Outtakes 1978

Cooper-Moore
Hopscotch Records
Jazz | Feb 2006

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-10-16
Something interesting that Cooper-Moore said at a show this week (October 2008) ... Mark Gould, who plays trumpet on here, is apparently quite an expert and even *taught* Wynton Marsalis at one point.

But Gould was rejected by the jazz elite in NYC at the time. (Gould happens to be white, for what it's worth.) He's instead built a very good career in classical music. And according to Cooper-Moore, Gould plays classical and jazz better than Wynton.

No idea if it's all true, but it's an interesting footnote. Anyway, that respect for Gould is why Cooper-Moore selected him to play on this album.
 
Ben
Reviewed 2006-06-27
Cooper-Moore - Outtakes 1978

Interesting document of the loft jazz scene of the late 70s featuring Cooper-Moore with David S. Ware on sax and Kenwood Dennard on drums. A laid-back session with some great playing from all involved.
Most tracks have studio chatter at the beginning and/or end.

1. Quiet melodic percussion
*2. Nice group free improv
3. Wild sax from Ware
*4. Fife and drum Americana
*5. Slow trumpet and creaking diddly bow
*6. Group free improv (another take of #2)
*7. Bluesy piano/sax gospel fanfare
*8. See #2, #6
9. Version of #3
*10. Version of #1, with a little more groove
11. Sung prayer dissolves into an abstract jam

Ben B 6/06

Recent airplay

Emancipation Take 3
Memory SelectAug 18, 2006
Ensemble 1 Redo Take 9
Radio Of ImaginationAug 15, 2006
Ensemble 1 Take 1
Memory SelectAug 04, 2006
Ensemble 1 Redo Take 9
Umami Jazz ProgramJul 25, 2006
Prayer Take 8
Memory SelectJul 21, 2006
Prayer Take 8
Umami Jazz ProgramJun 27, 2006

Charting

2006-06-18 — 2006-08-20 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Aug 20 2
Aug 6 1
Jul 30 1
Jul 23 1
Jul 2 1
Jun 25 2

Track listing

1. Emancipation Take 4
2. Ensemble 1 Redo Take 9
3. Trio Take 5
4. Breakdown Take 10
5. Duo Take 11
6. Ensemble 1 Take 2
7. Prayer Take 8
8. Ensemble 1 Take 1
9. Trio Take 6
10. Emancipation Take 3
11. In The Beginning