{"id":96,"date":"2010-11-17T02:30:32","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T02:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2021-02-01T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T20:39:14","slug":"the-alexander-cooper-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/sacred-jazz-3\/sacred-jazz\/the-alexander-cooper-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alexander Cooper Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE ALEXANDER COOPER PROJECT\u00a0 = <\/strong>Progressive Virtuosity in Sacred Jazz<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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ALEXANDER COOPER<\/strong> is the Musical Persona that is brought to life within the Musical Nexus of Leon Alexander<\/em><\/strong> and Warren Cooper<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 THE ALEXANDER COOPER PROJECT<\/strong> is a six (6) piece Contemporary Jazz Ensemble collaboration of progressive virtuosity, creative artistry and soulful Spirit.\u00a0 Leon Alexander<\/strong> is a world class percussionist, whose versatility of style is as diverse as it is excellent.\u00a0 Playing all over the world in genres that vary from Classical and Contemporary to the Avant Garde and Straight Ahead, he redefines the approach to rhythm in music.<\/p>\n

Leon<\/strong> is a native of Washington, D.C. whose musical career began in childhood as the son of a saxophone virtuoso.\u00a0 He attended the Duke Ellington School for Performing Arts, and Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he and Warren became best friends.\u00a0 From there he has performed with the United States Navy Steel Drum Band, The Ashland Symphony Orchestra, the New Orleans Philharmonic orchestra and scores of other internationally noted artists.\u00a0 Having recently completed a four year tour of duty as the Lead Percussion Instructor for the United States Armed Forces School of Music in Norfolk, VA, Leon is currently serving as lead percussionist for the United States Navy Band, assigned to the President of the United States.\u00a0 He is also the drummer and Unit Commander for the Cruisers Navy Specialty Band.<\/p>\n

Warren Cooper<\/strong> is a vocal specialist, choir master, worship music minister and radio broadcaster.\u00a0 As a native of Philadelphia, PA and the son of a Presbyterian pastor, he grew up in the Church with classical anthems, traditional hymns, gospel music and instrumental jazz.\u00a0 Having studied at Germantown Friends School, Oberlin Conservatory of Music and with many of the Masters, Warren has emerged as a trend-setting pioneer within the genres of Jazz Worship and Sacred Jazz Music.\u00a0 As an arranger, composer, performer and producer he is a recognized innovator who has taken significant strides in the fusion of the genres of Gospel and Jazz.<\/p>\n

Inspired by such artists as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Maurice White, Warren<\/strong> has honed an intrinsically instrumental approach to vocal music performance.\u00a0 His innovation remains consistent, as the founder and producer of the Balm In Gilead Jazz Worship Series<\/strong>, as well as the OVATIONS<\/em><\/strong> Gospel Music Radio Program (airing Sundays 6:00a – 9:00a EST on NPR Affiliate Temple Public Radio – www.wrti.org<\/a>).\u00a0 The radio show is in its 17th<\/sup> year of broadcast.<\/p>\n

THE ALEXANDER COOPER PROJECT<\/strong> has a sound that you will not be able to forget – progressive virtuosity in a classic frame.\u00a0 It is inspirational, amazing, and available for Worship Services, Sacred and Main Stream Jazz Concert Events and Performances, as well as Fundraising and Artistic Celebrations of any scale.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO CONCERT SAMPLES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE ALEXANDER COOPER PROJECT – “PRAY”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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>THE ALEXANDER COOPER PROJECT – “(IT AIN’T) ALL BLUES”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE ALEXANDER COOPER PROJECT – “COME SUNDAY”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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AVAILABLE FOR VIRTUAL PERFORMANCES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For Booking Inquiries Click\u00a0 “Contact Us”\u00a0 –\u00a0 Itemize your Interest and we’ll get back to you directly.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE ALEXANDER COOPER PROJECT\u00a0 = Progressive Virtuosity in Sacred Jazz \u00a0 ALEXANDER COOPER is the Musical Persona that is brought to life within the Musical Nexus of Leon Alexander and Warren Cooper.\u00a0 THE ALEXANDER COOPER PROJECT is a six (6) piece Contemporary Jazz Ensemble collaboration of progressive virtuosity, creative artistry and soulful Spirit.\u00a0 Leon Alexander is a world class percussionist, whose versatility of style is as diverse as it is excellent.\u00a0 Playing all over the world in genres that vary from Classical and Contemporary to the Avant Garde…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":94,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6723,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/6723"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}