Cooper-Moore is an American

United States

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 jazz

Jazz

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 pianist

Piano

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, composer

Composer

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 and instrument builder

Musical instrument

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/designer based in New York City

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. He began performing church music in the Piedmont

Piedmont (United States)

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 region of the Blue Ridge Mountains

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 of Virginia. In 1970, he formed a collective trio, Apogee, with saxophonist

Saxophone

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 David S. Ware

David S. Ware

David Spencer Ware , is an American jazz saxophonist.Ware grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey and graduated from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. He attended the Berklee College of Music and worked in New York City as a cab driver for 14 years, later returning to Scotch Plains to live...

 and drum

Drum

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mer Marc Edwards. He has toured extensively in Europe http://www.aumfidelity.com/cooper-moore.html as well as the United States. His current group, with Tom Abbs

Tom Abbs

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 and Chad Taylor, is called Triptych Myth. Another group Moore heads is the Digital Primitives trio, along with Chad Taylor and Assif Tsahar

Assif Tsahar

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. He has also performed with Daniel Carter

Daniel Carter (musician)

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. Among the many instruments Moore has built are "a deedly-bo [sic], a three-string fretless banjo and a mouth bow."

According to Cooper-Moore:

I have taken stuff out a dumpster to make an instrument which I have used at gigs. If you put me somewhere, and I had to play and didn't have an instrument, I'd get everything I needed and make an instrument within a few hours.

External links

• Cooper-Moore at Aum Fidelity
  Aum fidelity
  AUM Fidelity is a New York City-based independent record label primarily devoted to avant-garde jazz artists such as William Parker, Matthew Shipp, and David S. Ware. It has also released recordings by improvisational rock band Shrimp Boat, and exclusively distributes the CaseQuarter and Riti labels...
  
  
• Cooper Moore [sic] at All About Jazz
  All About Jazz
  All About Jazz is a leading jazz music website for enthusiasts and industry professionals based in Philadelphia in the United States.Founded by Michael Ricci in 1995, the Web-Site is maintained by a volunteer staff of writers, editors, and musicians, and provides coverage of all genres of jazz from...