Music
Drummer Tim Coakley performs with Skip Parsons’ Riverboat Jazz Band, a dixieland band (featured in our pilot episode!), as well as his own trio. He has played with jazz greats including Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson and Buddy Tate. Coakley is also the president of A Place for Jazz, a fall concert series in the Capital Region, and host of the Tim Coakley Jazz Show (Saturdays from 11 p.m. to midnight) on WAMC Northeast Public Radio. The radio personality has also had a long-standing career as a copy editor for Schenectady’s Daily Gazette newspaper.Coakley was the 2013 recipient of the “Jazz Hero” award from the Jazz Journalists Association.The music for this episode is from the Riverboat Jazz Band’s album, “When The Saints Go Marchin’ In.” This interview took place in Washington Park in Albany, N.Y. Thank you for listening to Six Count. This show, hosted and produced by Xara Wilde, seeks to promote and preserve the jazz and swing scene in the Capital Region of New York. Six Count is a listener-supported, independent project. Contribute to the pilot season.Have a comment, question or suggestion for who to feature next? Contact Six Count by email at sixcountpodcast@gmail.com or you can find the show on Twitter @SixCountPodcast.