Coleridge Goode

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Coleridge Goode
Background information
Birth name Coleridge George Emerson Goode
Born 29 November 1914(1914-11-29)
Kingston, Jamaica
Died 2 October 2015(2015-10-02) (aged 100)
Genres Jazz
Occupations Double bassist
Instruments Double bass
Associated acts Joe Harriott,
Michael Garrick

Coleridge George Emerson Goode (29 November 1914 – 2 October 2015) was a British Jamaican-born jazz bassist. He was best known for his long works with alto saxophonist Joe Harriott.

On 18 May 2011 Goode was honoured with the Services to Jazz Award at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, held at the House of Commons.[1] He died on 2 October 2015,[2] the year after he turned 100.[3]

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