Chuck Nessa Posted February 17, 2004 Report Posted February 17, 2004 This was posted on Jazz Corner. I received this second hand earlier today. I do not know it's source but I do trust who sent it to me: I'm sad to report that pianist Gil Coggins passed at noon today in New York. Gil had been in the hospital with complications from an automobile accident earlier this year. Many of your know Gilly as pianist with Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and Jackie McClean. He had an uncanny sense of the beautiful in his playing, and his trademark behind-the-beat phrasing was the perfect ballad complement. We heard too little of him. Always Know, Steve Schwartz Jazz From Studio 4 Friday, 7p-12a WGBH, 89.7FM, Boston www.wgbh.org Quote
Dmitry Posted February 17, 2004 Report Posted February 17, 2004 Yet another musician I was going to see eventually. He used to play a Saturday afternoon gig somewhere in the East Village. Rest in Peace Quote
brownie Posted February 17, 2004 Report Posted February 17, 2004 Another neglected musician gone. There were too few records by Coggins (the ones with Miles and McLean come to mind) but his piano playing was always interesting. Wish there were more records by him. Very sad news. Quote
king ubu Posted February 17, 2004 Report Posted February 17, 2004 We heard too little of him, indeed! The few sessions I have with him at the piano are quite beautiful! R.i.p. ubu Quote
EKE BBB Posted February 17, 2004 Report Posted February 17, 2004 Sad news! Another jazz musician has passed. Wasn´t he one of the pianists in the Volume 1 and Volume 2 Miles Davis Blue Notes alongside Horace Silver? These are among my favorite early Miles discs! BTW: AMG only lists one disc by Gil Coggins as a leader: GIL´S MOOD Quote
JSngry Posted February 17, 2004 Report Posted February 17, 2004 Coggins also appeared on one of those things that George Braith releaed on his own label. Quote
brownie Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 Coggins also appeared on one of those things that George Braith released on his own label. Talk about obscure. These Braith sides must be hard to find. So was the LP that Coggins recorded under his name. Never ran into that one. Found this short report about the car accident he was involved in last Summer: http://www.ejazznews.com/modules.php?op=mo...rticle&sid=1447 Quote
Dmitry Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 Jazz Pianist who was featured with Miles Davis was involved in an automobile accident while driving in Queens on Queens Boulevard. It is known as the Boulevard of Death. Every year at least one or two people get killed crossing it. Many old folks live there. Quote
JSngry Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 (edited) Coggins also appeared on one of those things that George Braith released on his own label. Talk about obscure. These Braith sides must be hard to find. http://www.georgebraith.com/store.html geobi@georgebraith.com This disc doesn't seem to be offered through this page (but the Braith Family CD is, and THAT'S a piece of wack homemade coolness ), but I bet an e-mail could get you hooked up. Edited February 18, 2004 by JSngry Quote
Daniel A Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 (edited) The link is broken, however displayed correctly in your post, Jim. This, however, will work: The Braith-o-Store There are a lot of sound clips. I recommend anyone remotely interested to check them out. The message "To be released September, 2001" does not look too promising, though. A mail could, as Jim says, perhaps reveal some information. Edit: Now Jim's link is working too! Edited February 18, 2004 by Daniel A Quote
JSngry Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 The link is broken, however displayed correctly in your post, Jim. This, however, will work: The Braith-o-Store There are a lot of sound clips. I recommend anyone remotely interested to check them out. The message "To be released September, 2001" does not look too promising, though. A mail could, as Jim says, perhaps reveal some information. The link is correct now. I entered it wrong a few times. My bad. That web site hasn't been updated for a while, but both CDs have been released. I know this for a fact. So an e-mail should get you the hookup. It worked like that for a friend of mine, and Braith even threw in a CDR of his OOP King CD for free. So talk nice to the man. Quote
bertrand Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 I know at least one of them is out, and he's trying to put more out. Jim, do you know if there is any material with Larry Young on these CDs? There is a famous picture of Braith, Young and Roy Haynes. How is the sound quality? Thanks, Bertrand. Quote
JSngry Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 No Young on the sides so far released. Cross your fingers about the future. If Soul Stream was around (dude, you there?), he might have specifics. Sound quality on the live stuff from the 70s varies. It's all "captured" if you know what I mean, and varies, but none of it sucks. A lot of it is pretty good, soundwise, and a few things are actually quite good. Worth a checkout, I think. Quote
agriffith Posted February 24, 2004 Report Posted February 24, 2004 We heard too little of him. Yeah, I love everything I've heard by him. His comping is a gas! I heard that he recorded again a couple of years ago, and that a cd was supposedly released in Japan, but I have yet to find any confirmation of this. If anyone has seen another Coggins leader session (besides "Gil's Mood") please post about it. RIP Gil Coggins. Quote
lkaven Posted February 24, 2004 Report Posted February 24, 2004 I'm the one who wrote the capsule obituary that Chuck posted. It came from rec.audio.pro, and it is true. Gilly's brother and daughter are about to provide me with an official obituary, which I'll put out as soon as I get it. I did produce three sessions with Gilly in 2001, 2002 in conjunction with his close friends, the Kuloks. One session was solo, the other two were trio. One of these trio sessions with Louis Hayes we also captured on video. For the sake of expendiency, a record was pressed privately out of some of those sides called "Better Late Than Never". I will see if some of these are available. I think these sides will end up on my label, which is where it originally started. A dose of sad irony in it, really. He really knew what "pretty" was. Luke Quote
king ubu Posted February 24, 2004 Report Posted February 24, 2004 Luke, please do spam us (best in the new releases section) once you have news about this! Several people here should be interested, I guess! ubu Quote
agriffith Posted February 26, 2004 Report Posted February 26, 2004 Yes, THANK YOU Luke for recording Gil Coggins! Please let us know if/when this material becomes available. I WOULD LOVE to hear the solo stuff. And a video with Louis Hayes...........my mouth waters! Quote
lkaven Posted March 10, 2004 Report Posted March 10, 2004 I'm following up as earlier promised with a link to Gil Coggins obituary by Todd S. Jenkins on the JJA site. Also, here is a link to the text of the announcement from the memorial service at AllAboutJazz.com. Luke Quote
Late Posted December 11, 2004 Report Posted December 11, 2004 Listening this afternoon to the few albums I have with Gil Coggins. Fine touch — reminds me of Tadd Dameron at times. His appearances on record seem patchy at best. Is there a discographical listing anywhere? Too bad Bob Weinstock didn't hook Gilly up with a trio session ... Introducing Gil Coggins Gil Coggins: piano Wilbur Ware: bass Philly Joe Jones: drums recorded April 3, 1957 Hackensack, New Jersey ... a guy can dream ... Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 Wilbur was at Reeves Sound Studios in NYC recording with Kenny Drew that day..... Mike Quote
wesbed Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 I recognized Gil Coggins name as being the Gil Coggins who played on the Miles Davis VOLUME 1 Blue Note. I remember, when I first purchased the Davis RVG, reading the notes and wondering who Gil Coggins was. I'm listening, as I type these words, to the VOLUME 1 tracks Coggins is present on. Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 Would be happy to finish up a Gil Coggins discography if someone owns the rare stuff and can supply details. Lord CDROM lists 13 sessions. I have 9 entered already (all the 1950s material). Don't have the 1940s sessions with Warren Lewis and Betty Mays nor the 1990 album nor the Braith mentioned above. And of course, Lord does not have the Smalls records stuff, so if Luke can get me detailed session sheets on those, that would be fantastic. The rough draft is here: http://www.JazzDiscography.com/Temp/coggins-disc.htm Mike Quote
bertrand Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 Mike, Webster Young told me that he is the composer of 'Jackie's Ghost', not Ray Draper. I'm pretty sure it was this piece he was referring to and not another, but of course he told me this in passing and I wasn't writing anything down at the time. Bertrand. Quote
lkaven Posted December 15, 2004 Report Posted December 15, 2004 Would be happy to finish up a Gil Coggins discography if someone owns the rare stuff and can supply details. Lord CDROM lists 13 sessions. I have 9 entered already (all the 1950s material). Don't have the 1940s sessions with Warren Lewis and Betty Mays nor the 1990 album nor the Braith mentioned above. And of course, Lord does not have the Smalls records stuff, so if Luke can get me detailed session sheets on those, that would be fantastic. The rough draft is here: http://www.JazzDiscography.com/Temp/coggins-disc.htm Mike I did three sessions with Gilly on behalf of the Kulok family, the benefactors of the project. Sam Kulok would have the detailed session notes in hand at the moment. Let me see if I can get them from him. Thanks as always, Mike, for undertaking the discography of a deserving artist who might otherwise remain in obscurity. Luke Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 Looks like those Smalls sessions are out. Quote
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