Brew Moore

Brew Moore
Born: Mar 26, 1924 in Indianola, MS
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Died: Aug 19, 1973 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Styles: Cool, West Coast Jazz
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 ...Read full biography
I Should Care
Released: 1965
Label: Steeplechase
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Recorded two weeks after his other Steeplechase set, If I Had You, the legendary but always somewhat overlooked tenor saxophonist Brew Moore (a disciple of Lester Young) is heard taking extended solos ...Read full review
Svinget 14
Released: 1962
Label: Black Lion
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For this Black Lion reissue CD, the cool-toned tenor Brew Moore is accompanied by a strong European rhythm section (pianist Bent Axen, the teenaged bassist Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen and drummer William ...Read full review
More Brew Moore albums: Main Albums (11), Compilations (1)
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