Jerome Cooper

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Jerome Cooper (born December 14, 1946 in Chicago - † May 6, 2015 in New York City ) was an American jazz drummer , flautist and pianist of avant-garde jazz .

Cooper studied drums in the late 1950s and early 1960s, playing early in his career with Oscar Brown Jr. Then he moved to Europe, worked with Steve Lacy , toured Africa with Lou Bennett and played with the Art Ensemble of Chicago , also with Frank Wright and Noah Howard in the 1970s. When he returned to the United States in 1971, he founded the Revolutionary Ensemble with Leroy Jenkins and Sirone , which was one of the most important groups in avant-garde jazz of that decade and made 6 records. The ensemble, in which Cooper was also active as a pianist, horn player and flutist, existed until 1977. During this time he also worked with George Adams , Sam Rivers , Karl Berger , Andrew Hill , Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell ( Wildflowers 1976), in in the 1980s he played in Cecil Taylor's band . In the 1970s, with Thomas Buckner as a sideman, an album was created under his own name ( Alone Together ). His last album, From There to Hear , was released in 2001 with live recordings from 1995 to 1998. a. from the Knitting Factory . Cooper died on May 6, 2015 in Brooklyn, New York , at the age of 68 of complications from multiple myeloma .

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  1. ↑ Album From There to Hear , Review by François Couture for AllMusic, accessed May 15, 2015
  2. ↑ Nate Chinen: Jerome Cooper, a Multitextured Jazz Percussionist, Dies at 68. In: The New York Times, May 13, 2015 (English, accessed May 17, 2015).
personal data
SURNAME Cooper, Jerome
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 2015
Place of death New York City