J. C. Moses
John Curtis " JC " Moses ( born October 18, 1936 in Pittsburgh, † 1977 there ) was an American drummer of modern jazz.
Life and career
Moses first played congas and bongos at Paula Roberts and worked from 1958 to 1960 with Walt Harper, before he moved to New York City. There he played from 1962 with Clifford Jordan, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Dorham and Eric Dolphy. In 1963, he was next to Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Don Cherry and Don Moye member of the New York Contemporary Five and was involved in the free-jazz albums Consequences and Rufus; with this band he also played in Scandinavia ( live recordings on Sonet ), where he in 1963 with Rahsaan Roland Kirk occurred ( Kirk in Copenhagen ). In 1964, he was with Tchicai and Roswell Rudd to New York Art Quartet, in order to act with Bud Powell (1964 ), John Coltrane (1966 ), Sonny Stitt, Andrew Hill, Hal Singer, Mongo Santamaria and Sam Rivers. In 1969, he moved to Copenhagen to find a job as a drummer in Jazzhus Montmartre; where he played with guest musicians such as Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Ted Curson, or Dexter Gordon. For health reasons, he returned in the early 1970s back to his hometown, where he still played with Nathan Davis and Eric Kloss. As a sideman, he recorded with Eric Dolphy, Archie Shepp, Roland Kirk, Bud Powell, Gary Bartz, Charles Lloyd, Kenny Dorham and Marzette Watts.