Composer Jack Cooper explores writing for vocalese in the jazz orchestra using his pieces “Goldelse” and “Her Moon Rises East” featuring singers Marc Secara and Sandra Dudley.
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Jack Cooper is a composer, arranger, saxophonist, and the Pearl Wales Professor of Jazz Studies and Commercial Music at the University of Memphis Scheidt School of Music where he teaches composition, arranging, and instrumental and vocal jazz ensembles. Cooper serves as Staff Writer for the Berlin Jazz Orchestra; he wrote, arranged, and conducted all 11 tracks for their current release "Songs of Berlin". He served in the sax section and as Staff Writer for the U.S. Army Jazz Knights for 6 years, and for over 20 years as Staff Arranger for CCP Belwin and Warner Brother Publishing. Cooper’s 2014 album Mists: The Music of Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra featured Terell Stafford, Luis Bonilla, Scott Wendholt, and Billy Drewes, amongst others.

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AUDIO CREDITS

Intro: “Chance Encounter”, composed by Daniel Jamieson. Performed by Danjam Orchestra, on the album “Sudden Appearance” (2011) OA2 Records. [ Ссылка ]

Examples 1 and 2: “Goldelse”, composed by Jack Cooper. Performed by Marc Secara and his Berlin Jazz Orchestra on the album “Songs Of Berlin” (2021). GAM.
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Example 3: “Her Moon Rises East”, composed by Jack Cooper. Performed by The Michael Waldrop Big Band on the album “Time Within Itself” (2015). Origin Records.
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Closing: “Crunchy Peanut Butter”, composed by Daniel Jamieson. Performed by Danjam Orchestra, on the album “Sudden Appearance” (2011) OA2 Records. [ Ссылка ]
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PHOTO CREDITS

Jack Cooper photo by the University of Memphis

"Songs of Berlin" album artwork by Jeanfrançois Prins

"Time Within Itself" album artwork by John Bishop

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