Bob Moses (born January 28, 1948) is an American

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drummer.

Biography

He was born in

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, United States. Moses played with

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in 1964–65 while he was still a teenager. In 1966, he and

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formed

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, a

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ensemble, and from 1967 to 1969 he played in

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's quartet, including drumming for the Grammy-nominated album '' Gary Burton Quartet in Concert''. He played on the landmark 1967 Burton album '' A Genuine Tong Funeral'', but due to creative disputes with the album's composer

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the drummer was credited as "Lonesome Dragon". Moses and Bley would later reconcile and he became a vocal booster for her music. Moses recorded with Burton in the 1970s, in addition to work with

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, Mike Gibbs,

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(from 1979 to 1982),

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, and

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(from 1983 to 1984). In the early 1970s he was a member of

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with

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, and

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. His first release as a leader was 1968's ''Love Animal''. His second release was 1973's ''Bittersuite in the Ozone.'' His records for

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in the 1980s were critically acclaimed. He is the author of the drum method book ''Drum Wisdom''. Moses performs alongside John Lockwood, Don Pate, and

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with guitarist

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and teaches at

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. In 2022, he recorded a trio album with the Norwegian bassist

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and Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon entitled Pure and Simple.

Discography

As leader

* ''Bittersuite in the Ozone'' (Mozown, 1975) * ''Tributaries'' with Richard Sussman, Andy LaVerne (Inner City, 1979) * ''Family'' (Sutra, 1980) * ''When Elephants Dream of Music'' (Gramavision, 1983) * ''Visit with the Great Spirit'' (Gramavision, 1984) * ''The Story of Moses'' (Gramavision, 1987) * ''Drumming Birds'' with Billy Martin (ITM, 1987) * ''Wheels of Colored Light'' (Open Minds, 1992) * ''Time Stood Still'' (Gramavision, 1994) * ''Devotion'' (Soul Note, 1996) * ''Love Everlasting'' with

(Amulet, 1999) * ''Nishoma'' (Grapeshot, 2000) * ''Love Animal'' (Amulet, 2003) * ''Meditation On Grace'' with Michel Lambert (FMR, 2008) * ''Father's Day B'hash'' (Sunnyside, 2009) * ''The Illuminated Heart'' (Ra-Kalam, 2012) * ''Ecstatic Weanderings'' with Greg Burk (Jazzwerkstatt, 2012) * ''Ultra Minor'' with Jon Catler (FreeNote, 2018) With

* '' Take Off Your Body'' ( Columbia, 1971) * ''Life Is Round'' ( Columbia, 1973)

As sideman

With

* '' Lofty Fake Anagram'' (RCA, 1967) * '' A Genuine Tong Funeral'' (RCA, 1968) * '' Gary Burton Quartet in Concert'' (RCA, 1968) * ''

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'' ( ECM, 1974) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1976) With Michael Gibbs * ''In the Public Interest'' (Polydor, 1974) * ''Directs the Only Chrome-Waterfall Orchestra'' (Bronze, 1975) * ''Big Music'' (Venture, 1988) * ''By the Way'' (Ah Um, 1993) With

* ''

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'' (ECM, 1977) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1978) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1980) * '' Last Year's Waltz'' (ECM, 1982) With

* ''Drum Ode'' (ECM, 1975) * ''Homage to John Coltrane'' (Owl, 1987) * ''Spirit Renewed'' (Owl, 1991) With Steve Marcus * ''Tomorrow Never Knows'' (Vortex, 1968) * ''Count's Rock Band'' (Vortex, 1969) * ''The Lord's Prayer'' (Vortex, 1969) With

* ''The Paradox of Independence'' (Anami Music, 2014) * ''When Coltrane Calls! Session 3: Living Immortality'' (Anami Music, 2015) * ''Scream of Ensoundment'' (Anami Music, 2017) With others *

, ''I Talk with the Spirits'' (Limelight, 1965) *

, ''Lady Coryell'' (Vanguard, 1968) *

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, ''Crosscurrents'' (Cotillion, 1969) *

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, ''Hino's Journey to Air'' (Love 1970) *

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, ''Runt'' (Ampex, 1970) *

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, ''The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show'' (Milestone, 1971) *

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, ''Ballet-Symphony No 5, Symphony No. 6 The Music of Gunter Hampel'' (1971) *

, ''Bright Size Life'' (ECM 1976) *

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, ''Waterfall Rainbow'' (Inner City, 1977) *

, ''Pure As Rain'' (Chiaroscuro, 1977) * Roland Kirk, ''Kirk's Works'' (Mercury, 1977) *

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, ''Satanic'' (Inner City, 1977) * Ernie Krivda, ''The Alchemist'' (Inner City, 1978) *

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'' (Enja, 1978) *

, ''Speak with a Single Voice'' (Century, 1979) *

, ''

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'' (ECM, 1980) *

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, ''ABC'' (Union Jazz, 1982) *

, ''

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'' (ECM, 1984) *

, '' Transitions'' (Concord Jazz, 1984) * Emily Remler, ''

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'' (Concord Jazz, 1985) *

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, ''Sweet Remembrance'' (Gramavision, 1987) * George Gruntz, ''Happening Now!'' (hat ART 1988) *

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, ''Torsten De Winkel Acoustic Quartet'' (Hot Wire, 1991) * Hal Galper, ''Redux '78'' (Concord Jazz, 1991) * Torsten de Winkel, ''Tribute: Talking to the Spirits'' (Hot Wire, 1993) *

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, ''The Battle for Space'' (Matador, 1995) * Paul Bley, ''Circles'' (Milestone, 2004) *

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, ''Forward'' (Cadence, 2009) * Darius Jones, '' Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)'' (AUM Fidelity, 2009) * Brian Landrus, ''Everlasting'' (CIMP, 2011) * Kari Ikonen, ''Ikonostasis'' (Ozella, 2017) * Bukky Leo, 'Spaceships Over Africa', (Ra Kalam Records, 2017) *

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& Henry Kaiser, ''Astral Plane Crash'' (Balance Point, 2018) *

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, Damon Smith, ''Life's Intense Mystery'' ( Astral Spirits/Monofonus 2019) * Henry Kaiser, ''More Requia'' (Metalanguage, 2019) * Samo Salamon,

& Ra Kalam Bob Moses, ''Pure and Simple'' (Samo Records, 2022)

References

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