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BB Cooper
Composing for film, she specializes in haunting, lyrical themes and variations for piano.
As a songwriter, BB writes in English and French and occasionally collaborates with lyricists. To date she has a vast catalogue of songs recorded by jazz singers and performed in shows.
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BB Cooper: Uneasy Street
by Elliott Simon
Ms. BB Cooper is first and foremost a songwriter whose tunes lend themselves to interpretation by a wide variety of singers and instrumentalists. For Uneasy Street, two of Britain's premiere vocalists, Barb Jungr and Ian Shaw, are well-chosen to show another side of Cooper's emotive pen. While her last offering, The Best of British Vocal Jazz, was heavily dosed with fresh, sparkling performances, Uneasy Street is a dual-gender take on life's flip side. Here, Cooper's music makes it possible for ...
Continue ReadingJazz this week: Poncho Sanchez; Cooper-Moore, Abrams & Drake; Glendale Jazz Festival; Willie Akins Jazz Festival; and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The busy Memorial Day weekend schedule of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis includes the return of a leading light of Latin jazz; an all-star assembly of creative improvisors; a benefit raising funds for scholarships in the name of the late St. Louis saxophonist Willie Akins, and more. Let's go the highlights.... Wednesday, May 23 Percussionist Poncho Sanchez and his band, who are pretty much the gold standard these days for small combo Latin jazz, perform for the ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Cooper-Moore, Joshua Abrams & Hamid Drake
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's check out some videos featuring multi-instrumentalists Cooper-Moore, Joshua Abrams, and Hamid Drake, who will be teaming up for a show presented by New Music Circle next Saturday, May 26 at Off Broadway. All three are veterans of the international creative music scene who have performed in St. Louis previously in different ensembles. Most recently, Drake played here with violinist Iva Bittová last year; with fellow percussionist Adam Rudolph in 2016; and, along with Cooper-Moore, as part of ...
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When Artists Lead Their Audiences: Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Beyoncé and More
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HypeBot
Here David Deal reflects on what it means for an artist to lean an audience, and why it is equally important for a performer to in turn both comfort and unsettle an audience with one's creative work. Guest Post by David Deal on Superhype “Are there any paranoids in the audience tonight?” With those caustic words, Roger Waters introduced “Run Like Hell” in concert in 1980. Waters continues to taunt and provoke his audience 37 years later when he performs ...
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New Work From William Parker Featuring Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore To Be Released On April 1, 2016
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Steven Joerg
On April 1, 2016, a new album of William Parker's luminous compositions will be released on his own Centering Records imprint (distributed via AUM Fidelity). Stan’s Hat Flapping In The Wind presents new work from one of the jazz avant-garde’s most essential individuals, presented in one of the most traditional of forms: voice & piano duets; by fully illuminated masters of their instruments. 19 new songs composed by William Parker, and performed by Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore. Parker is—among his ...
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Enter the "Shane Cooper - Oscillations" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Shane Cooper - Oscillations“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on September 24th. Click here to enter the contest
(Becoming a fan of Shane Cooper at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck! About Oscillations
Shane Cooper, a bassist and composer whose “instrumental voice is distinctively generous and lyrical" (Gwen Ansell, Mail & Guradian) released his debut album, Oscillations, on August ...
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Nishimura, Siwula, Iacovone, Hostfalt, Gallagher, Cooper Live At Nublu NYC August 13 2013
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Sten Hostfalt
Tuesday August 13, 2013, 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM at Nublu NYC Always Continuing STRAIN INTO THE LIMITS Improvised performances of music pushing past the boundaries of convention and delving into less traveled relationships between melody, time, instruments,dynamics and personal voice. HEAR THIS TRIO HERE Rocco John Iacovone (Saxophone) Blaise Siwula (Saxophone) Stan Nishimura (Trombone) STAN, STEN, e VAN Evan Gallagher - Casio ctk611 keyboard Sten Hostfalt - Guitar Stan Nishimura - ...
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Take a Fun and Funky Trip with Patrick Cooper Back to "The Way It Used to be"
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Critics, radio and record buyers already aboard the keyboardists jazz-funk train Upper Marlboro, MD: People are feeling the new album from keyboardist Patrick Cooper, who today released The Way It Used To Be, a modern collection of vintage jazz-funk and melodic R&B grooves that he wrote and produced to pay homage to the halcyon days of the 1970s when free-form jazz mingled with R&B, soul and funk. Enthusiastic reviews, radio play and pre-release record sales are positive indicators that Coopers ...
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Keyboardist Patrick Cooper Aims to Make the Past Present on "The Way It Used to Be"
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Album of jazzy R&B instrumentals will be released July 12, prefaced by the undeniably funky radio single, Struttn Upper Marlboro, MD): From the opening infectious and danceable notes rhythmically tapped out by keyboardist Patrick Cooper on Struttn, the first radio single from his forthcoming second album, The Way It Used To Be, the vibe is instantly set for a throwback collection that puts a contemporary spin on vintage jazz funk. The disc comprised of eight original songs penned and produced ...
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Music Pioneer Ant-Bee Releases New CD Featuring Former Yes, Focus, Gong, Zappa, Capt. Beefheart, Utopia, Alice Cooper Members
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Asheville, NC—After a 12 year gap between albums, and fans holding their breaths, avant-garde music pioneer ANT-BEE, best known for recording ex-members of the Mothers of Invention and Alice Cooper Group together on the critically acclaimed 1998 release 'Lunar Muzik,' has finally released what could be considered the artist's masterpiece. Possibly the most unique and innovative album to be recorded in decades, ANT-BEE 'Electronic Church Muzik' is an exploration into the spirituality of man (and woman) in a steam-of-consciousness psychedelic ...
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"BB Cooper also draws from a myriad of styles that include Latin, cool, swing, classical, soul and the blues."
- Elliott Simon, All About Jazz
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