David Moss (born January 21, 1949 in New York City) is an American composer, percussionist and self-taught vocalist, founder of the David Moss Dense Band; co-founder and artistic director of the ''Institute for Living Voice'',

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. His performances are noted for their innovative style, multimedia approach and

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. Moss has lived in Berlin, Germany since 1991, when he received a fellowship from the prestigious Berlin Artist Program of the DAAD.

Biography

Between 1963 and 1968 Moss studied percussion at

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and Hartford Symphony with Joe Porcaro, Al Lepak, Richard Lepore. In the following years he took percussion with Tanjore Ranganathan at

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and composition with Bill Dixon at

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded in 1932 as a women's college, it became co-educational in 1969. It claims to be the first college to include visual and performing arts as an equal partner in ...

. From 1971 to 1973, Moss played percussion for the Bill Dixon Ensemble. In the early 1980s he played on the first album by

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. Since his education has finished, he performed in many cities worldwide; in 1991 and 1992 he received Guggenheim and DAAD fellowships in Berlin.

Discography

* ''Coessential'' with Baird Hersey (Bent, 1977) * ''Terrain'' (Cornpride, 1980) * ''Percussion Interchanges'' (Ictus, 1981) * ''Full House'' (

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, 1984) * ''Dense Band'' (Moers, 1985) * ''My Favorite Things'' (Intakt, 1991) * ''The Day We Forgot'' (No Man's Land, 1991) * ''All at Once at Any Time'' (Victo, 1994) * ''Moss Tales'' (The Listening Room, 1995) * ''Time Stories'' (Intakt, 1998) * ''2 For Tea (''Long Arms Records, 1998) with

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* ''Fragmentary Blues'' with Michael Rodach (Traumton, 1999) * ''Vocal Village Project'' (Intakt, 2002) * ''Sogna Suite'' (Atopos, 2006) * ''Koans Vol. 2'' (Ictus, 2006) With

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* '' Love Fugue: Robert Schumann'' (Winter & Winter, 2000) * '' The Goldberg Variations'' (Winter & Winter, 2000)

References

External links

Official siteInstitute for Living Voice
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, David 1949 births Living people American jazz composers American jazz singers American male jazz composers Bennington College alumni The Golden Palominos members University of Hartford Hartt School alumni Wesleyan University people Intakt Records artists Moers Music artists