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Cooper-Moore (Gene Y. Ashton) was born on 31 August, 1946 in Loudoun County, Virginia, is a Cooper Moore is jazz pianist, composer and instrument builder/designer. Discover Cooper-Moore's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As Gene Y. Ashton
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Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 31 August, 1946
Birthday 31 August
Birthplace Loudoun County, Virginia
Nationality United States

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1946

Cooper-Moore (born Gene Y. Ashton; August 31, 1946) is an American jazz pianist, composer and instrument builder/designer based in New York City.

At age 12, Cooper-Moore was recruited by community leaders to be the piano player for the town, and soon thereafter performed at church services and community functions.

This is also the age when he heard musicians such as Ahmad Jamal and Charles Mingus, and was inspired to pursue jazz.

He has cited pianist Jaki Byard's contributions to Mingus' band as a particular inspiration.

1967

He moved to Boston in 1967 to briefly attend Berklee College of Music.

In Boston he connected with many musicians, some of whom became longtime collaborators, notably saxophonist David S. Ware, drummer Marc Edwards, Cleve Pozar, and Juma Santos.

1970

In 1970, he formed a collective trio, Apogee, with Ware and Edwards.

1973

In 1973, the trio of Cooper-Moore, David S. Ware, and Marc Edwards moved to New York City and established a living and performance space at 501 Canal Street, which served as a home base for musicians including Ware, Alan Michael Braufman, Jimmy Hopps, Tom Bruno, and Ellen Christi.

Cooper-Moore's first commercial recording appearance was on Braufman's Valley of Search LP, released by India Navigation.

Encouraged by Jimmy Hopps, Cooper-Moore began to design and build instruments, beginning with an ashimba, an 11-note xylophone made from discarded wood.

1975

In 1975, he returned to Virginia with his family.

There he worked with bands from a variety of genres, continued to further develop an array of handmade instruments, and worked as an educator with the Head Start program.

1985

Upon his return to New York City in 1985, he changed his name to Cooper-Moore, derived from the surnames of his grandmothers.

Cooper-Moore has performed and recorded with William Parker's In Order to Survive and Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra and Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble.

He established, recorded, and toured with Triptych Myth, a piano trio with Tom Abbs and Chad Taylor.

He has recorded and toured extensively with Digital Primitives, a trio with Chad Taylor and Assif Tsahar.

He has also collaborated with Daniel Carter in Parker's Organic Trio.

He performs solo on piano and handcrafted instruments, with the Cooper-Moore Trio with Brian Price and Pascal Niggenkemper, and in Gerald Cleaver's Black Host.

1990

In the 1990s he was the resident storyteller at Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

He has toured extensively in Europe as well as the United States.

Among the many instruments Cooper-Moore has built are a diddley-bow, a three-string fretless banjo, and a mouth bow.

1996

He has performed at the Whitney Museum of American Art, in a piano duo with John Blum in 1996, and a solo performance in conjunction with the Blues for Smoke exhibit in 2013.

Outside of the jazz world, he has composed music for theater, including Rita Dove's "The Darker Side of the Earth" at the Guthrie Theater, "Feathers at the Flame" by Laurie Carlos at The Kitchen, and "A Still Life" by Emily Mann.

He has worked with dance troupes such as the Joan Miller Dance Players, Rod Rogers Dance Company, Marlies Yearby's Movin' Spirits Dance Theater, Koo Dance, and Judith Jackson.

He has scored and composed music for movies, including Central Park: The People's Place and Fireflies in the Abyss.

He has worked with lyricists such as Laurie Carlos, Fred L. Price, Carl Hancock Rux, and Arthur T. Wilson.

2017

Cooper-Moore received the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2017 Vision Festival in New York City.

Cooper-Moore has said, "I have taken stuff out a dumpster to make an instrument which I have used at gigs. If you put me somewhere, and I had to play and didn't have an instrument, I'd get everything I needed and make an instrument within a few hours."

With Alan Braufman

With Gerald Cleaver's Black Host

With Bill Cole / The Untempered Ensemble

With William Parker

With Brandon Seabrook

With David S. Ware

With Stephen Gauci

With George Carver

With Eric Siegel