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Ray Cooper

perc, *1942 GB, Watford
Musician / Producer of Pop, R&B/Soul and Rock
A.k.a. Raymond Cooper

Raymond Thomas "Ray" Cooper (born 19 September 1942) is an English virtuoso percussionist. He is a session and road-tour percussionist, and occasional actor, who has worked with several musically diverse bands and artists including George Harrison, Billy Joel, Rick Wakeman, Eric Clapton, and Elton John. Cooper absorbed the influence of rock drummers from the 1960s and 1970s such as Ginger Baker, Carmine Appice, and John Bonham. Incorporation of unusual instruments (for rock drummers of the time) such as cowbells, glockenspiel, and tubular bells, along with several standard kit elements, helped create a highly varied setup. Continually modified to this day, Cooper's percussion set offers an enormous array of percussion instruments for sonic diversity such as the tambourine, congas, crash cy

Instruments

• Percussion
• Drums
• Congas

Genres

• Pop
• R&B/Soul
• Rock
• Jazz
• Electronic

Plays With