Checking In: Alex Coke Plays Saxophone In His Driveway

ATX tenor titan stops, looks, and listens – then blows!

"...Texas Tenor” described Dallas native and Austinite since 1977 Alex Coke in a millennial Chronicle feature, the saxophonist responding:..."

July 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Alex Coke's Iraqnophobia Reviewed

"...Alex Coke..."

July 22, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Iraqnophobia

Tough Austin tenorman Alex Coke

"...jazz basement, the Elephant Room, all locales that saxophonist Alex Coke has played recently. It's the entrance foyer of..."

July 22, 2005 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Melissa Carper, Taméca Jones, the Hide Outs, Alex Coke, and more local shows to see

"...on this translucent-orange Flak Records pressing.  – Mars Salazar Alex Coke & Carl Michel SextetDraylen Mason Studio, Wednesday 30..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Alex Coke

Texas Platters

"...Alex CokeNew Texas Swing (CreOp Muse) Texas music comes in..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

All Over Me

"...Directed by: Alex Sichel. Starring: Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, Wilson..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rich Harney & Alex Coke

Texas Platters

"...Rich Harney & Alex CokeSoul Prayers As pillars of the Austin jazz scene,..."

May 23, 2003 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The Inexpressible

Ferreting out the local avant-garde jazz scene

"...One of the musicians onstage that night was Alex Coke, a saxophone player who spent eight years in..."

June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...that can be done with a guitar. – Carys Anderson Alex Coke Quartet..."

June 11, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

What We're Listening to Right Now

Nakia, Sun June, Norman BA$E, Good Looks, 8½ Souvenirs, and more local sounds worth seeking out

"...new "Easy" and acoustic track "Tom Petty." – Rachel Rascoe Alex Coke & Carl Michel manifest The Emissary..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Austin's Revamped Record Convention

The Austin Record Convention – the biggest in the country – returns Downtown

"...Jazz modernist Alex Coke debuts new compositions tonight (Thursday) at the Museum..."

May 22, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Another sad and confounding week in the live music capital: City Council takes steps to create a music department as APD pulls the plug on Shady Grove, and Tina Marsh succumbs to breast cancer

"..."She could really reach people," recalls frequent collaborator Alex Coke. "It's hard to find a vocalist that can..."

June 19, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Marcia Ball, Natalie Zoe

"...sounds of Walt Lewis will also do. CO2 WITH ALEX COKE Waterloo Ice House 6th, Thursday 11 The Endangered..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Music Feature

Austin Jazz & Arts Festival

Live Shot

"...& Arts Festival to a halt, and thanks to Alex Coke and the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, it did. Not..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Ten Things to Do on Christmas Day

Avoid the Grinch-y realm this holiday

"...Honky tonk for the holidays. Alex Coke & Rich Harney Quartet Elephant Room 315 Congress,..."

Dec. 22, 2018 Events Post by Evelin Garcia

Road Shows

"...FRI 31 Alex Coke, Skylight Gallery..."

July 31, 1998 Music Feature

Road Shows

"...THU 24 Alex Coke, Elephant Room..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature

Road Shows

"...FRI 17 Alex Coke, Waterloo Ice House 6th..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...series of weekly driveway performances for their neighbors, saxophone/flutist Alex Coke and harpist Elaine Barber collaborate on a musical..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Jazz Workshop

Record review

"...belong to AJW mastermind Mike Melinger and the ubiquitous Alex Coke. The two saxophonists have complementary styles, Melinger offering..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The Creative Opportunity Orchestra

"...before crying out in the saxophone of first chair Alex Coke and cresting with Dennis Dotson's silver trumpet. Open-air..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Jazz Sides

It's Possible, Medical Cures for the Chromatic Commands of the Inner City Blue Canoe, Ghosts

"...The new collaborative album from veteran Austin compadres Alex Coke, Tina Marsh, and Steve Feld, It's Possible (Voxlox),..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Rich Harney

Jazz Sides

"...haunt. Close musical compadres trumpeter Ephraim Owens and reedman Alex Coke help seal the deal. Owens' mute on "You..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Jazz Sides

"...then, is a sampling of the most notable. Saxophonist/flutist Alex Coke, along with pianist Rich Harney, trumpeter Martin Banks,..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The Touring Syndrome

"...Alex Coke & Spoon: The Coke-Spoon Tour..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Music Column

Faster Than Sound: Peacemakers Cap a Decade at Evangeline Cafe

Evangeline Cafe keeps rolling out South Austin roots, the Coconut Club brings dance and DJs Downtown, and the newly improved Austin Music Poll drops

"...classic Austin and nü ATX, from progressive sax/flute veteran Alex Coke to French chanteuse Lou Rebecca, it appears the..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...with an upcoming Ellington immersion, featuring local jazz standards Alex Coke, Freddie Mendoza, and Chris Maresh on Far East..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Checking in With Area Musicians Yielded 80,000 Words of Pandemic Realness

Stay TF home

"...Alex Coke..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Ephraim Owens, Pamela Hart, Dr. James Polk, Andre Hayward, Alex Coke, Adrian Ruiz, Mike Sailors, Jessica Mortensen, Tommy Howard,..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

White Denim

"...and a pair of puzzlelike instrumentals featuring guest saxophonist Alex Coke. These Mothers of Reinvention dabble in kaleidoscopic bubblegum..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

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