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The Adventures Of Brew Moore - The Ker...

466.5K streams

466,498

Jazz Essentials

363.9K streams

363,898

Brew Moore in Europe. Svingtet 14'

16.1K streams

16,149

Svinget 14

15.1K streams

15,125

Quartet & Quintet Sessions (1955-1958)

15.1K streams

15,110

The Vinyl Masters: The Brew Moore Quin...

10.2K streams

10,213

Two of a Kind: Brew Moore & Boots Muss...

5.7K streams

5,687

Live in Europe 1961

1.5K streams

1,541

West Coast Brew

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Biography

Brew Moore once said that "Anyone who doesn't play like Lester Young is wrong," a philosophy he followed throughout his career. In the early '50s, he recorded on a session with fellow tenors Stan Getz, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, and Allan Eager; at the time, they all sounded identical. Moore was the only one of the five who did not change his sound through the years. During 1942-1948, he worked with local bands in New Orleans and Memphis, moving to New York in 1948 and playing with Claude Thornhill's Orchestra (1948-1949). During the next few years, he freelanced, working with Machito, Kai Winding, and Gerry Mulligan, among others. In 1954, he moved to San Francisco, where he led his own groups and played with Cal Tjader. Moore, whose cool sound became out of fashion, moved to Copenhagen in 1961 and, other than three years in New York (1967-1970), stayed overseas until his death. He recorded as a leader for Savoy (1948-1949), Fantasy (1955-1957), Jazz Mark, Debut, SteepleChase, Sonet, and Storyville. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi