Bob Cooper (musician)

Bob Cooper ( born December 6, 1925 in Pittsburgh, † August 5, 1993 in Hollywood ) was an American jazz musician (tenor saxophone, oboe, arrangement, composition).

Life and work

Cooper learned in 1940 clarinet, tenor saxophone from 1941. He became known with Stan Kenton, in which he was engaged 1945-1951 as a saxophonist. During this time he married the singer June Christy. As a member of the Lighthouse All Stars, he joined 1952-1962 on with Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Bud Shank and Christy, but also with Jimmy Giuffre; He was also involved in the recording of Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook. In 1955 he was a founding member of the formation Shelly Manne & His Men

With Bud Shank, he undertook in 1957 and 1958, a European tour, where he among other things, occurred with Attila Zoller, Albert Mangelsdorff and Gary Peacock. In 1959 he became a partner of the record label Lighthouse Music. He wrote a Music for Saxophones and Symphony Orchestra (1963 ) as well as film and television scores. Since the mid- 1960s, he earned his living as a studio musician to later perform with the orchestras of Frank Capp and Nat Pierce and Bob Florence. He then worked again with Rogers and the Lighthouse All Stars. Cooper won the first jazz musicians on the oboe.

Discography (selection)

  • Howard Rumsey 's Lighthouse All Stars: Sunday A La Lighthouse, Vol 2 (Contemporary, 1953)
  • Shelly Manne & His Men: The West Coast Sound (Contemporary, 1955)
  • Coop! The Music Of Bob Cooper ( OJC, 1957) with Conte Candoli, Victor Feldman, Mel Lewis
  • Milano Blues ( Fresh Sound, 1957)
  • For All We Know ( Fresh Sound, 1990) with Monty Budwig, Lou Levy

Collection

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