Who wants to hear Patrick Cooper play jazz?
I have talked with stylist Patrick Cooper. I have done interviews about candidate Patrick Cooper. I have e-mailed with author Patrick Cooper, Australian Patrick Cooper, the publicists for comedian Pat Cooper, and the mother of baby Cooper Patrick. The tales go on. But I have never met the Patrick Cooper of jazz. He seemed out of reach — until today.
Jazz Patrick Cooper has bounced around the first page of our shared Google results for years. A smooth-playing West Coast pianist, jazz Cooper maintained patrickcooperjazz.com, but at some point the site died. A spam blog grabbed the URL. I figured jazz Patrick Cooper had left the business. But then today I stumbled across Voice of America story, "Patrick Cooper Showcases Soul's Golden Age." There he was!
The man had a new album, The Way It Used to Be, and he had a new website as well, pcoopjazz.com. And he was smooth. Damn smooth. With the help of motorcycles, he could make two people fall in love.
A subsequent find was even better: Jazz Patrick Cooper lived in the D.C. area. He had moved from the West Coast a decade ago. He was playing music regularly here, in Bowie and… downtown Washington. Every week or two, he was playing after work, blocks from my office.
He was pretty good, too. A sample of his new album's release party was all kinds of listenable, and suggestive of getting a drink in hand.
So.
I want to meet jazz Patrick Cooper — or at least hear him do smooth, smooth jazz. Who wants to go with me? I've never been in the same room (knowingly) as another Patrick Cooper. I've certainly never met another of Google's top Patrick Coopers in person. Send me an email or tell me on Facebook. I'm considering going Wednesday, August 3.
What happens when you put a pair of smooth Patrick Coopers in one room? I don't know. One smooth Patrick Cooper is danger enough. I can only imagine that women will throw off their clothes and men will find themselves in spontaneous tuxedos. Then the men will throw off clothes and the women will suit up. And we will all ride motorcycles.
November 19th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
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