# Alex Coke > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Coke > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Coke.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Coke > Source revision: 1282569929 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox musical artist | name = Alex Coke | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Alexander Seton Coke | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|11|13}} | birth_place = [Dallas](/source/Dallas%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas), United States | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | genre = [Jazz](/source/Jazz) | occupation = Musician | instrument = [Saxophone](/source/Saxophone), [flute](/source/flute), [woodwinds](/source/woodwinds) | years_active = 1976–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|alexcoke.home.xs4all.nl}} }} '''Alexander Seton Coke''' (born November 13, 1953, in [Dallas](/source/Dallas%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas)) is a jazz saxophonist and flutist. ==Early life== Coke was born in Dallas on November 13, 1953.{{Cite Grove |last=Kennedy |first=Gary W. |date=2003 |title=Coke, Alex(ander Seton) |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J540400 }} He started playing the flute at the age of eight. He graduated high school in Austin, Texas, and then studied flute at the [University of Colorado Boulder](/source/University_of_Colorado_Boulder). He played in local groups while at university and received private lessons from [Clifford Jordan](/source/Clifford_Jordan) and [Lew Tabackin](/source/Lew_Tabackin). In 1977, after graduating, he settled in Austin.{{cite news |last=Trachtenberg |first=Jay |date=July 22, 2005 |title=Iraqnophobia: Alex Coke Saxes Political |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2005-07-22/280664/ |work=[Austin Chronicle](/source/Austin_Chronicle) |access-date=May 31, 2021}} ==Later life and career== Coke and his wife, Mary Yznaga, lived in Washington, D.C., in the early 1980s. This was followed by two years in Europe, after which they returned to Austin. Coke toured with the Dutch jazz ensemble the [Willem Breuker](/source/Willem_Breuker) Kollektief between 1990 and 2000.{{cite magazine |last=Margasak |first=Peter |date=November 2010 |title=Reedist Willem Breuker: An Iconoclastic Cultural Champion |magazine=Down Beat |volume=77 |issue=11 |page=17}} In the late 1990s, he lived in the Netherlands while maintaining some activities in Austin. In 2020, during the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic), Coke reported on how he was continuing as a musician: "First Presbyterian Church where I have played for over a dozen years has continued to keep my paycheck coming in. I'm teaching online".{{cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Raoul |date=July 8, 2020 |title=Checking In: Alex Coke Plays Saxophone in His Driveway |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2020-07-08/checking-in-alex-coke-plays-saxophone-in-his-driveway/ |work=Austin Chronicle |access-date=May 31, 2021}} ==Discography== ===As leader=== * ''New Visions'' (Re Records, 1982) * ''Jumping Shark'' with Willem Breuker (BV Haast, 1991) * ''New Texas Swing'' (CreOp Muse, 2002) * ''Wake Up Dead Man/Iraqnophobia'' (VoxLox, 2005) * ''It's Possible'' (VoxLox, 2008) * ''13'' with Rich Harney (Aardvark Records 2013) * ''Alex Coke, Liminal 1'' (Rock Tumbler Records, 2019) ===As sideman=== '''With [Willem Breuker](/source/Willem_Breuker)''' * ''Parade'' (BV Haast, 1991) * ''Deze Kant Op, Dames! = This Way Ladies'' (BV Haast, 1993) * ''Overtime/Uberstunden'' (NM Classics, 1994) * ''Sensemaya'' (BV Haast, 1995) * ''Dans Plezier/Joy of Dance'' (BV Haast, 1995) * ''The Parrot'' (BV Haast, 1996) * ''Music for His Films 1967/1994'' with [Johan van der Keuken](/source/Johan_van_der_Keuken) (BV Haast, 1997) * ''Pakkepapen'' (BV Haast, 1998) * ''Psalm 122'' (BV Haast, 1998) * ''Kurt Weill'' (BV Haast, 1998) * ''Thirst!'' with [Denise Jannah](/source/Denise_Jannah) (BV Haast, 2000) * ''Hunger!'' (BV Haast, 2000) * ''Trilogy: Hunger/Thirst/Misery'' (BV Haast, 2003) * ''At Ruta Maya Cafe'' (BV Haast, 2006) * ''Fidget'' (BV Haast, 2007) '''With others''' * [Dennis Gonzalez](/source/Dennis_Gonzalez), ''Witness'' (Daagnim, 1983) * [Austin Klezmorim](/source/Austin_Klezmorim), ''East of Odessa'' (B.A. Music, 1994) * Austin Klezmorim, ''Bubba's Waltz'' (B.A. Music, 2005) * [Eric Vloeimans](/source/Eric_Vloeimans), Willem Breuker, ''The Compositions of Eric Dolphy'' (BV Haast, 2006) * [Voxtrot](/source/Voxtrot), ''Voxtrot'' (Playlouderecordings, 2007) * [White Denim](/source/White_Denim), ''D'' (Downtown 2011) Source:{{cite web|url=https://alexcoke.home.xs4all.nl/AlDiscswithpics.html |title=Discography |publisher=Xs4all.nl |date= |accessdate=May 31, 2021}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{official website|http://www.xs4all.nl/~alexcoke}} * [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alex-coke-mn0000613505/credits AllMusic credits] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Coke, Alex}} Category:American jazz saxophonists Category:American male saxophonists Category:American jazz flautists Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American saxophonists Category:21st-century American male musicians Category:American male jazz musicians Category:21st-century flautists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alex Coke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Coke) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Coke?action=history)). 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