Phil Moore

Phil Moore (20 Februari 1918 – 13 Mei 1987) adalah seorang pianis jazz, pengaransemen orkestra, ketua band, dan artis rekaman Amerika.

Biografi

Phil Moore merupakan seorang yatim piatu dan ditempatkan di sebuah rumah sakit negeri di Portland, Oregon. Ia masuk Cornish School dan University of Washington di Seattle. Saat Moore berusia 13 tahun, ia bermain piano di tempat-tempat kecil^[1] di Portland.^[2] Kemudian, ia mendukung Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra,^[3] Bobby Short, Marshal Royal, Irving Ashby,^[4] Julie Wilson, Gene Sedric,^[5] Les Hite, dan Helen Gallagher.^[6] Ia mengaransemenkan musik band besar untuk orkestra Tommy Dorsey dan Harry James.^[7]

^ Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood by Donald Bogle (Random House, Inc., 2009) chapter: Phil Moore: The Man Who Made Music, pg 88
^ Only The Strong Survive: Memoirs of a Soul Survivor/ Jerry Butler & Earl Smith Indiana University Press, 2000. pg 87–88
^ Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography, by Luiz Carlos do Nascimento Silva (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000) pg 164
^ Marshal Royal: Jazz Survivor by Marshall Royal and Claire Gordon, (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2001) pg 83
^ Who's who of jazz: Storyville to Swing Street, by John Chilton pg 296
^ The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Leonard Feather, page 573
^ Obituary [1], The New York Times, May 19, 1987