Cool C & Tokyo Madness [Import]

Richie Cole | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: King Japan
• ASIN: B00005HXJJ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #530,973 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Back To Bop

2. Willow Weep For Me

3. Blue Bossa

4. Someday My Prince Will Come

5. Autumn Leaves

6. Cool 'C'

7. On Green Dolphin Street

8. St. Thomas

9. Lady Bird

10. I Can't Get Started

11. Tokyo Rose Sings The Hollywood Blues

12. Cherokee

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars East/West, February 24, 2010

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This review is from: Cool C & Tokyo Madness (Audio CD)

The liner notes are in Japanese, so I'll give a brief description:

This release marks the first CD issue of two LPs. Tracks 1-7 were originally issued as "Cool C" MUSE LP 5245 (1981), and find Cole fronting an all-Japanese big band. Track 8 is from the same sessions with just a rhythym section. Tracks 9-12 are the Japan-only LP "Tokyo Madness" (a live recording also made in 1981) with Bruce Forman (guitar), Smith Dobson (piano), Marshall Hawkins (bass), and Scott Morris (drums). Marshall Hawkins really rips through "Cherokee."

It's good to see any Richie Cole in print, so this gets 5 stars. The Japanese attention to sound quality is evident throughout. While not my first choice of Richie Cole releases ("Alto Madness" and "Hollywood Madness" are better), nonetheless worth purchasing while it's still available.