Bob Moses

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Matt Suda

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I saw Ra-Kalam Bob Moses perform last night. He moved to Memphis a few years ago and in that time has been mentoring local artists, including Art Edmaiston.

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He’s been mentioned in a few comments over the years, but as far as I can tell, doesn’t have a dedicated thread.

Any listening recommendations?
 
Bob is amazing, I met him in person first time around 1985 (although I have been listening to him since the early 70´s), in Hamburg, with his own group, and had a great encounter with him while I was playing a gig in New York in 1991.

Plays awesome and is a very nice guy! His intensity is legendary!
 
I too studied w/Bob around 1980 at Creative Music. If you want to call it studying..
Its more perceptual & conceptual realities given..that you will remember decades later as the most valuable stuff ever..
btw..
There are only 2 or 3 drummers that I dont get 100% bored of when they solo past a min or 2..
Bob is one of them..he can go on for a hour and still be showing you the universe..
After the first couple of lessons w/Bob..he just played piano and I played drums...after a couple of lessons of that...he said..
Get the fk outta here and do some gigs..
And that was that...lol..
Also..
Some folks just dont get Bob at all..
A student of mine who is a symphonic percussionist now and Univ professor..he hated Bob..said he didnt learn anything from him..
When he told me that I thought..hmmm...I guess you just didnt understand that guy..too bad..
 
Bozozoid said:
Got it in the basement. I'm gonna get it and see if it doesn't connect with me more now. I was to immature and scatterbrained to absorb it then. I'm thrilled that this thread got posted.
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Yes indeed. The ideas presented in his book resonate much more as an adult then they did when I read the book back in the 80’s.
’‘ youth is wasted on the young”
 

 
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