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    Jack Coen
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    Jack Coen

    1925–2012

    Flute player Jack Coen (1925-2012) from Drimnamuckla near Woodford arrived in New York in 1949 and settled in the Bronx, where he soon became a musical associate of Larry Redican, Paddy O’Brien, Paddy Reynolds and other leading players. His younger brother Charlie Coen (born 1933) followed in 1955.

    For more information on Jack Coen see below.

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    The New York jig ; Contentment is wealth, jig ; The Killimor jig [comp. Seán Ryan] / New York Céilí Band [Paddy O'Brien, accordion ; Andy McGann, fiddle ; Larry Redican, fiddle ; Jack Coen, flute ; Gerry Wallace, piccolo ; Felix Dolan, piano]

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    • The New York jig ; Contentment is wealth, jig ; The Killimor jig [comp. Seán Ryan] / New York Céilí Band [Paddy O'Brien, accordion ; Andy McGann, fiddle ; Larry Redican, fiddle ; Jack Coen, flute ; Gerry Wallace, piccolo ; Felix Dolan, piano]

    • King of the clans, reel ; Golden keyboard, reel [comp. Martin Mulhaire] ; The peeler's jacket, reel / New York Céilí Band [Paddy O'Brien, accordion ; Andy McGann, fiddle ; Larry Redican, fiddle ; Jack Coen, flute ; Gerry Wallace, piccolo ; Felix

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      Farewell to Erin, reel / Jack Coen ; Mike Rafferty ; Paddy Reynolds ; Billy McComiskey. Recorded by Terry Rafferty at the Snug Harbour Festival, Staten Island, New York 1989

      The star of Munster, reel / Mike Rafferty, flute ; Jack Coen, flute. Recorded by Terry Rafferty at the Snug Harbour Festival, Staten Island, New York, 1989

      The jig of Port Fleadh [comp. Seán Ryan] / Jack Coen, flute. Recorded by Terry Rafferty at Catskill's Irish Arts Week, New York, 1992

      The duke of Leinster, reel / Jack Coen, flute ; Mike Rafferty, flute ; Billy McComiskey, accordion. Recorded by Terry Rafferty at the Snug Harbour Festival, Staten Island, New York 1989

      Jim Conroy's reel ; The pullet, reel / Jack Coen, flute ; Fr. Charlie Coen, concertina. Recorded by Terry Rafferty at the Outdoor festival, New York in the 1980s

      Scatter the mud, jig ; The Nova Scotia jig / Jack Coen, flute ; Billy McComiskey, concertina. Recorded by Terry Rafferty at Glen Echo Festival, Maryland, United States of America, 27 May 1990
    Jack Coen / Unidentified photographer

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