Don Moore
Don Moore (born 1937) is an American jazz double-bassist.[1]
Moore was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] He became interested in the bass around the age of 18.[1] He played and recorded with Archie Shepp, Don Cherry and others in the New York Contemporary Five in Europe in 1963.[1] Later in the 1960s Moore worked with Jackie McLean.[1] He recorded with Elvin Jones in 1966 and Clifford Thornton in 1967.[1]
Discography[]
With Elvin Jones
- Midnight Walk (Atlantic, 1966)
With Jackie McLean
- Jacknife (Blue Note, 1966)
With Archie Shepp
- Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five (Storyville, 1963)
With Clifford Thornton
- Freedom & Unity (Third World Records, 1967)
With Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Kirk in Copenhagen (Mercury, 1964)
References[]
- Footnotes
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Holmes, Terrell Kent (May 28, 2006). "Don Moore". AllAboutJazz. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- General references
- "Don Moore". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2002.
Categories:
- 1937 births
- Living people
- American jazz double-bassists
- Male double-bassists
- Musicians from New York (state)
- Musicians from Philadelphia
- Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania
- 21st-century double-bassists
- 21st-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians
- New York Contemporary Five members