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Bob Moses (musician)
American jazz drummer
For the electronic duo, see Bob Moses (band).
Bob Moses | |
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Birth name | Robert Laurence Moses |
Also known as | Ra-Kalam Bob Moses |
Born | () January 28, (age76) New York City, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz, avant-garde jazz |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Drums |
Years active | –present |
Labels | Gramavision |
Musical artist
Bob Moses (born January 28, )[1] is an American jazz drummer.
Biography
He was born in New York, United States.[1] Moses played with Roland Kirk in –65 while he was still a teenager.[1] In , he and Larry Coryell formed The Free Spirits, a jazz fusion ensemble, and from to he played in Gary Burton's quartet, including drumming for the Grammy-nominated album Gary Burton Quartet in Concert.[1] He played on the landmark Burton album A Genuine Tong Funeral, but due to creative disputes with the album's composer Carla Bley the drummer was credited as "Lonesome Dragon".[2] Moses and Bley would later reconcile and he became a vocal booster for her music.
Moses recorded with Burton in the s, in addition to work with Dave Liebman/Open Sky, Pat Metheny, Mike Gibbs, Hal Galper, Gil Goldstein, Steve Swallow, Steve Kuhn/Sheila Jordan (from to ), George Gruntz, and Emily Remler (from to ).[1] In the early s he was a member of Compost with Harold Vick, Jumma Santos, Jack Gregg and Jack DeJohnette.[1]
His first release as a leader was 's Love Animal.
His second release was 's Bittersuite in the Ozone. His records for Gramavision in the s were critically acclaimed.[1]
He is the author of the drum method book Drum Wisdom.[3]
Moses performs alongside John Lockwood, Damon Smith, Jaap Blonk, Don Pate, and John Medeski with guitarist Tisziji Muñoz and teaches at New England Conservatory.
Bob moses wiki Bob Moses is a Canadian electronic music duo based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Formed in New York City, [2] the band consists of Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance (son of Jim Vallance). A remix of their song "Tearing Me Up" by RAC won a Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. [3].In , he recorded a trio album with the Norwegian bassist Arild Andersen and Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon entitled Pure and Simple.
Discography
As leader
- Bittersuite in the Ozone (Mozown, )
- Tributaries with Richard Sussman, Andy LaVerne (Inner City, )
- Family (Sutra, )
- When Elephants Dream of Music (Gramavision, )
- Visit with the Great Spirit (Gramavision, )
- The Story of Moses (Gramavision, )
- Drumming Birds with Billy Martin (ITM, )
- Wheels of Colored Light (Open Minds, )
- Time Stood Still (Gramavision, )
- Devotion (Soul Note, )
- Love Everlasting with Tisziji Muñoz (Amulet, )
- Nishoma (Grapeshot, )
- Love Animal (Amulet, )
- Meditation On Grace with Michel Lambert (FMR, )
- Father's Day B'hash (Sunnyside, )
- The Illuminated Heart (Ra-Kalam, )
- Ecstatic Weanderings with Greg Burk (Jazzwerkstatt, )
- Ultra Minor with Jon Catler (FreeNote, )
With Compost
The Free Spirits
With Gary Burton
With Michael Gibbs
- In the Public Interest (Polydor, )
- Directs the Only Chrome-Waterfall Orchestra (Bronze, )
- Big Music (Venture, )
- By the Way (Ah Um, )
With Steve Kuhn
With Dave Liebman
- Drum Ode (ECM, )
- Homage to John Coltrane (Owl, )
- Spirit Renewed (Owl, )
With Steve Marcus
- Tomorrow Never Knows (Vortex, )
- Count's Rock Band (Vortex, )
- The Lord's Prayer (Vortex, )
With Tisziji Muñoz
- The Paradox of Independence (Anami Music, )
- When Coltrane Calls!
Session 3: Living Immortality (Anami Music, )
- Scream of Ensoundment (Anami Music, )
With others
- Roland Kirk, I Talk with the Spirits (Limelight, )
- Larry Coryell, Lady Coryell (Vanguard, )
- Danny Kalb, Crosscurrents (Cotillion, )
- Terumasa Hino, Hino's Journey to Air (Love )
- Todd Rundgren, Runt (Ampex, )
- Paul Bley, The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show (Milestone, )
- Gunter Hampel, Ballet-Symphony No 5, Symphony No.
6 The Music of Gunter Hampel ()
- Pat Metheny, Bright Size Life (ECM, )
- David Friesen, Waterfall Rainbow (Inner City, )
- Gil Goldstein, Pure As Rain (Chiaroscuro, )
- Roland Kirk, Kirk's Work (Mercury, )
- Ernie Krivda, Satanic (Inner City, )
- Ernie Krivda, The Alchemist (Inner City, )
- Franco Ambrosetti, Close Encounter (Enja, )
- Hal Galper, Speak with a Single Voice (Century, )
- Steve Swallow, Home (ECM, )
- Aki Takase, ABC (Union Jazz, )
- George Gruntz, Theatre (ECM, )
- Emily Remler, Transitions (Concord Jazz, )
- Emily Remler, Catwalk (Concord Jazz, )
- Tony Dagradi, Sweet Remembrance (Gramavision, )
- George Gruntz, Happening Now! (hat ART )
- Torsten de Winkel, Torsten De Winkel Acoustic Quartet (Hot Wire, )
- Hal Galper, Redux '78 (Concord Jazz, )
- Torsten de Winkel, Tribute: Talking to the Spirits (Hot Wire, )
- Kustomized, The Battle for Space (Matador, )
- Paul Bley, Circles (Milestone, )
- Brian Landrus, Forward (Cadence, )
- Darius Jones, Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) (AUM Fidelity, )
- Brian Landrus, Everlasting (CIMP, )
- Kari Ikonen, Ikonostasis (Ozella, )
- Bukky Leo, Spaceships Over Africa (Ra Kalam Records, )
- Vinny Golia & Henry Kaiser, Astral Plane Crash (Balance Point, )
- Burton Greene, Damon Smith, Life's Intense Mystery (Astral Spirits/Monofonus )
- Henry Kaiser, More Requia (Metalanguage, )
- Samo Salamon, Arild Andersen & Ra Kalam Bob Moses, Pure and Simple (Samo Records, )
- Samo Salamon, Vasil Hadžimanov & Ra Kalam Bob Moses, Dances of Freedom (Samo Records, )
References
- Footnotes
- General references