Cooper-Moore Solo / Music: Old and New Paths
Traveling from town to town by bus and train as the routes and rates avail, Cooper-Moore will perform this brand new program fully utilizing his own handcrafted instruments. Old and New Paths is a mix, a gumbo, a stew of gospel, bop, avant-garde jazz, and blues based music which is used to accompany stories about people that he's known, and stories that he heard as a child living in the Piedmont area of Virginia.
Some press quotes on Cooper-Moore:
"One of New York's most effusive but reclusive musical geniuses. Cooper-Moore is a one-man New Orleans jazz funeral flailing like the Grambling State marching band across a vaudeville stage." - Andy Battaglia, Salon.com
"One of the most potent musicians ever." - Phil Waldorf, Other Music
"As one of those rare jacks who own the startling ability to master as many trades as they can fit under their belts, Cooper-Moore has become one of the East Coast creative jazz scene's most versatile and valuable presences." - Scott Hreha, One Final Note