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Pete Coco

A mainstay on the New York Jazz Scene, bassist Pete Coco recently released his debut album as a leader, “Lined with a Groove,” which features drummer Matt Wilson and pianist Sullivan Fortner. The LP is an homage to his mentors and influences, with fresh arrangements of tunes by bassists including Ron Carter, Milt Hinton, Ray Brown, Charlie Haden, Paul Chambers and more.

Pete has performed with many jazz greats including Matt Wilson, Jane Monheit, Bucky Pizzarelli, Zach Brock, Melissa Aldana, Ken Peplowski, Harry Allen, Bruce Forman, Joel Weiskopf, Frank Vignola, Chuck Redd, and Warren Vache, among others. He has studied jazz bass with Maestro Ron Carter, Todd Coolman, Rufus Reid, Doug Weiss, Dennis Irwin and Bob Bowen, and classical bass with Kurt Muroki.

Pete holds a DMA in Classical Performance from Stony Brook University and is an adjunct professor at Hofstra University, where he teaches bass lessons, music history, conducts the lab jazz band, and directs the chamber music program. He is also director of the Music Academy of Garden City, a music school he founded in 2006, and an avid photographer who catalogs his fellow musicians both in the studio and live in concert.

Pete Coco: Lined With A Groove

Read "Lined With A Groove" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
July 8, 2019

Bassist Pete Coco tips his hat to his fellow four-stringers with his debut recording, Lined With A Groove, in a piano-trio setting, with New Orleans-bred Sullivan Fortner on the eighty-eights, and Matt Wilson sitting in on drums. The setlist is drawn from the compositions of fellow bass men Charlie Haden, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Milt Hinton and Oscar Pettiford, with a couple of traditional spirituals thrown in. The trio opens the set of well-chosen compositions with ...

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Take Five with Pete Coco

by Pete Coco
June 28, 2019

About Pete Coco A mainstay on the New York jazz scene, bassist Pete Coco recently released his debut album as a leader, Lined with a Groove, featuring drummer Matt Wilson and pianist Sullivan Fortner. The LP is an homage to his mentors and influences, with fresh arrangements of tunes by bassists including Ron Carter, Milt Hinton, Ray Brown, Charlie Haden, Paul Chambers and more. Pete has performed with many jazz greats including Matt Wilson, Jane Monheit, ...

"Pete’s sound, swinging time feel, great intonation, excellent bowing technique, the clarity of his ideas, and the overall command of his instrument and the music are all evidence of a, 'Top shelf' performer." - Todd Coolman

“…a magnificent statement about the state of the art. A winner throughout.” - Midwest Reocrd

“…an impressive balance of teamwork and solo features. Filled with rewards.” - Jazz Weekly

“This is a carefully and quite beautifully produced project and worthy of coming back to time and time again.” - Cadence Magazine

"It's really a wonderful CD..