On Saturday May 26th is New Music Circle's 59th Season Finale with Cooper-Moore, Hamid Drake, Joshua Abrams at Off Broadway. The concert is from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. There is a video linked above for each artist to check out and you can learn more on this event and each artist below.
- Cooper-Moore: (New York, NY)
Genre: Jazz Pianist, Avant-garde Jazz, Free Improv, Composer
Google Cooper-Moore: https://g.co/kgs/iPR5px
- Hamid Drake: (Monroe, LA)
Genre: Jazz Drummer & Percussionist, Avant-garde Jazz, Free Improv
Google Hamid Drake: https://g.co/kgs/S8m7in
- Joshua Abrams: (Philadelphia, PA)
Genre: Composer, Bassist, Avant-garde Jazz, Free Improv
Google Joshua Abrams: https://g.co/kgs/rmsdyv
Please join New Music Circle for the last presentation of their 59th season, on Saturday, May 26th at Off Broadway. They will debut a first time trio collaboration of several names who should be familiar to NMC audiences: Cooper-Moore, Joshua Abrams, and Hamid Drake.
Please join them and celebrate they close-out of this memorable 59th Season, as well as an announcement of our forthcoming 60th Season lineup! Concert and artist information may be found below.
Cooper-Moore – self-built instruments, percussion, keyboards
Joshua Abrams – guimbri, upright bass
Hamid Drake – drums, percussion
Saturday, May 26th, 2018
7pm doors / 8pm concert
Off Broadway (map)
offbroadwaystl.com
$20.00 regular admission / $10.00 students & struggling music supporters
Advanced tickets are available here
Please RSVP on Facebook HERE for promotions and updates
additional info at: newmusiccircle.org
Cooper-Moore
As a composer, performer, instrument builder/designer, storyteller, teacher, mentor, and organizer, Cooper-Moore has been a major, if somewhat behind-the-scenes, catalyst in the world of creative music for over 40 years.
As a child prodigy, Cooper-Moore played piano in churches near his birthplace in the Piedmont region of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. His initiation into the realm of avant-garde jazz dates back to the NYC loft era of the early to mid 1970s, and in 1973, Sonny Rollins asked Cooper-Moore to open for him at the Village Vanguard. It was not until the early 1990s, when William Parker asked him to join his group In Order To Survive, that Cooper-Moore’s pianistic gifts were again regularly featured in the jazz context.
Cooper-Moore’s creative life continues strong and unabated to the present day. He was the Lifetime Achievement Honoree at the 22nd annual Vision Festival, NYC in 2017.
Joshua Abrams
Joshua Abrams is a composer, bassist, and improviser. His formative musical experiences included performing in a chamber group conducted by Earle Brown and busking on the streets of Philadelphia as an original member of The Roots. Since the mid-1990s, Abrams has been a key figure in many of Chicago's creative music communities and has toured internationally with artists from many genres.
In 2010, Abrams formed the project Natural Information Society (NIS), a group that creates long-form psychedelic environments applying the hypnotic capabilities of the guimbri (a Gnawan lute) to a wide range of contemporary musics and methodologies including jazz, minimalism, and experimental rock.
Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake is an American jazz drummer and percussionist, now living in Chicago, yet he spends a great deal of his time touring worldwide.
Drake is widely regarded as one of the great percussionists in jazz and improvised music, with a uniquely poetic approach to drumming. His style is deeply affected by the presence of Afro-Cuban, Indian, and African percussion instruments and corresponding cultural influences.
His musical involvements date back to 1974 when he began working with the AACM and felt compelled then to explore earlier styles of drumming. He soon, however, began working with several of the greatest innovators in jazz at the time: Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, and Peter Brötzmann.
In live collaborations, Hamid Drake continually inspires his fellow musicians to attain higher musical levels, while at the same time carving out space for his own explorations. Hence, he has remained one of the most adventurous and compelling drummers to perform over the past 30 years.
