Tomorrow’s Warriors have posted a slideshow of some of the wonderful images we used for my concert last week in the Purcell Room at Southbank Centre to celebrate (a week early) the 100th birthday of one of my mentors, Coleridge Goode. We’ll be posting up some footage from the show shortly.
Send Coleridge a birthday message via the Tomorrow’s Warriors blog or, alternatively:
- Post on Twitter with hashtags #OnceInACentury #ColeridgeGoode100
- Like and post a comment on Facebook page Coleridge Goode 100
– we’ll be sharing your messages with Coleridge at his party on the 29th!
Last week Tomorrow’s Warriors artistic director, Gary CrosbyOBE was able to publicly share his admiration for his mentor at a special interactive concert during the London Jazz Festival. Today, we are so very proud to celebrate the 100th birthday of the double bass jazz giant and unmatched legend, MrColeridge Goode: ‘Lord Master of the Lower Frequencies’.
Happy Birthday Coleridge! may you celebrate many more glorious years with your family and friends, and keep on inspiring future generations of jazz musicians and lovers of jazz music.
Please join us in celebrating Coleridge’s incredible talent, his influence on the jazz scene and beyond and, most of all, the pure generosity and humanity he shows to those who come after him. Send your appreciation by tweeting #OnceInACentury #ColeridgeGoode100 or commenting on Facebook.
Coleridge Goode, born 29 November 1914, Jamaica, West Indies.
Thanks to Coleridge Goode’s family for photographs and…
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