Cornell Rochester
Cornell W. Rochester (born July 1957 in Philadelphia ) is an American fusion and jazz musician ( drums ).
Live and act
Rochester started playing drums when he was a child. He received lessons from Sherman Ferguson and played in local funk bands and organ trios. 1980 brought him Odean Pope into his band; together with Gerald Veasley the album Almost Like Me (Moers Music, 1982) was created. In 1982 he also appeared with James Blood Ulmer . In the next few years Jamaaladeen Tacuma brought him into his band. Together with Veasley, he recorded the album One Minute of Love for Gramavision Records in 1985 , for which there was a collaboration with Willie Williams , but also with Ulmer and with John Zorn . In the late 1980s he was part of The Zawinul Syndicate and then worked with Ulmer and David Murray (and other saxophonists) in the Music Revelation Society . In 1993 he released his debut album under his own name ( I Said Your Mother's on the Pipe ). In Europe there were also meetings with Tacuma and the Dutch Paul van Kemenade , Wolter Wierbos and Jan Kuiper . In recent years he has only performed sporadically, for example in 2017 in a trio with Pope and Veasley. There were also recordings with Friedrich Gulda and Adam Unsworth.
Web links
- Facebook presence
- Cornell Rochester at Discogs (English)
- Cornell Rochester at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography (Paul van Kemenade)
- ^ Grove Music Online / The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
- ^ Sittin in at the Kimmel Center
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SURNAME | Rochester, Cornell |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rochester, Cornell W. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American fusion and jazz musician (drummer) |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 1957 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |