Cooper

Manchester’s JP Cooper is a self-made, self-taught musician who manages to exist effortlessly within two scenes generally considered to be at varying ends of the sonic spectrum. Learning his craft on the Indie Rock scene, but later connecting with the Manchester Sing Out Gospel Choir, John Paul Cooper’s exquisite vocal seamlessly encompasses the best of both worlds.This is meaningful music from the mind of someone who’s lived life, loss and longing. The singer defines the idea of what it is to be a truly singular artist who both defies convention and resists comparison.

Shane Cooper - Oscillations (2013) {Shane Cooper}
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Jazz / Modern Jazz / Post Bop / Bass

"South African Jazz" means different things to different people; to some, it's music that's smooth and pacifying, produced by artists like guitarist Jonathan Butler; to others, it's the music of icons like pianist Abdullah Ibrahim and trumpeter Hugh Masekela, both of whom became symbols of freedom during the apartheid era; and to a third group, that term represents a more open-and-modernistic slant on jazz. The list of musicians that fall into that last category include pianist Kyle Shepherd, guitarist Reza Khota, pianist Afrika Mkhize, trumpeter Marcus Wyatt, vocalist Nicky Schrire, and the man under discussion here - bassist Shane Cooper.

Alice Cooper, the band, burned furiously through the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, ostensibly inventing shock rock and releasing seven records of gloriously bizarre rock & roll before Alice Cooper, the individual, went solo. Cooper, always the face and voice of the group, took the Alice Cooper name down various paths from 1975 onward, dabbling in new wave, hair metal, and other outlandish sounds while always keeping the theatrical intensity of the band’s early days at the forefront of his music. On 2021’s Detroit Stories, Cooper reunited with the surviving members of the original Alice Cooper group - guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and drummer Neal Smith - for just two songs. The Revenge of Alice Cooper finds this original lineup back intact for a brand-new set of songs, teaming once more with their original producer Bob Ezrin and working at an old-school recording studio for their first full album together since mid-'70s…