Music
Charles Moore
?–2014 · jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, ethnomusicologist
Trumpeter who co-founded the Detroit Artists Workshop in 1964, played in Kenny Cox's Blue Note quintet and added flugelhorn to the MC5's High Time.
- Died
- Also known as
- Dr. Charles Moore
- Detroit years
- 1960s–1970s
- Field
- Music
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
On November 1, 1964, Charles Moore was among the dozen or so young poets, musicians and artists, with John Sinclair, Leni Sinclair, Robin Eichele and George Tysh, who pooled five dollars each to rent a house at 1252 West Forest Avenue near Wayne State and open the Detroit Artists Workshop, a gallery and performance space with free jazz and poetry every Sunday afternoon. Moore, a student of Harold McKinney, led the Workshop's resident band, the Detroit Contemporary 5, and his trumpet and flugelhorn sound was often compared to Miles Davis in the 1960s. He then joined pianist Kenny Cox in the Contemporary Jazz Quintet, which recorded for Blue Note, and in the Strata label circle. His flugelhorn is heard on the MC5's 1971 album High Time. Later he studied ethnomusicology at UCLA, explored instruments such as the shofar and conch shell, recorded with the group Eternal Wind, and taught at colleges including Oberlin. He died in 2014 at the age of 73.
Highlights
- Co-founder of the Detroit Artists Workshop (1964)
- Trumpeter in Kenny Cox's Contemporary Jazz Quintet (Blue Note)
- Flugelhorn on the MC5's High Time (1971)
- Studied ethnomusicology at UCLA; taught at Oberlin
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 1
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Founded · 1964–1965
Detroit Artists Workshop (first house)
Closed · 1964–1965
The rented house near Wayne State where the Workshop opened on November 1, 1964; after a fire in May 1965 it moved to a storefront on the John C. Lodge service drive.