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Oct 08, 1936 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Died on 01 Jan 1977 (aged 40)
American musician
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About J. C. Moses
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- Moses (October 18, 1936 – 1977) was an American jazz drummer. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa and first began playing around Pittsburgh in the 1950s with Stanley Turrentine and brother Tommy Turrentine.
- In the 1960s he worked with Clifford Jordan, Kenny Dorham and Eric Dolphy.
- In 1963, he performed and recorded with the New York Contemporary Five, a group that included Archie Shepp, John Tchicai and Don Cherry among its members.
- In 1964 he played with Tchicai and Roswell Rudd in the New York Art Quartet, and following this with Bud Powell, Charles Lloyd, Roland Kirk, Andrew Hill and Sam Rivers.
- He moved to Copenhagen around 1969, where he was house drummer at the Montmartre Club, playing with Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon among others.
- He played less in the 1970s due to failing health and returned to Pittsburgh, where he played with Nathan Davis and Eric Kloss.
- He never recorded as a leader.
