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In 1977 and again in 1979, Cooper toured with Elton John as a duo in which John would play a solo set and then be joined by Cooper on percussion for the second half of the concerts. Cooper's relationship with the Rolling Stones continued into the 1980s. In 1981, he contributed to Bill Wyman 's third solo album.
Ray Cooper. Music Department: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Ray Cooper was born on 19 August 1942 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Brazil (1985) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009).
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A true Renaissance man, Cooper studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London (where he has been a Fellow since 2003), and spent his early working years as an orchestral percussionist under the baton of some of the most significant conductors of the day, including Sir John Barbirolli and Carlo Maria Giulini.
Ray Cooper is a British session percussionist whose recording career started in the 1960s, recording with the WHO, among others, and is still going. Among his early jobs were America, Carly Simon, David Essex, Blue Mink and especially Elton John (he played on most of his '70s albums).
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Percussionist Ray Cooper makes a lasting impression on fans every time he picks up an instrument on stage or in the studio. Ray studied classical piano as a youth, then strings and woodwinds, and later, percussion. He also trained in the theatre arts before beginning a career as a session musician in the 1960s.
Percussionist to the stars who has performed with a who’s who of The British Invasion, including The Who, with whom he started his prolific career in the ’60s. He followed this by collaborating with Elton John on most of his 1970s albums, an artistic collaboration that continued well into the ’90s.
