Dolo Coker was an insider's jazz pianist. He'd pop up on albums here and there and was better known by his peers. Coker spent much of his career playing and recording as a sideman and didn't record his first leadership date until 1976, when he was 50. One of his most interesting leadership albums was California Hard (Xanadu), featuring Blue Mitchell on …
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