Lindsay L. Cooper

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Lindsay L. Cooper (born January 18, 1940 in Glasgow , † June 19, 2001 in Edinburgh ) was a British bassist (also cello and tuba ), who initially worked in entertainment and pop music and then jazz and improvisation music dedicated.

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Cooper, who grew up in Scotland , moved to London in 1965 to become a professional musician. He soon got hired as a ship musician and worked with interruptions until 1970 on the Queen Mary and passenger ships of the P&O line . Then he worked with the Strawbs , with Ken Colyer and with Mike Oldfield (on whose album Tubular Bells he was involved in 1973). In addition, he studied with Peter Ind , in order to work primarily in the jazz sector. He recorded with Ken Hyder , with John Stevens ' Amalgam and the Spontaneous Music Orchestra he directed . He also played with Stan Tracey , Keith Tippett , Derek Bailey , Kenny Wheeler , Eddie Lockjaw Davis , Bobby Bradford and Yusef Lateef , at the end of the 1970s he moved to Zurich, where he worked with Urs Blöchlinger and later in the Trio Day & Taxi with Christoph Gallio and Dieter Ulrich , but also worked with Nat Su and Ulrich. He was also engaged in Markus Hächler's Old Rivertown jazz band , with whom he recorded two albums for Elite (also as a tuba player). In the early 1990s he returned to Scotland, where he founded a workshop for free improvisation music in Edinburgh. He also played with Bill Wells and with The Pearlfishers .

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SURNAME Cooper, Lindsay L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cooper, Linday
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British bass player
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 2001
Place of death Edinburgh