Oscar Moore

Oscar Moore

Oscar Moore with Nat King Cole and Wesley Prince, c. June 1946
Photo: William P. Gottlieb
Background information
Birth name Oscar Frederic Moore
Born (1915-12-25)December 25, 1915
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Died October 8, 1981(1981-10-08) (aged 65)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Guitar
Associated acts Nat King Cole, Johnny Moore's Three Blazers

Oscar Frederic Moore (December 25, 1915 – October 8, 1981)[1] was an American jazz guitarist.

Moore was born in Austin, Texas, but grew up in Los Angeles. During the 1930s he often worked with his brother, Johnny, who was also a guitarist. Beginning in 1937, he spent ten years with Nat King Cole in the guitar-bass-drums trio format that influenced Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, and Ahmad Jamal. After he left Cole, he joined his brother in Johnny Moore's Three Blazers through the 1950s. He recorded two solo albums in 1954, then left the field of music. During the last decades of his life, he laid bricks and ran a gas station.[2] He died in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1981.[1]

Barney Kessel said that Moore practically created the role of the jazz guitarist in small combos. He was voted top guitarist of 1945, 1946, and 1947 in the Down Beat magazine readers' poll.

Selected discography

As member of Nat King Cole Trio

As member of Johnny Moore's Three Blazers

As leader

Singles

Albums

As sideman

With Lionel Hampton

With Art Tatum

With The Capitol International Jazzmen

With Anita O'Day

With Lester Young

With Benny Carter

With Ray Charles

With Illinois Jacquet

With Sonny Criss

References

  1. 1 2 Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 370. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  2. ↑ Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
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