Cooper-Moore Will Play in Rare SF Appearance

Cooper-Moore, free jazz pianist, multi-instrumentalist, instrument builder & composer extraordinaire, makes his first Bay Area appearance in 37 years at 8 p. m. Tuesday at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory, 1519 Mission St. (at 11th), San Francisco (moved from the Noodle Factory in Oakland) on his solo tour, 'Old & New Paths,' featuring his handmade instruments. (There's a grand piano on site, too.) A cohort of William Parker, who has played at the behest of Sonny Rollins, Cooper-Moore will play " a stew of Gospel, Bop, free jazz, Blues and roots music"--& tell stories (some of his growing up in the Virginia Piedmont). Poet David Gitin, who programmed music at KPFA-fm in the 60s & 70s, commented, "His appearances are so rare, they're excited when he plays in New York [where he lives]. A wonderful player, something of a secret." $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Brown Paper Tickets: (800) 838-3006 or brownpapertickets.com Info: (510) 547-8932. On Cooper-Moore
& the tour, see aumfidelity/cooper-moore.com (with sound bites).
[Berkeley Daily Planet 10/09/08)

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