Gerald Asher Moore (8 October 1903,

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– 29 January 1993,

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) was an English

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pianist. Moore spent the years 1922-1939 working freelance in

, playing movie palaces and

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s. Among the clubs in which he worked are Sherry’s (1925–26), the Empress Rooms (1927), Chez Rex Evans (1933–34), the Bag o’ Nails (1932–36), the 43 Club (1934–35), and Mema’s (1934–39). His first live appearance on BBC radio in September 1936 was heralded in ''

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'' with a listing as "Britain's 'King of Swing'". In 1939, he worked with

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, from 1940 until 1942 with

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, and in 1945 with

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. He worked in

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late in the 1940s, including in Germany with

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(1947), at the Paris Jazz Fair with

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(1949), and at the Palm Beach Hotel in

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(1948–50). He played with

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and Laurie Gold in 1954-57 and worked as a pianist on the '' Queen Mary'' (1957) and ''

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'' (1959–63). From the mid-1960s up until his death, Moore played at clubs in London.

References

*Digby Fairweather and Simon Adams, "Gerry Moore". '' Grove Jazz'' online.

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