After a NY session for a Giuseppe Logan album, guitarist Ed Pettersen and pianist & instrument builder Cooper-Moore recorded their own acoustic quartet with Cooper-Moore on piano, then headed to Nashville to record acoustic and electric improv sets, then finally this gospel set with "Reverend Eddie Bones", all presented on 3 CDs in a keepsake tin in a printed cloth bag.
Deluxe edition includes Revered Eddie Bones - Tonight Only 7" record. Drawstring cloth bag with images encloses a hinged and sealing tin container with 3 CDs in black paper sleeves, and 3 postcards, 1 each with a color image and information for each CD.
UPC: 600793190034
Label: Split Rock Records Catalog ID: SR19003 Squidco Product Code: 27950
Format: 3CDs + 7'' Condition: New Released: 2019 Country: USA Packaging: Tin in a cloth bag + 7'' Vinyl CD 1 and 3 recorded at Elk Dog Studios, in Nashville, Tennesse, by Bob Olhsson.
CD 2 recorded at Dubway Studios, In New York, New York, by Peter Robbins.
Deluxe edition includes a Cooper-Moore / Reverend Eddie Bones 7" single
"The genius of Cooper-Moore is who is he really... Brilliant pianist and accompanist? Builder and creator of unique and singular home-made instruments from found materials? Sonic explorer? Free improvising legend? Activist? Yes, to all of the above and maybe more importantly a wonderful human being who shares generously of his art and experience to a new generation of artists.
Cooper-Moore came to Nashville to record with Ed Pettersen and a group of innovative young musicians trying to forge their own creative path in an ever-changing musical landscape. What he brought with him was a container of his own hand-built instruments and a truckload of stories, advice and insights that he shared freely.
In the first disc of the set, The Nashville Sessions, Cooper Moore changes up his instruments spontaneously especially during some of the longer improvisations, creating a very intoxicating brew of instrumental textures with Ed Pettersen on guitar and modular devices, Jerry Navarro on acoustic base and Dylan Simon on synthesizer. The overall vibe is more contemplative than flourishing and exhibits a nice ebb and flow between the acoustic and electric instrumentation.
Disc Two Occupied features Ed Pettersen, Cooper-Moore and double bassist Larry Roland capturing their own magical moments in the downtime of a session with legendary free jazz saxophonist Giuseppi Logan in NYC (see The Giuseppi Logan Project). Here Cooper-Moore plays exclusively acoustic piano in a beautiful set of extremely well-recorded takes by engineer Peter Robbins in a great room with no overdubs at Dubway Studio. Naked and beautiful at the same time, it fully captures C-M's inventive and deft live improvisational dexterity on the piano.
In the third CD of the set, the gospel recording The Reverend Eddie Bones, Cooper-Moore brings his own experience and insights to the interpretation of ten classic gospel tunes, sharing vocals with Pettersen on a few tracks, applying his handcrafted tools to each track and adding syncopation and contrasting rhythmic patterns on drums.
In listening to these tracks over the last months in preparation for its release we realize there's a lot to unpack here. Please spend some time with each CD individually before viewing the project as a whole to see the totality of the Cooper-Moore spectrum in clear view. In our opinion he is one of the finest and most distinguished artists in the world today and it is our honor to present these recordings to you and the world at large."-Split Rock
See also standard edition. Deluxe edition includes Revered Eddie Bones - Tonight Only 7" record. Drawstring cloth bag with images encloses a hinged and sealing tin container with 3 CDs in black paper sleeves, and 3 postcards, 1 each with a color image and information for each CD.