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Project Website: http://slought.org/content/11215/
Please join us on Sunday, May 23, 2004 from 8-10pm at Slought Foundation for a live concert with Triptych Myth featuring Chad Taylor (drums, vibraphone), Cooper-Moore (piano, flute, hoe-handle harp, ashimba, mouth bow, various home-made instruments), and Tom Abbs (bass, tuba).
Chad Taylor (drums, vibraphone) has performed professionally with Rob Mazurek, Bobby Bradford, Derick Baily, Joe Mcphee, Peter Brotzman, Roy Campbell, Jemeel Moondoc, Roscoe Mitchell, Fred Anderson, Malichi Favors,
Daniel Carter, Steve Swell, Joe Manieri, Eugene Chadbourne, Leroy Jenkins, William Parker, Rob Brown, David Boykins Cooper-Moore, J.D. Paran, John
Zorn, Marc Ribot and many other extraordinary improvisers. He has also been a part of Chicagošs postrock scene where he has recorded and/or collaborated
with Tortoise, Isotope 217, StereoLab, Brokeback, Mouse on Mars, Sam Prekop, and Jim O'Rourke. He is currently a member of the Chicago Underground Duo, Trio, Quartet and Orchestra. Chad leads his own group called Active Ingredients, whose record 'Titration' was recently released on Delmark Records.
Cooper-Moore (piano, flute, hoe-handle harp, ashimba, mouth bow, various home-made instruments) has performed in the bands of Dr. Bill Cole, Joseph Jarman, Masahiko Kono, Diedre Murray, Perry Robinson, Susie Ibarra, Warren
Smith and Butch Morris; with the dance companies of Jill Becker and Dancers, Robin Becker, Forces of Nature, Anita Gonzales, Elizabeth Gottlieb, Koo Dance, Movin Spirits Dance Theater and Joan Miller's Dance Players. He has recorded with Dr. Bill Cole, Susie Ibarra, David S. Ware, Steve Swell, Alan Braufman, and the George Carver Band. He is best know for his work with William Parker's "In Order to Survive."
Tom Abbs (bass, tuba) versatility and depth as a player has kept him busy backing up the likes of Lawrence "Butch" Morris, Charles Gayle, Daniel Carter, Cooper-Moore, Steve Swell, Roy Campbell Jr., Sabir Mateen, Ori Kaplan, Jemeel Moondoc, Assif Tahar, Borah Bergman, Billy Bang, Andrew Lamb, Warren Smith and many others. He is currently a member of the collective groups, The Transcendentalists and Dichotomy with Okkyung Lee. Tom is the
founder and driving force behind the arts coalition Jump Arts, which, since its 1997, inception has presented over 150 performances and educational workshops in New York City. Jump Arts is dedicated to creating viable opportunities for revolutionary artists of different generations, backgrounds, and experiences with a strong focus on emerging artists.
This program is made possible in part through the generous sponsorship or support of ars nova workshop
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Cooper-Moore, Abbs and Taylor