Coat Cooke

Individual


Roles

Composer, Musician, Organizer

Biography

Coat Cooke is a Vancouver-based composer, saxophonist, and organizer. As the founder and of NOW Orchestra, Cooke has toured Canada, the USA, and Europe performing in major festivals in Berlin, Lisbon, and Chicago. As a composer, Cooke has written for dance, film, and spoken word, and for configurations from solo piano to large ensembles. His collaborations include work with George Lewis, Wadada Leo Smith, Roscoe Mitchell, Butch Morris, and Marilyn Crispell. He also leads the Coat Cooke Trio and Meta 5, and co-leads Direct Current with bassist David Chokroun.

Point of Departure, 2009

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