Jerome Cooper
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 .
Selection discography
- Lester Bowie : Mirage (RCA Camden, 1974-82)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk : Live in Paris, Vol. 1 (Frances's Concert, 1970)
- Revolutionary Ensemble ( ESP-Disk , 1972)
- Revolutionary Ensemble ( Enja , 1977)
- Cecil Taylor: It's In the Brewing Luminous ( hat Art , 1980)
- Jerome Cooper & Kresten Osgood : As of Not (ILK, 2020)
Web links
- Jerome Cooper on his concept of "multidimensional drumming" at mutablemusic.com
- Sirone, Jerome Cooper and the "Revolutionary Ensemble" on allaboutjazz.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Album From There to Hear , Review by François Couture for AllMusic, accessed May 15, 2015
- ↑ Nate Chinen: Jerome Cooper, a Multitextured Jazz Percussionist, Dies at 68. In: The New York Times, May 13, 2015 (English, accessed May 17, 2015).
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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 |