Home » Jazz Articles » Cooper-Moore

Jazz Articles about Cooper-Moore

About Cooper-Moore

153

Album Review

Cooper-Moore/Tom Abbs/Chad Taylor: Triptych Myth

Read "Triptych Myth" reviewed by Ty Cumbie

by Ty Cumbie
May 13, 2004

Triptych Myth opens with a rockin' rhythmic attack, topped with a stunted, lurching melody that recalls Monk and Cecil Taylor more or less equally, yet carves out a little stylistic territory all its own. No mean feat. If Monk had ever made the leap to free improvisation, some of the piano sounds on this disc hint at what might've resulted. Even 'The Fox,' a basically straight ahead reggae piece, relentlessly continues this theme, imagining the great bop architect as a ...

199

Album Review

Cooper-Moore: Deep In the Neighborhood of History and Influence

by Derek Taylor
November 1, 2000

Cooper-Moore is one of those cats that’s been a prime mover in creative improvised music for years, but has next to nothing in terms of a discography to show for it. He’s living proof that the recorded legacy of the music, while seemingly vast, is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what has transpired and lives on only in the memories of those who have witnessed it first hand through concerts and performance. To my knowledge this ...