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Solo Piano #2
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Remarkable & restless solo piano, a studio recording from 2012. "Cluster Blue," the expanded barrelhouse inspired by the style of his old family friend Mr. Gene Quickley, always grabs ears. No jewel case, as issued. 22 tracks; 55 minutes. Hear Track 1 aka Cluster Blue, Track 10, Track 12, & Track 21.

Self-produced by C-M in conjunction with him being awarded the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award by Arts for Art / the Vision Festival.
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Deep in the Neighborhood of History and Influence
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Live solo piano recording c.1999 in Guelph, Canada. Remastered from the original, long out of print Hopscotch pressing. “The ultimate underground jazz document, this is a lo-fi, live solo-piano lecture-concert bursting with personality. Cooper-Moore puts standup-routine eulogies, rants and preambles around a variety of moods, including hailstone-abrasive improvisations, Ellingtonian chords, boogie-woogie, & ballads. His irrepressibility is hard to resist.” - Ben Ratliff, NY Times. No jewel case, as issued. Hear All of a Sudden, A Float, & Waltz.

Originally released on Hopscotch, this version was self-produced by C-M in conjunction with him being awarded the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award by Arts for Art / the Vision Festival.
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Looking Back One
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First retrospective of home & other recordings by Cooper-Moore includes the mammoth mouth bow drone of “Black Strap Sweet,” mesmerizing “Banjo Arba Minch Garden,” a beautiful spiritual in “Steal Away,” several vocal pieces, & more. Intimate glimpses of a fearless creative artist at work. No jewel case, as issued. 16 songs; 40 minutes. Hear Black Strap Sweet, Steal Away, & Banjo - Arba Minch Garden.

Self-produced by C-M in conjunction with him being awarded the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award by Arts for Art / the Vision Festival.
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Looking Back Two
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This 2nd retrospective of home & other recordings by Cooper-Moore features diddley-bow jump blues & laments, a few solo piano pieces, a discombobulating synth piece dedicated to William Parker, and a few flute & bass duos with Clayton Thomas. No jewel case, as issued. 11 songs; 40 minutes. Hear Afro American Fragment, Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around, & Clayton & Me #4.

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Let's Try It Again
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Restocked; reduced price. Quite scarce & mighty fine self-released CD by the late, great, & missed percussionist Cleve Pozar c.1999. From Pozar’s liner notes: “The rhythms on this CD are performed on bata, the sacred drums of Santeria, a Cuban religion that combines Yoruba beliefs from West Africa with Roman Catholicism. Let’s Try it Again combines bata rhythms of the gods - unedited - with Orisha, jazz, pop, and folk songs arranged for trombones. … Because the bata are played in a religious context and because I am using the rhythms and songs of Ocha, I went to Ifa before I began this project. Divination by Babalawo Ifa Miwa gave me permission - and told me not to stop until I was finished. This is Obatala’s CD. I have been helped by all the Orisha, but especially by Los Guerreros, Ochun, Yemaya, and San Lazaro.”

Pozar always wholeheartedly & obsessively pursued his individual, wide-ranging vision, whether it is playing be-bop, free, Latin music, bata, electronic percussion, funk, or early ragtime pieces by artists such as George Hamilton Green. This disc is another document of that sincere, free spirit. Hear Naima & Footprints.

See also this interview with Pozar regarding his classic Cleve Solo Percussion album.