168:. By the age of thirteen he was starting to play piano. Coker moved to Philadelphia, where he studied piano at the Landis School of Music and at Orenstein's Conservatory. Coker also played some shows on piano for
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112:(November 16, 1927 – April 13, 1983) was a
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685:37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt
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179:Quartet (with Flip Greene on bass and
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288:(drums); most tracks quintet, with
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172:while in Philadelphia.
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872:American jazz pianists
166:Camden, South Carolina
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561:Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
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486:Wheelin' and Dealin'
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897:1983 deaths
892:1927 births
812:Live albums
677:Sonny Stitt
514:Sonny Criss
496:Junior Cook
478:The Stepper
384:Solo piano
294:Harold Land
239:Discography
196:Harold Land
183:on drums).
170:Jimmy Heath
126:Gene Ammons
122:Sonny Stitt
861:Categories
793:Third Down
753:Dolo Coker
701:References
659:Red Rodney
641:Art Pepper
623:Les McCann
522:Crisscraft
463:As sideman
342:Third Down
322:Art Pepper
226:Third Down
218:Art Pepper
134:Art Pepper
79:Instrument
35:1927-11-16
23:Dolo Coker
801:All Alone
649:Intensity
374:All Alone
230:All Alone
148:Biography
714:Allmusic
667:Superbop
613:Showcase
577:Feelin's
452:(bass),
416:(bass),
332:(drums)
284:(bass),
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825:Al Cohn
442:Al Cohn
406:Al Cohn
216:, with
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796:(1977)
788:(1976)
780:(1976)
436:Xanadu
400:Xanadu
380:Xanadu
348:Xanadu
312:Xanadu
276:Xanadu
260:Notes
257:Label
254:Title
140:, and
91:Xanadu
87:Labels
61:Genres
44:, U.S.
777:Dolo!
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369:1979
337:1977
301:1976
270:Dolo!
265:1976
224:were
190:with
188:Dolo!
110:Coker
82:Piano
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212:for
202:and
160:and
114:jazz
106:Dolo
65:Jazz
49:Died
29:Born
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