Caribbean Jazz: A Life
Laurie Taylor goes head-to-head with , a man who's been at the heart of the British jazz world for over fifty years. ÌýHe's known as a 'prince' among bassists.
Coleridge left his native Jamaica for Britain in the 1930s and can still recall his astonishment at cobblestones and the feeling of having the only black face in Glasgow. Glasgow was where he first heard the music that would change his life, a syncopated rhythm pouring out of his newly acquired Crystal Set. Later in London he would go on to witness and participate in some of the key jazz moments of the 20th century including playing in the Ray Ellington Quartet of Goon Show fame, alongside Django Reinhardt and with a long association with the now legendary Joe Harriott.
Until very recently, the social history and influence of Caribbean jazz musicians have gone largely unsung.Ìý Laurie discusses with (trumpeter and author), (pianist and presenter of Â鶹Éç Radio 3 'Jazz Legends') and (commentator and Deputy Editor of 'Echoes', the black music magazine) how Coleridge Goode's biography provides an insight into the lived experiences of a generation of pathfinders, artists all, whose achievements are part of the bedrock of cosmopolitan Britain.
Additional information:
Bass Lines - A Life in Jazz
by Coleridge Goode and Roger Cotterrell
(Northway Publications
ISBN 0 9537040-2-5)
The Rough Guide to Jazz
by Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley
(Rough Guides ISBN 1858285283)
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography
by Ian Carr
(Harper Collins ISBN 0006530265)
Jazz: The Essential Companion
by Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley
(Grafton Books ISBN 0246127414)
British jazz magazine ''
Jazzwise Magazine
2(b) Gleneagle Mews
Ambleside Avenue
London
SW16 6AE
Tel: 020 8664 7222
'Echoes' tel: 020 7407 5888
Music:
Free Form by the Joe Harriott Quintet
Blue Harriott by the Joe Harriott Quintet
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