Glen Moore (born October 28, 1941) is an American

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, who occasionally performs on

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and

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

. Moore was born in

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...

, United States. His performing career began at age 14 with the Young Oregonians in Portland, where he met and played with Native American saxophonist,

Jim Pepper Jim Gilbert Pepper II (June 18, 1941 – February 10, 1992) was a jazz saxophonist, composer and singer of Kaw and Muscogee Creek Native American heritage. He moved to New York City in 1964, where he came to prominence in the late 1960s as a mem ...

. He graduated with a degree in History and Literature from the

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. His formal bass instruction started after college with Jerome Magil in Portland, James Harnett in Seattle,

Gary Karr Gary Michael Karr (born November 20, 1941 in Los Angeles) is an American classical double bass virtuoso and teacher; he is considered one of the best bassists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Biography Although he comes from several generations ...

in New York, Plough Christenson in Copenhagen,

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in Vienna and Francois Rabbath in Hawaii. His main instrument is an

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which was made by Klotz in

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around 1715. He mostly plays it in a personal unique tuning, using a low and a high C string. Moore is a founding member of

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, but worked also regularly with

Rabih Abou-Khalil Rabih Abou-Khalil ( ar, ربيع أبو خليل, born August 17, 1957) is an oud player and composer born in Lebanon, who combines elements of Arabic music with jazz, classical music, and other styles. He grew up in Beirut and moved to Munich, Ge ...

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, Nancy King and Larry Karush.

Discography

* '' Trios / Solos'' with

Ralph Towner Ralph Towner (born March 1, 1940) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet and French horn. Biography Towner was born i ...

( ECM, 1972) * ''May 24, 1976'' with Larry Karush (JAPO/ECM, 1976) * ''In Concert'' with

David Friesen David Friesen (born May 6, 1942 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American jazz bassist. He plays double bass and electric upright bass. Career Friesen began playing bass while serving in the United States Army in Germany. He played with John Hand ...

(

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, 1977) * ''Introducing Glen Moore'' ( Elektra, 1979) * ''Mokave Volume 1'' (

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, 1991) * ''Mokave Volume 2'' (Audioquest, 1992) * ''Returning'' with David Friesen (1993) * ''Forces of Flight'' (ITM, 1995) * ''Dragonetti's Dream'' (Intuition, 1996) * ''Nude Bass Ascending'' (Intuition, 1999) With the

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* ''Road'' (1970) With

* ''Our First Record'' (Vanguard, recorded 1970, released 1980) * ''Music of Another Present Era'' (Vanguard, 1972) * ''Distant Hills'' (Vanguard, 1973) * ''Winter Light'' (Vanguard, 1974) * ''In Concert'' (Vanguard, 1975) * ''Together'' (Vanguard, 1976), with

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* ''Friends'' (Vanguard, 1977) * ''Violin'' (Vanguard, 1978), with

Zbigniew Seifert Zbigniew Seifert (7 June 1946 – 15 February 1979) was a Polish jazz violinist. Seifert was born in Kraków, Poland. He played alto saxophone early in his career and was influenced by John Coltrane. He devoted himself to jazz violin when he b ...

* ''Moon and Mind'' (Vanguard, 1979) * ''Out of the Woods'' (Elektra, 1978) * ''Roots in the Sky'' (Elektra, 1979) * ''In Performance'' (Elektra, 1980) * ''

'' (ECM, 1983) * '' Crossing'' (ECM, 1984) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1987) * ''45th Parallel'' (Intuition, 1989) * ''Always, Never, and Forever'' (Intuition, 1991) * ''Troika'' (Intuition, 1993) * ''Beyond Words'' (Intuition, 1995) * ''Northwest Passage'' (Intuition, 1997) * ''Music for a Midsummer Night's Dream (the Oregon Trio)'' (Intuition, 1998) * ''In Moscow'' (Intuition, 2000), with the Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra * ''Live at Yoshi's'' (Intuition, 2002) * ''Prime'' (

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, 2005) * ''The Glide'' (CAM Jazz, 2005) * ''1000 Kilometers'' (CAM Jazz, 2007) * ''In Stride'' (CAM Jazz, 2010) * ''Family Tree'' (CAM Jazz, 2012) With

* '' Al-Jadida'' (Enja, 1990) * ''Between Dusk and Dawn'' (1994) * ''Bukrah'' (1994) * ''

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'' (Enja, 1993) * ''Roots and Sprouts'' (1994) With

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& Moore * ''Impending Bloom'' (1990) with Rob Thomas,

Jerry Hahn Jerry Hahn (born September 21, 1940, Alma, Nebraska) is an American jazz guitarist. Hahn studied at Wichita State University, then moved to San Francisco in 1962, where he played with John Handy (1964–66). He toured with the 5th Dimension in 1 ...

, Lawrence Williams * ''Cliff Dance'' (1991) with Warren Rand, Art Lande, Gary Hobbs * ''Potato Radio'' (1992) with

Bennie Wallace Bennie Wallace (born November 18, 1946) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Wallace began playing in local clubs with the encouragement of East Ridge, Tennessee High School band ...

, Art Lande, Gary Hobbs * ''King on the Road'' (1999) with Rob Scheps

As sideman

* ''This Is It'' (1967) with

Nick Brignola Nicholas Thomas "Nick" Brignola (July 17, 1936 – February 8, 2002) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. Biography Brignola was born on July 17, 1936 in Troy, New York. He was born into a musical family in which his father played the tu ...

* ''

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* ''Bass Is'' (1970) with

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, Jamie Faunt, Peter Warren * ''Revenge: Bley Peacock Synthesizer Show'' (1970) with

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Paul Bley Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ...

* ''

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* ''I'm the One'' (1972) Annette Peacock *

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(1975) with

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* ''Spring Flowers'' (1976)

* ''No Age'' (1987) Minimal Kidds * ''Afrique'' (

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, 1993) with Larry Karush and Glen Velez * ''Birdfingers'' (2002) with

References

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