recorded Output Can Be Found On You 'n' Me A Collection Of Standards And Original Compositions Released On Mercury Records In 1960. Citation Needed The Two Also Played On Some Of Author Jack Kerouac's Recordings. The Rhythm Section On Their 1950s Recordings Included Mose Allison On Piano.
In Addition To His Work As A Jazz Tenor Saxophonist Cohn Was An Arranger. His Work Included The Broadway Productions Of Raisin' And Sophisticated Ladies. Also Cohn Did Arrangements For Unreleased Linda Rondstadt Recordings From The 1980s.
Cohn Also Appeared On Stage With Elvis Presley In June 1972 As A Member Of The Joe Malin Orchestra At Madison Square Garden.
Cohn's First Wife Was The Singer Marilyn Moore. His Son Joe Cohn Is A Jazz Guitar Player. Discography As Leader Cohn's Tones 1950 Cohn On The Saxophone 1956 - Dawn Records
Featuring Bob Brookmeyer 1956 - Coral Records With Trombonist Bob Brookmeyer
Play It Now 1975 Xanadu Records Al Cohn's America 1976 Xanadu No Problem 1979 Xanadu Nonpareil 1981 Concord Records With Lou Levy Monty Budwig Jake Hanna
True Blue With Dexter Gordon 1976 Xanadu Silver Blue With Dexter Gordon 1976 Xanadu Heavy Love With Jimmy Rowles 1977 Xanadu Tour De Force 1981 Live In Japan W/ Tenor Players Buddy Tate And Scott Hamilton.
Standards Of Excellence 1984 Concord Rifftide 1987 With Rein De Graaf Piano Koos Serierse Bass Eric Ineke Drums By Timeless Records As Sideman With Trigger Alpert
Trigger Happy! Riverside 1956 - Also Released As East Coast Sounds
With Kenny Burrell
Earthy Prestige 1957 With Mundell Lowe
Satan In High Heels Soundtrack Charlie Parker 1961 With Lalo Schifrin And Bob Brookmeyer
Samba Para Dos Verve 1963 With Zoot Sims
From A To Z 1956 Al And Zoot 1957 Either Way 1960 Blues And Haikus 1960 - Playing Behind Jack Kerouac's Poetry Reading.
You 'n' Me 1960 Body And Soul 1973 - With Jaki Byard On Piano George Duvivier On Bass And Mel Lewis On Drums. Produced By Don Schlitten.
Motoring Along 1975 - With Horace Parlan On Piano Hugo Rasmussen On Bass And Sven Erik Norregaard On Drums. Produced By Rune Ofwerman.
Either Way 1960 Hoagy Carmichael Sessions And More
Easy As Pie Live At The Left Bank 1968 Live In Baltimore With Pianist Dave Frishberg read less