Glen Moore Explained

Glen Moore
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Date:	28 October 1941
Birth Place:	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Genre:	Jazz
Occupation:	Instrumentalist
Years Active:	1955–present
Associated Acts:	Oregon, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Vasant Rai, Nancy King, Larry Karush

Glen Moore (born October 28, 1941)^[1] is an American jazz bassist, who occasionally performs on piano, flute and violin.

Moore was born in Portland, Oregon, United States.^[1] His performing career began at age 14 with the Young Oregonians in Portland, where he met and played with Native American saxophonist, Jim Pepper. He graduated with a degree in History and Literature from the University of Oregon. His formal bass instruction started after college with Jerome Magil in Portland, James Harnett in Seattle, Gary Karr in New York, Plough Christenson in Copenhagen, Ludwig Streicher in Vienna and Francois Rabbath in Hawaii. His main instrument is an upright bass which was made by Klotz in Tyrol 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 Oregon,^[1] but worked also regularly with Rabih Abou-Khalil, Vasant Rai, Nancy King^[2] and Larry Karush.

Discography

Trios / Solos with Ralph Towner (ECM, 1972)
May 24, 1976 with Larry Karush (JAPO/ECM, 1976)
In Concert with David Friesen (Vanguard, 1977)
Introducing Glen Moore (Elektra, 1979)
Mokave Volume 1 (Audioquest, 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 Paul Winter Consort

Road (1970)

With Oregon

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 Elvin Jones
Friends (Vanguard, 1977)
Violin (Vanguard, 1978), with Zbigniew Seifert
Moon and Mind (Vanguard, 1979)
Out of the Woods (Elektra, 1978)
Roots in the Sky (Elektra, 1979)
In Performance (Elektra, 1980)
Oregon (ECM, 1983)
Crossing (ECM, 1984)
Ecotopia (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 (CAM Jazz, 2005)
The Glide (CAM Jazz, 2005)
1000 Kilometers (CAM Jazz, 2007)
In Stride (CAM Jazz, 2010)
Family Tree (CAM Jazz, 2012)

With Rabih Abou-Khalil

Al-Jadida (Enja, 1990)
Between Dusk and Dawn (1986)
Bukra (1988)
Tarab (Enja, 1993)
Roots and Sprouts (1990)

With King & Moore

Impending Bloom (1990) with Rob Thomas, Jerry Hahn, Lawrence Williams
Cliff Dance (1991) with Warren Rand, Art Lande, Gary Hobbs
Potato Radio (1992) with Bennie Wallace, Art Lande, Gary Hobbs
King on the Road (1999) with Rob Scheps

As sideman

This Is It (1967) with Nick Brignola
This Is Jeremy Steig (Solid State, 1969) with Jeremy Steig
Bass Is (1970) with Dave Holland, Jamie Faunt, Peter Warren
Revenge: Bley Peacock Synthesizer Show (1970) with Annette Peacock, Paul Bley
The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show (1971) with Paul Bley
Bird on Wire (1971) with Tim Hardin
I'm the One (1972) Annette Peacock
The Restful Mind (1975) with Larry Coryell
Spring Flowers (1976) Vasant Rai
No Age (1987) Minimal Kidds
Afrique (Sledgehammer Blues, 1993)^[3] with Larry Karush and Glen Velez
Birdfingers (2002) with Larry Coryell

Notes and References

Book: The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-580-8. 292.
Web site: Glen Moore | Biography & History. AllMusic. July 30, 2021.
Web site: Afrique . Valleyentertainment.com . June 17, 2010 . May 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200508220201/http://www.valleyentertainment.com/afrique1.html . dead .