COOPER-MOORE

Avant-Garde Jazz / Eclectic Fusion / 21st Century Modern / Jazz Related Improv/Composition / Jazz Related Gospel • United States
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Highly individualistic avant-garde jazz pianst, composer, and instrument builder.

Pianist, composer, and instrument builder Cooper Moore is a highly regarded avant-garde jazz performer who emerged from the fertile New York loft scene of the 1970s. Born Gene Y. Ashton in Loudon County, Virginia in 1946, Moore (aka Cooper-Moore) began playing piano around age eight and was soon performing at church and various local functions. Inspired early on by the work of artists like Ahmad Jamal, Jaki Byard, and Charles Mingus, Moore began pursuing his interest in jazz. In 1967 he moved to Boston, where he studied at the Berklee College of Music. It was during his time in Boston that he first met saxophonist David S. Ware. Together, they formed the progressive Apogee trio and began performing around the city.

By 1973, Moore and Ware had moved to New York City, where they lived in a collective house on Canal
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COOPER-MOORE Cooper-Moore, Assif Tsahar ‎: America album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cooper-Moore, Assif Tsahar ‎: America
21st Century Modern 2003
COOPER-MOORE Cooper-Moore (aka  The Cedar Box Recordings) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cooper-Moore (aka The Cedar Box Recordings)
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2004
COOPER-MOORE Triptych Myth album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Triptych Myth
Avant-Garde Jazz 2004
COOPER-MOORE Triptych Myth : The Beautiful album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Triptych Myth : The Beautiful
21st Century Modern 2005
COOPER-MOORE Cooper-Moore / Assif Tsahar : Tells Untold album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cooper-Moore / Assif Tsahar : Tells Untold
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2005
COOPER-MOORE Outtakes 1978 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Outtakes 1978
21st Century Modern 2005
COOPER-MOORE Cooper-Moore /  Assif Tsahar /  Chad Taylor : Digital Primitives album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cooper-Moore / Assif Tsahar / Chad Taylor : Digital Primitives
Eclectic Fusion 2006
COOPER-MOORE Digital Primitives (Cooper-Moore / Tsahar / Taylor) : Hum Crackle Pop album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Digital Primitives (Cooper-Moore / Tsahar / Taylor) : Hum Crackle Pop
Eclectic Fusion 2009
COOPER-MOORE Digital Primitives : Lipsomuch & Soul Searchin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Digital Primitives : Lipsomuch & Soul Searchin'
Eclectic Fusion 2013
COOPER-MOORE Cooper Moore / Stephen Gauci : Studio Sessions: Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cooper Moore / Stephen Gauci : Studio Sessions: Vol. 1
Avant-Garde Jazz 2018
COOPER-MOORE The  Cooper-Moore Sessions : Mad King Edmund album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Cooper-Moore Sessions : Mad King Edmund
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2019
COOPER-MOORE Cooper-Moore / Stephen Gauci : Conversations - Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cooper-Moore / Stephen Gauci : Conversations - Vol. 1
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020
COOPER-MOORE Cooper Moore & Stephen Gauci : Conversations Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cooper Moore & Stephen Gauci : Conversations Vol. 2
Avant-Garde Jazz 2022

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COOPER-MOORE Cooper-Moore & Mad King Edmund : The Reverend Eddie Bones album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cooper-Moore & Mad King Edmund : The Reverend Eddie Bones
Jazz Related Gospel 2017

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COOPER-MOORE Solo: Deep In The Neighborhood Of History And Influence album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo: Deep In The Neighborhood Of History And Influence
Avant-Garde Jazz 2001
COOPER-MOORE Cooper​-​Moore ​/ ​Stephen Gauci : Live at Roulette album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cooper​-​Moore ​/ ​Stephen Gauci : Live at Roulette
Avant-Garde Jazz 2022

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