Bob Moses (musician)

Ra-Kalam Bob Moses (b. Jan. 28, 1948) is an American jazz drummer born in New York City.

Moses played with Roland Kirk in 1964-65 while he was still a teenager. In 1966 he and Larry Coryell formed The Free Spirits, a jazz fusion ensemble, and from 1967 to 1969 he played in Gary Burton's quartet. He also recorded with Burton in the 1970s, in addition to work with Dave Liebman/Open Sky, Pat Metheny, Mike Gibbs, Hal Galper, Gil Goldstein, Steve Swallow, Steve Kuhn/Sheila Jordan (from 1979 to 1982), George Gruntz, and Emily Remler (from 1983 to 1984). In the early 1970s he was a member of Compost with Harold Vick, Jumma Santos, Jack Gregg and Jack DeJohnette.

His first session as a leader was in 1975; his releases for Gramavision in the 1980s were critically acclaimed.

Moses currently performs alongside John Lockwood, Don Pate, and John Medeski with noted guitarist Tisziji Muñoz and teaches at New England Conservatory.

Contents
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 * 1 Discography
 * 1.1 As leader
 * 1.2 As co-leader
 * 1.3 As sideman
 * 2 References

As leader[edit]

 * Love Animal (1968, Amulet, 2003)
 * Bittersuite in the Ozone (Mozown, 1975)
 * Family (1979, Buddah, 1982; re-released as Devotion, Soul Note, 1996)
 * When Elephants Dream of Music (Gramavision, 1982)
 * Visit with the Great Spirit (Gramavision, 1983)
 * The Story of Moses (Gramavision, 1987)
 * Time Stood Still (Gramavision, 1993)
 * Nishoma (Grapeshot, 2000)
 * (as Rakalam Bob Moses) – Father's Day B'hash (Sunnyside, 2009)
 * Universal Folk Song (Ra-Kalam Records, 2012)
 * Sacred Exhalations (Ra-Kalam Records, 2012)
 * The Illuminated Heart (Ra-Kalam Records, 2012)
 * Home in Motion (Ra-Kalam Records, 2012, recorded 1979)

As co-leader[edit]
With Compost With Open Sky (Trio with David Liebman and Frank Tusa) Other collaborations
 * Take Off Your Body (Columbia, 1971)
 * Life Is Round (Columbia, 1973)
 * Open Sky (PM, 1973)
 * Spirit in the Sky (PM, 1975)
 * with Dave Liebman and Eddie Gómez – Spirit Renewed (1982; Owl, 1991)
 * with Billy Martin – Drumming Birds (ITM, 1987)
 * Plunge – Falling with Grace (1995)
 * (as Rakalam Bob Moses) with Greg Burk – Ecstatic Weanderings (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011)

As sideman[edit]
With The Free Spirits (Larry Coryell) With Gary Burton With David Friesen With Hal Galper With Mike Gibbs With the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band With Steve Kuhn With Brian Landrus With Pat Metheny With Tisziji Muñoz With Steve Swallow
 * Out of Sight and Sound (ABC, 1967)
 * Lady Coryell (Larry Coryell 1968)
 * A Genuine Tong Funeral (RCA, 1967)
 * Lofty Fake Anagram (RCA, 1967)
 * Gary Burton Quartet in Concert (RCA, 1968)
 * Ring (ECM, 1974)
 * Dreams So Real (ECM, 1975)
 * Waterfall Rainbow (Inner City, 1977)
 * Speak with a Single Voice (Enja, 1978)
 * Redux 1978 (Concord Jazz, 1991)
 * Children of the Night (1978, Double Time, 1997)
 * Mike Gibbs Directs the Only Chrome-Waterfall Orchestra (Bronze, 1975)
 * Theatre (ECM, 1983)
 * Happening Now! (HatArt, 1987)
 * Motility (ECM, 1977)
 * Non-Fiction (ECM, 1978)
 * Playground with Sheila Jordan (ECM, 1979)
 * Last Year's Waltz (ECM, 1981)
 * Everlasting (2008, CIMP, 2011)
 * Bright Size Life (ECM, 1976)
 * Visiting This Planet (1980s, Anami Music, ?)
 * Love Everlasting (Amulet, 1987)
 * Spirit Man (Anami Music, 1995)
 * Death Is a Friend of Mine (Anami Music, 1996)
 * Alpha-Nebula: The Prophecies (Anami Music, 1997)
 * Tisziji Muñoz Live! Great Sacrifice (Maha-Yajna) (Anami Music, 1999)
 * Love at First Sound (Anami Music, 2004)
 * Beauty as Beauty (Anami Music, 2008)
 * Home (ECM, 1979)