J. C. Moses

J.C. Moses (October 18, 1936 – 1977) was an American jazz drummer.

He was born in Philadelphia, and was related to pianist Jimmy Golden and trumpeter Clifford Thornton.

Moses worked early in the 1960s with Clifford Jordan, Kenny Dorham, and Eric Dolphy. In 1963, he performed and recorded with the New York Contemporary Five, a group that included Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, and Don Cherry among its members. In 1964 he played with Tchicai and Roswell Rudd in the New York Art Quartet, and following this with Bud Powell, Charles Lloyd, Roland Kirk, Andrew Hill, and Sam Rivers. He moved to Copenhagen around 1969, where he was house drummer at the Montmartre Club, playing with Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon among others. He played less in the 1970s due to failing health and returned to Pittsburgh, where he played with Nathan Davis and Eric Kloss. He never recorded as a leader.

Discography

With Eric Dolphy

• Iron Man (Douglas, 1963)
• Conversations (Fuel, 1963)
• The Illinois Concert (Blue Note, 1963 [1999])

With Kenny Dorham

• Matador (United Artists, 1962)

With Andrew Hill

• Change (Blue Note, 1966)

With Clifford Jordan

• Bearcat (Jazzland, 1962)

With Rahsaan Roland Kirk

• Kirk in Copenhagen Mercury, 1963)

With Charles Lloyd

• Discovery! (Columbia, 1964)

With Archie Shepp

• Rufus (Fontana, 1963)
• Consequences (Fontana, 1963)
• New York Contemporary Five Vol. 1 (Sonet, 1963)
• New York Contemporary Five Vol. 2 (Sonet, 1963)
• Fire Music (Impulse!, 1965)
• On This Night (Impulse!, 1965)

References

• Scott Yanow, J.C. Moses at Allmusic