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  Al Kooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al Kooper (born February 5, 1944) is an American songwriter and musician, probably best known for organizing the group Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Kooper had been invited to the session as an observer, and hoped to be allowed to sit in on guitar, his primary instrument.
Kooper also wrote the score for the TV series, Crime Story, and has also written music for several made-for-television movies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Kooper   (374 words)

  
 AOL Music: Al Kooper
Kooper was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1944, the son of Sam and Natalie Kooper.
Kooper later played as part of the band that backed Dylan when he introduced electric music to the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, and was on the Blonde on Blonde album as well.
Kooper 's other major contribution during his tenure at Columbia was signing the Zombies, a British Invasion-era band that hadn't charted a single in two years, for one album.
music.channel.aol.com /artist/main.adp?tab=bio&artistid=4704   (1405 words)

  
 Al Kooper with The Blues Project and Blood, Sweat and Tears
Kooper also started using the creepy space-age ondioline at this time, which is a odd precursor to the synthesizer, and sounds like high-pitched electronic bagpipes.
The real trick is that Kooper keeps the group focused, which is probably the large difference from The Electric Flag, where Bloomfield, Brooks and electric pianist Barry Goldberg (who shows up on a couple of tracks) came from.
Kooper may be mainly know as a keyboardist, but he also shows himself to be a decent guitarist occasionally.
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 Kooper Interview
Kooper mentions that during his involvement with The Blues Project, he used his multi-instrumental ability to make tapes of entire arrangements--keyboards, guitars, and drums--that the band could learn the tunes from.
And it was from listening to Jimmy Smith that Kooper picked up what he calls the "rocket ship" technique, in which all the drawbars are pushed in to begin with, then pulled out sloly one at a time while a thick cluster is held on the manual.
Kooper feels that the numerous new keyboard instruments such as synthesizers are opening up valid creative avenues which are, on the negative side, paved with obsolescence.
www.rdrop.com /users/rickert/al.html   (1772 words)

  
 Al Kooper Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kooper's biggest hit as a songwriter came in late 1964, with a song that he co-authored with Bob Brass and Irwin Levine called "This Diamond Ring" -- they'd written it with the Drifters in mind, but the legendary R&B group passed, and it ended up in the hands of Liberty Records producer Snuff Garrett.
Kooper's other major contribution during his tenure at Columbia was signing the Zombies, a British Invasion-era band that hadn't charted a single in two years, for one album.
The least prominent of Kooper's projects during this era, ironically enough, was his solo album I Stand Alone, on which he cut new versions of songs he'd written or been associated with over the previous decade.
www.mp3.com /Al-Kooper/artists/4018/biography.html   (1299 words)

  
 Super Session by Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills - Web-Helper.net
The little-known Kooper has been around the music scene as much as anybody has, involved in sessions or production for everybody from Bob Dylan to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bloomfield was noted as one of the finest blues guitarists around.
Kooper, who is known as a master producer, decided the track needed horns, so he overdubbed them into the recording for release.
Kooper needed someone to replace him and got ahold of a very young Stephen Stills, who up to that point had been mostly known for his work with the Buffalo Springfield.
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 'Nobody invited me' | The San Diego Union-Tribune
For despite his lack of wide renown, Kooper is a visionary figure in rock 'n' roll; revered among his peers but largely unknown to the unwashed masses.
Now officially a bigwig, Kooper was asked to join the Blues Project, a wildly eclectic, eccentric group that performed a peculiar but prophetic mix of blues, jazz, gospel, psychedelia, folk and pop.
Kooper has been in a state of semiwithdrawal as a solo artist since, but he didn't exactly become complacent.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050113/news_lz1w13nobody.html   (1142 words)

  
 VH1.com : Blood, Sweat & Tears : Biography
Kooper hoped to raise enough cash to get to London (where he would put such a band together) through a series of gigs involving some big-name friends in New York.
Kooper agreed, as long as he was in charge musically -- having just come off of the Blues Project, who'd been organized as a complete cooperative and essentially voted themselves out of existence, he was only prepared to throw into another band if he were calling the shots.
This became the group that Kooper had visualized; it would have a horn section that would be as out front as Kooper 's keyboards or Katz 's guitar.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/blood_sweat_and_tears/bio.jhtml   (3083 words)

  
 Al Kooper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kooper is too valuable an asset to be surrendered lightly.
Kooper's ability to recharge the batteries of the little-big-band sound that was the stuff early rock and roll and the greatest soul hits were made of is estimable.
Kooper, who's 56, delivered four nights of soul at the House of Blues in Cambridge last month, playing every Tuesday except Halloween.
www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/00/11/02/REX/AL_KOOPER.html   (504 words)

  
 Al Kooper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Nonetheless, Kooper's been a soul man since the '50s, even if his earliest hits -- "Short Shorts" in '58 as a member of the Royal Teens and the '65 smash "This Diamond Ring" which he co-wrote for Gary Lewis and the Playboys -- don't rock that way.
Kooper brought his guitar, figuring he'd sit in; but he found that the great blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield was already booked.
Kooper found the shaggy outfit from Jacksonville playing bars and swept them to superstardom.
www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/98/02/05/AL_KOOPER.html   (1560 words)

  
 NewBeats.com: Al Kooper
On his own, however, Kooper's music may not be as well-known as the people he has worked with, though his own output has remained relatively consistent and arguably good.
Kooper could be considered a faithful disciple of the blues and soul throughout his long forty-plus year career.
Even at the age of 57, Kooper was dazzling behind the keys whether it was adding exquisite yet complex flourishes or grinding behind the organ to lend an earthy feel.
www.newbeats.com /kooperlive.html   (527 words)

  
 Al Kooper and the Funky Faculty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A seasoned bandleader and veteran session player, Al Kooper is one of the psychedelic era’s most prominent and prolific keyboardists.
Pulling up a chair next to one slightly confused audience member, Kooper watched his own band finish out his song, mumbling from his headset microphone "Great band, huh." It was the type of novelty expected in a high-school play, not a classic rock show.
Surprisingly, Kooper's band-which hence its moniker is composed of teachers-is actually quite schooled in jazz and funk.
www.glidemagazine.com /printer_friendly.php?rev_id=239&type=1   (984 words)

  
 Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steven Stills: Supersession [extra tracks] - PopMatters Music Review
Al Kooper, the human superglue that still holds Bloomfield-Kooper mythos intact, is by no means a slouch himself.
Kooper laid his hands on this French invention by Jean Jacques Perry and came up with "His Holy Modal Majesty", a wild instrumental experimentation which summons up sonic memories of bagpipes transforming into Bulgarian harmonies.
Kooper, perhaps exhibiting grace under pressure but certainly always there to be relied upon, hastily rounded up Stephen Stills to fill out the other side.
www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/b/bloomfieldmike-supersession.shtml   (1098 words)

  
 The Music Box: Al Kooper - Michael Bloomfield - Stephen Stills - Super Session and Fillmore East: The Lost Concert ...
For starters, Kooper simply wanted to jam with Michael Bloomfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Electric Flag) and capture the moment on tape for the world to hear.
Kooper repeatedly responded with ringing reverberations of organ that gyrated amiably about the euphonic epiphanies.
Kooper’s ensemble was to continue recording the following day, but Bloomfield’s battle with insomnia and heroin addiction forced him to leave.
www.musicbox-online.com /ak-sup.html   (857 words)

  
 SPECIAL CONCERT NOTES: Al Kooper
Kooper's biggest hit as a songwriter came in late 1964, with a song that he co-authored with Bob Brass and Irwin Levine called "This Diamond Ring" -- they'd written it with the Drifters in mind, but the legendary RandB group passed, and it ended up in the hands of Liberty Records producer Snuff Garrett.
Kooper also produced records by the Tubes, B.B. King, Nils Lofgren, and Joe Ely, among many others, during the '70s, and he found time during that decade to write what remains the best book ever written about rock and roll from an insider's perspective, Backstage Passes.
By the end of the afternoon, Kooper had found his way to the organ in the studio and played the signature riff on the song that, arguably, took Dylan from Folk icon to ROCK GOD status.
mypeoplepc.com /members/careydriscoll/musicforyou2/id32.html   (2228 words)

  
 Al Kooper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Al Kooper is in this strange sort of shadow-land, where he appears to be on all of those famous records, yet for some reason, he's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Well, Al Kooper made a contribution to an XTC tribute record, which David Yasbek was overseeing, and he said, I've got Al Kooper to do a version of "Making Plans For Nigel." Well, we'd heard about him, you know.
Al Kooper is one of a kind --- from his distinctive organ playing, to his vocal stylings, to his producing--you can hear him a mile away [and not because he is playing loud].
www.legacyrecordings.com /alkooper/burp.html   (2834 words)

  
 Vinyl Records "Al Kooper Albums"
Al Kooper (born February 5,1944) is an American songwriter and musician, probably best known for organizing the group Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Kooper had been invited to the session as a guitar player, but after hearing Mike Bloomfield play guitar, Kooper put his guitar aside and sat down at the organ.
Kooper played on hundreds of records, including The Rolling Stones,B.B. King,The Who and Cream.
www.e-profession.com /records/Al_Kooper_record.htm   (305 words)

  
 Al Kooper
Al's engineer checked the final layout, and with his help, everything was hooked up and ready to go in plenty of time.
Kooper) showed up before the rest of the band, check to make sure everything was OK, and just hung out for a while so we could finish setting up.
He added a new twist to some of his classics, and his newer material has the same unique qualities that make Al Kooper who he is today.
www.fishnose.com /akooper.htm   (382 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Music: Child Is Father to the Man (Exp) [EXTRA TRACKS]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Clearly, Kooper had more than just jazz in mind when he put together this album, for the end result was one of the most diverse, undefinable musical statements ever released.
While Kooper may not have had that in mind, the other members apparently did, for by the end of 1968, Kooper had been sacked, and his own band was moving in a totally different direction for their next album.
Critics of Kooper frequently comment on his tendency to overreach both on his vocals and the scope of his musical ambitions, but on his Blood Sweat and Tears sessions Kooper succeeds by restraining himself from overindulgence.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004XSVL?v=glance   (2593 words)

  
 The Kooper Group
The Kooper Group is the New York area's leading full-service employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm.
The Kooper Group has developed a national reputation by designing and managing innovative benefit programs for employers for over twenty years.
In November 2004 The Kooper Group was acquired by Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Press Release.
www.koopergroup.com   (219 words)

  
 index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kooper has played or produced (and sometimes both) on tracks by all of these acts and dozens more besides helping to form the Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears and having a solo career which has spanned 30 years.
Kooper's website is now regularly updated and lists upcoming personal appearances as well as other current information.
Kooper's page has little or no information on his older solo albums.
www.geocities.com /SunsetStrip/Palladium/9992   (315 words)

  
 NewBeats: Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield
It was a blues supergroup of sorts: keyboardist Al Kooper formerly of Blood Sweat and Tears, guitarist Mike Bloomfield late of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the Electric Flag, and guitarist Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield fame.
It should be prefaced, however that Bloomfield and Stills were not playing guitar together at the same time in teh same studio; Bloomfield recorded his parts and left, leaving Kooper to recruit Stills to finish the rest of the sessions.
Fans of Kooper and the late Bloomfield will relish upon the release of this live concert from New York's famed rock venue from late 1968.
www.newbeats.com /kooperbloomfield.html   (412 words)

  
 Jimmy Vivino - Al Kooper Discography
Jimmy Vivino, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, national steel guitar, vocals with: Al Kooper, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, mandolin, acoustic piano; Harvey Brooks on Electric Bass; Anton Fig on Drums.
Al Kooper with Jimmy Vivino, Randy Brecker, Harvey Brooks, Hank Crawford, Jim Fielder, Anton Fig, Paul Franklin, John Gardner, Kenny Greenberg, Dick Hyman, Johnnie Johnson, John Sebastian, John Simon and The Uptown Horns.
Al Kooper, Steve Katz, Jim Fielder, Bobby Columby, Fred Lipsius, Randy Brecker, Dick Halligan, Jerry Weiss with guests Valarie Simpson, Melba Moorman, Ztak Evets, Al Gorgoni, Doug James, Gene Orloff, Leon Kruczek, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky, Julie Held, Manny Green, Anahid Ajemian, Harry Katzman, Manny Vardi, Harold Colletta, Charles McCracken, Alan Schulman.
www.jimmyvivino.com /kooperdiscs.html   (785 words)

  
 Kooper
I thought Al (Kooper) and his organ were in the best possible venue imaginable.
Al (Kooper) was fantastic and it was a real treat to be able to
The Al Kooper show was one of the
www.acousticmusicsandiego.com /Kooper.html   (326 words)

  
 KOOPER, Al : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Also Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper, solo sets I Stand Alone, You Never Know Who Your Friends Are, all '69; also guested on Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed, Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland.
Took part in Blues Project reunion NYC St Patrick's Day '81; later that year toured with Dylan.
Two-CD Soul Of A Man: Al Kooper Live on MusicMasters '95.
www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/k/K82.HTM   (267 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kooper played with the best, including Mike Bloomfield, Stephen Stills, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stone, the Who, Joplin, BB King, and more.
Kooper presents himself as highly intelligent and rather dim-witted, super-talented and incompetent, ballsy and timid, humble and an egomaniac, sensitive and brutish, forgiving and revengeful -- sort of like a real human being!
Kooper's accounting of himself and his personal musical endeavor's however were so captivating and humorous that I checked out his compilation CD (Rare and Well Done) and LOVED it!
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0823082571?v=glance   (1390 words)

  
 Expecting Rain - Al Kooper on Napster
AL KOOPER ON NAPSTER AND MP3 I wanna start off by saying I chose the music business back in 1958 to express myself and to make a living.
Al Kooper [Editor's Note: As we went to press, an announcement was made regarding an agreement between Napster and BMG.
When asked his opinion of this announcement, Al Kooper replied, "The BMG involvement is like sticking a tampon in a flooded Holland Tunnel **PS RATDOG (bob weir of g dead) cancelled due to fire tonight in worcester MA
www.expectingrain.com /dok/div/al_kooper_on_napster.html   (1246 words)

  
 AL KOOPER
So, sit back and hopefully, everything you ever wanted to know about Al Kooper but were afraid to ask, will come leaping at you from your monitor in due time.
Al and Chloe Miranda Kooper - new granddaughter born 12/11/03
On August 30th, the soundtrack album, a two-disc affair with 26 unreleased tracks on it, will be released with liner notes by that new literary tag team Andrew Loog Oldham and Al Kooper.
www.alkooper.com   (1274 words)

  
 Al Kooper Albums
Albums recorded by Al Kooper, including release dates and current CD availability.
Kooper Session - Al Kooper Introduces Shuggie Otis
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www.softshoe-slim.com /lists/k/kooper.html   (362 words)

  
 RE/Search Publications -- Books -- Me and Big Joe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
His next venture was 'Super Session,' an album of jams with Steve Stills and Al Kooper, cut in 1968.
This collaboration was an enormous success--as was its successor, a live double album 'The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper.'"
Playing with Bob Dylan, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and the Electric Flag in the '60s, and on record and film soundtracks in the '70s, Michael Bloomfield was one of the foremost blues guitarists of his generation.
www.researchpubs.com /books/mbjoe.shtml   (704 words)

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