Coleridge Goode RIP

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

"It is with the deepest sadness that I share the
news of the passing of my very dear friend and
mentor, the Jamaican bassist, Coleridge Goode.
He died at his home in West London following a
heart attack at 8pm on Friday 2 October.
It was my great privilege to have celebrated his
100th birthday with Coleridge and his wonderful
family last November, and I’d really hoped we
would be marking his 101st with him this year.
Sadly this was not to be.
I’ll write in more detail soon, but just wanted to
share this very sad news with friends and fans of
Coleridge." Gary Crosby website.

RIP

BN.

[Serial_Apologist]

"It is with the deepest sadness that I share the
news of the passing of my very dear friend and
mentor, the Jamaican bassist, Coleridge Goode.
He died at his home in West London following a
heart attack at 8pm on Friday 2 October.
It was my great privilege to have celebrated his
100th birthday with Coleridge and his wonderful
family last November, and I’d really hoped we
would be marking his 101st with him this year.
Sadly this was not to be.
I’ll write in more detail soon, but just wanted to
share this very sad news with friends and fans of
Coleridge." Gary Crosby website.

RIP

BN.

Thanks for letting us know, BN. I was lucky to have met Coleridge once, having been introduced by Michael Garrick. It was always Coleridge who explained Joe Harriott's "free-form', as they always preferred to distinguish it, and I guess Dave Green and Don Rendell are about the only ones left from the original groups involved in that and Indo-Jazz fusions.

[Alyn_Shipton]

S-A Bobby Orr still with us (as far as I know) - and of the Harriott circle, Tony Kinsey and Frank Holder both still about...

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Interview extract, Jazz Internationale Jan 2013:

"One more question, Coleridge. Can I ask you
about the two drummers the quintet used –
Bobby Orr and Phil Seamen. How did they differ?

Bobby was a master of time. He got a beat and
he kept that absolutely dead the whole time. I
always knew exactly where the beat was. It
meant a lot to me because then you can phrase
things and do things around this beat but when
it’s all over the place I don’t enjoy playing with
it. They say they are pushing the beat. They
describe it as pushing the beat and it gets
gradually faster and faster. You can’t relax on
that. That’s my feeling and Bobby was absolutely
a master at that. I loved playing with him. Phil
was exciting and very talented. His skill was
superb. On the whole, after Bobby came Phil."

BN.

[Serial_Apologist]

Interview extract, Jazz Internationale Jan 2013:

"One more question, Coleridge. Can I ask you
about the two drummers the quintet used –
Bobby Orr and Phil Seamen. How did they differ?

Bobby was a master of time. He got a beat and
he kept that absolutely dead the whole time. I
always knew exactly where the beat was. It
meant a lot to me because then you can phrase
things and do things around this beat but when
it’s all over the place I don’t enjoy playing with
it. They say they are pushing the beat. They
describe it as pushing the beat and it gets
gradually faster and faster. You can’t relax on
that. That’s my feeling and Bobby was absolutely
a master at that. I loved playing with him. Phil
was exciting and very talented. His skill was
superb. On the whole, after Bobby came Phil."

BN.

Phil Seamen, shouting at John Stevens at gig: "Where's the f*ckin beat?!"