The Cooper-Moore Sessions: CD
The genius of Cooper-Moore … Brilliant pianist and accompanist… builder and creator of unique and singular home-made instruments… sonic explorer are all captured in this beautiful 3 CD set in a keepsake tin in printed cotton muslin bag.
Cooper-Moore came to Nashville to record with Ed Pettersen and a group of innovative young musicians trying to
The genius of Cooper-Moore … Brilliant pianist and accompanist… builder and creator of unique and singular home-made instruments… sonic explorer are all captured in this beautiful 3 CD set in a keepsake tin in printed cotton muslin bag.
Cooper-Moore came to Nashville to record with Ed Pettersen and a group of innovative young musicians trying to forge their own creative path in an ever-changing musical landscape. What he brought with him was a container of his own hand-built instruments and a truckload of stories, advice and insights that he shared freely.
In the first disc of the set, The Nashville Sessions, Cooper Moore changes up his instruments spontaneously especially during some of the longer improvisations, creating a very intoxicating brew of instrumental textures with Ed Pettersen on guitar and modular devices, Jerry Navarro on acoustic base and Dylan Simon on synthesizer. The overall vibe is contemplative and exhibits a nice ebb and flow between the acoustic and electric instrumentation.
Disc Two Occupied features Ed Pettersen, Cooper-Moore and double bassist Larry Roland capturing their own magical moments in the downtime of a session with legendary free jazz saxophonist Giuseppi Logan in NYC (see The Giuseppi Logan Project). Here Cooper-Moore plays exclusively acoustic piano in a beautiful set of extremely well-recorded takes. Naked and beautiful at the same time, it fully captures C-M's inventive and deft live improvisational dexterity on the piano.
In the third CD of the set, the gospel recording The Reverend Eddie Bones, Cooper-Moore brings his own experience and insights to the interpretation of ten classic gospel tunes, sharing vocals with Pettersen on a few tracks, applying his handcrafted tools to each track and adding syncopation and contrasting rhythmic patterns on drums.