The Cooper-Moore / Jeremy Barnes Duo
Join us for an evening of improvised music with pianist/instrument builder Cooper-Moore and Jeremy Barnes of “A Hawk and A Hacksaw.” Cooper-Moore is a renowned pianist, story-teller, and instrument maker from New York. He will be accompanied by Jeremy Barnes, of New Mexico itinerants “A Hawk and A Hacksaw” and indie darlings, “Neutral Milk Hotel,” on drums.Cooper-Moore has for years played with some of the best jazz musicians around–David S. Ware, William Parker, and Hamid Drake, among others. This is his first visit to New Mexico, where he will showcase his amazing virtousity at the “diddley bow,” the “twanger” and the “horizontal hoe-handle harp.” He might even sit down at the piano.
Cooper-Moore (b. 1946) is an American jazz pianist, composer and instrument builder/designer based in New York City. In 1970, he formed a collective trio, Apogee, with saxophonist David S. Ware and drummer Marc Edwards. His current group, with Tom Abbs and Chad Taylor, is called Triptych Myth. Another group Moore heads is the Digital Primitives trio, along with Chad Taylor and Assif Tsahar. He has also performed with Daniel Carter. Among the many instruments Moore has built are the “deedly-bo, a three-string fretless banjo and a mouth bow.” He has toured extensively in Europe as well as the United States and will be here in Santa Fe with his newest group “The Cooper-Moore/Barnes Duo.”
Jeremy Barnes is the founding member of “A Hawk and a Hacksaw” and former drummer of the now-defunct band “Neutral Milk Hotel.” He has also worked and recorded with Bright Eyes, Beirut, Broadcast, Bablicon, The Gerbils, Alan Jenkins and The Thurston Lava Tube.
http://www.hopscotchrecords.com/cooper-moore.html
http://www.aumfidelity.com/cooper-moore.html
