[dohertyjazz]

apparently he was buddies with Sidney Bichet.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kcwEIs5_z7E

Embarrassing true story: This episode actually turned me onto jazz (I was 7 or 8 at the time). My parents never listened to jazz so I had know clue what it was, but I knew I liked it. I guess you can't help where inspiration comes from.

 

[Jason DuMars]

Looks like a 20s Conn cuved soprano

I fell in love with Jazz through Richie Cole, so Touche!

 

[Saxplayer67]

Uh, what's wrong with Richie Cole? I first heard him well into my sax life and I think he's terrific!

 

[Doug Lange]

I like Richie, too. You should hear him sing. He kept looking at a moose head mounted next to the stage in this club he played in Montana. He felt bad for it and made up a song on the spot, "The Moose, Moose Blues!"

...He's mellowed a bit in the past 20 years

 

[RootyTootoot]

Forget Indiana Jones. Forget Richie Cole. Zoot from "the Muppets" is the man.