Phil Moore

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John Levy (left) and Phil Moore (foreground), New York, NY, circa 1947.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Phil Moore (* 20th February 1918 in Portland (Oregon) ; † 13. May 1987 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz - pianist , composer , arranger and orchestra leader.

Life

Phil Moore worked with his own ensembles from the late 1930s and became known in the 1940s for his band, which also included Irving Ashby , Wallace Bishop , Britt Woodman , Johnny Letman , Murray McEachern , Gene Sedric , Remo Palmieri , Freddie Slack and Calvin Jackson played. In 1945 his Phil Moore Four were the backing band for Lena Horne ("How Long Has That Train Been Gone"). Phil Moore also worked as arranger, who also wrote an ambitious composition for the slack band, the "Fugue for Barroom Piano (and Symphony Orchestra)", which was performed in Los Angeles but never recorded.

Phil Moore Four - 78 record from 1947: "Don't Worry 'bout Strangers"

With his enlarged orchestra, in which u. a. Gerald Wilson , Snooky Young , Marshall Royal , Lucky Thompson , Red Callender , Artie Shapiro and Lee Young , he recorded his Concerto For Piano And Orchestra for Discovery in 1947 . In 1947 he also made some 78s for Black & White (" Ain't Misbehavin ' ", " Mood Indigo "). In 1949 his band accompanied the singer Mary Ann McCall ("I'm Yours" / "Nice Work").

In 1958 Moore and his orchestra, in which Buck Clayton , Vic Dickenson , Paul Quinichette , Sahib Shihab , Nat Pierce , Danny Barker and Wendell Marshall played, recorded an album on Atlantic with singer LaVern Baker , LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith . That year he was also arranger and leader of a band in which Yank Lawson , Lou McGarity , Eddie Barefield and Milt Hinton played for the pianist and singer Bobby Short .

In 1981 he was in charge of the television series Ad Lib , in which portraits of musicians a. a. by Kenny Burrell , Jimmy Smith , Freddie Hubbard and Jimmy Witherspoon .

78 with the singer Annette Warren: " How High the Moon "

Discographic notes

  • Phil Moore And His Orchestra With Calvin Jackson: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra (Discovery, 1947)
  • Phil Moore Orchestra: Fantasy For Girl And Orchestra (Clef, 1947)
  • LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith (Atlantic, 1958)

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personal data
SURNAME Moore, Phil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist, arranger and orchestra leader
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland, Oregon
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1987
Place of death los Angeles