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Jack Cooper (born John Thomas Cooper Jr., May 14, 1963) is an American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator. He has written music for pop, jazz, and classical artists including Aaron Neville,〔Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, September 30, 2011, ''The Shadow of Your Smile'' arranged for orchestra by Jack Cooper for Aaron Neville〕 Marc Secara, the Berlin Jazz Orchestra, Lenny Pickett, Joyce Cobb,〔Sparke, Jon W. ''BPACC Showcase flows in with tribute to Ellington'', The Commercial Appeal, 28 August 2009. Jack Cooper, musical director/arranger for Joyce Cobb and Donald Brown〕 Donald Brown,〔 Alexis Cole, Jimi Tunnell, Tony Campise, Bobby Shew,〔''Shew, Jazz Orchestra Bring Out Best in Each Other.'' Austin American-Statesman, 28 April 1997, pp. E3, Music for Shew by Jack Cooper, also on the 2001 CD ''Showcase''〕 Christian McBride,〔''McBride stresses work, luck'', Austin American-Statesman, 1 April 1997, Page E2. Music for McBride by Jack Cooper, also on the 2009 CD ''Voices''〕 the Westchester Jazz Orchestra,〔(The Westchester Jazz Orchestra ), commissioned work and premiered Sept. 24, 2005〕 the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, the Dallas Wind Symphony,〔''Scene for Brass'' commissioned by the Dallas Wind Symphony and (premiered on September 14, 2004 )〕 and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. His catalogue of music includes jazz through contemporary classical; he has worked for Columbia Pictures Publishing, Warner Brothers, and Alfred Music as a staff arranger since 1993.〔(Alfred Music biographical page )〕 ==Early life, musical education and influences== Jack Cooper was born in Whittier, California on May 14, 1963, he was raised in nearby La Habra. He is the younger brother of artist and stylist Cathy Cooper and also the grandson (x4) of Mrs. Harriet Blanton Theobald, “Mother of Greenville.”〔Jack Cooper's mother is Georgie Blanton Finlay Cooper from Greenville, Mississippi who is direct lineage to (Harriet Blanton Theobald )〕〔''(Blanton-Smith Collection )'', University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA〕 His mother, Georgie Cooper, was an accomplished classical pianist and he served as her page turner on piano and organ jobs.〔 - biography page.〕 His father was an amateur clarinet and sax player who gave Cooper his first instruments. First musically inspired by clarinetist Artie Shaw at age eleven, he later was taken by Charlie Parker's playing on the alto sax from his dad's 78's; he took up the flute in college.〔''Focus on the Arts'' WUMR Radio interview with D.J. Malvin Massey (reviewed from recording), talking about Cooper's background in music, February 2004〕〔Cooper's adeptness as a clarinetist is demonstrated on "Memphis Blues" and "Tiger Rag" from the CD release (Ninety Years of Making Music in Memphis: The University of Memphis )〕〔Cooper adeptness on the alto sax is demonstrated on his composition ("The Protagonist" on Youtube )〕 After graduating from Sonora High School and having first studied with Ernie Del Fante, Cooper attended Fullerton College where he studied composition and arranging with Tom Ranier and saxophone with Dave Edwards and Don Raffell.〔(Alumni Biographical page ), Fullerton College Music Department〕 While at Fullerton College he recorded on the Down Beat award winning LP, ''Time Tripping'' playing saxophone and woodwinds in FC's collegiate jazz groups. He later transferred to California State University, Los Angeles where he received a B.A. in Music education and clarinet in 1987 having studied with Vito Susca. Cooper also studied jazz composition with and was heavily influenced by Stan Kenton's former staff arranger Bob Curnow. "Since college, when I first began studying big band musical arrangements, (I) wanted to orchestrate for jazz ensembles."〔Blank, Chistopher. ''Ballet Memphis takes a jazzy step -- Choreographer Mark Godden swings to a new set of beats by Big Band jazz arranger Jack Cooper.'' The Commercial Appeal, 10 February 2006.〕 Two years later he completed a M.A. in composition at C.S.U.L.A. and had studied with (Byong-Kon Kim ), (William H. Hill ), and (David Caffey ).〔Cooper, Jack. ''"Solace" a Three Movement Composition for Saxophone Soloist and 18 Piece Jazz Orchestra. Los Angeles: California State University,'' 1989. M.A. THESIS〕 Cooper was classmates at C.S.U.L.A. and worked closely with both Eric "Bobo" Correa and Grammy winning trombonist Luis Bonilla. He has collaborated closely on several musical projects over the last 20 years with Bonilla with the most recent one being ''Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra.''〔April 4, 2014, recording completed at Systems Two Recording in Brooklyn, New York of Cooper's 8 adaptations/orchestrations of Charles Ives music, Luis Bonilla producer. Released August 22, 2014 on the Planet Arts Records label〕 Later composition studies were with David Baker, Gerald Wilson,〔"Gerald is 95 now, I had studied with him in Los Angeles...", Jack Cooper. interview with Kacky Walton, ''Checking on the Arts'', Natl. Public Radio, WKNO-FM, Memphis, 9 October 2013.〕 Manny Albam, Karl Korte, and (Richard Lawn ); in 1999 he earned a D.M.A. in composition from the University of Texas at Austin.〔(Alumni Biographical page (jazz) ), The University of Texas, Butler School of Music〕〔Cooper, Jack T. ''Three Sketches for Jazz Orchestra Inspired by Charles Ives Songs.'' University of Texas at Austin, 1999. Thesis (D.M.A.) 〕 His first notable professional work in Los Angeles as a multireedist was with the Kingsmen, Shari Lewis, Mateos Parseghian, the Tak Shindo Orchestra, Si Zentner, (Steve Jam ), the Dive, and (the Last Mile ).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Cooper (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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