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Tom Cora
12+ albums
cellofree improvisationAvant-Gardeexperimentaljazz
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Tom Cora (born Thomas Henry Corra) (September 14, 1953 - April 9, 1998), was a United States cellist and composer, best known for his improvisational performances in the field of experimental jazz and rock. He recorded with John Zorn, Butch Morris and The Ex, and was a member of Curlew, Third Person and Skeleton Crew. Tom Cora was born in Yancey Mills, Virginia, United States. He made his musical debut as drummer on a local television program and in the mid-1970s he played guitar for a Washington, D.C. jazz club house band. He took up the cello while an undergraduate at the University of Virginia and studied with cellist Pablo Casals' student Luis Garcia-Renart and later with vibraphonist Karl Berger. During this time he formed his own group, The Moose Skowron Tuned Metal Ensemble and began constructing instruments for it In 1979 Cora moved to New York City where he worked with Shockabilly guitarist Eugene Chadbourne, introducing the cello to the honky tonk circuits of North America. He performed at improvising clubs and venues in New York with John Zorn, Fred Frith, Andrea Centazzo, Butch Morris, Wayne Horvitz, David Moss, Toshinori Kondo and others. Cora also collaborated with George Cartwright and Bill Laswell which led to the formation of the art rock band Curlew in 1979 . Cora remained with Curlew for over ten years and appeared on five of their albums. In 1982 Tom Cora and Fred Frith formed Skeleton Crew, an improvising rock and jazz band best known for their live pe
top songs
albums
It's A Brand New Day - Tom Cora Live At The Knitting Factory
Gumption in Limbo
Paris 1997
Hallelujah, Anyway - Remembering Tom Cora
The New U.S. Concerts
Hallelujah, Anyway: Remembering Tom Cora
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It's A Brand New Day (Live At The Knitting Factory)
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The Brand New Day
Hallelujah, Anyway: Remembering Tom Cora (Disc 1)
Passed Normal Vol. 4
It's A Brand New Day
live at the western front