Anthony George Coe was well-known as an English jazz musician who played clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones.
In 1976, a grant from the Arts Council enabled Coe to write Zeitgeist – Based On Poems Of Jill Robin, a large-scale orchestral work fusing jazz and rock elements with techniques from classical music which was recorded on EMI records on 29 and 30 July 1976 at Lansdowne Studios based in Holland Park, London.
In 1995 he received an honorary degree and the Danish Jazzpar Prize.
Tony Coe’s cause of death: How did Tony Coe die?
Coe died on March 16, 2023, at the age of 88, and he is believed to have died from a natural death surrounded by his loved ones.
Coe was born in Canterbury, Kent, England, Coe started on clarinet and was self-taught on tenor saxophone.
At just 15 years of age in 1949 he played in his school’s (Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys) trad band and two years later, aged 17, became a full professional with Joe Daniels.
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