Jackson Moore
{{short description|American jazz musician}}
Jackson Moore is an alto saxophonist and composer living in New York.
Career
When he was 17, Moore studied with Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton in Connecticut.{{Cite web |title=LEO RECORDS: CD LR 367/368: Anthony Braxton - Two Compositions ( Trio ) 1998 with liner notes |url=http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_367/368&ln=1 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.leorecords.com}} Between 1997 and 2001, Moore toured with Braxton and participated in the development of his Ghost Trance music.{{Cite web |title=Jackson Moore {{!}} Bennington College |url=https://www.bennington.edu/academics/faculty/jackson-moore |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.bennington.edu}}
From 2010 to 2013, Moore worked at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, where he explored auditory localization and social practice. Moore then moved to Bennington College as their digital arts technician from Spring 2015 to Autumn 2016.{{Cite web |title=Jackson Moore {{!}} Bennington College |url=https://www.bennington.edu/academics/faculty/jackson-moore |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.bennington.edu}}
As well as organizing an annual Jazz event called the New Languages Festival,{{Cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=2006-05-15 |title=New Languages Festival Makes Avant-Garde Inviting, if Not Compromising |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/arts/music/15lang.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=2008-06-06 |title=For Jazz's Avant-Garde, an Annual Gathering and a Little Competition |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/arts/music/06visi.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |issn=0362-4331}} Moore is also known for designing Moss, a musical language modeled on pidgins."Musik - när inte språket räcker till" Sveriges Radio, 26 October 2010. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1012&artikel=4132316
Discography
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;With Anthony Braxton
- Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 1 (Leo, 1997 [2002])
- Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 2 (Leo, 1997 [2003])
- Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 3 (Leo, 1997 [2003])
- Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 4 (Leo, 1997 [2007])
- Two Compositions (Trio) 1998 (Leo, 1998 [2003])
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090326042729/http://www.jacksonmoore.net/ Home Page]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130913000025/http://www.thelanguageofmoss.com/ The Language of Moss]
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