Articles / Press Side by Side -- Wilson & Moore AllAboutJazz.com August, 2010 Wilson & Moore Music Video NewOrleans.com August, 2010 New Orleans responds to strife, as always, with song LAtimes.com July, 2010 Review of 'Side by Side' Whereyat.com July, 2010 Singer/songwriter Jesse Moore and guitarist Chip Wilson sit 'Side by Side' on excellent new CD NOLA.com June, 2010 Wilson & Moore Side by Side NewOrleans.com June, 2010 Interview on The Donkey Weed Talk Show October, 2009 Jesse Moore: Goin' back to "Nawlins" Randomville Music March, 2008 Review of More Than Life Itself Moozikoo.com Jesse Moore Becomes Part of NOLA Revival International Musician Magazine January, 2007 Audio Interview, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, July 27, 2006 The Hoodoo Man Releases New Album PittRadio.net May 1, 2006 Singing Up a New Orleans Woodstock Times March, 2006 More Than Life Itself Chronogram January, 2006 Jesse Moore: More Than Life Itself Offbeat December, 2005 What to know before you go: Jesse Moore Best of New Orleans November 8, 2005 CD's subtlety captures New Orleans' sound Poughkeepsie Journal November 4, 2005 Even Moore Meaning The Times Picayune November 4, 2005 Storm takes toll on ex-local musician Poughkeepsie Journal September 1, 2005 Sisters celebrates New Orleans music at Jazz Festival The Bend, Oregon Bulletin September 2005 Live Interview & Performance on WWOZ Radio New Orleans   Entire show Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Jesse Moore at The Dragon's Den Live New Orleans July 05, 2004 HooDooMan mixes gumbo with funk Poughkeepsie Journal February 2003 A fall-down good party Woodstock Times December 2002 Bless The Beasts And The Blues The Press October 2002 HooDooMan adds New Orleans spice to Saugerties venue Kingston Freeman, February 2002 Bringing Mardi Gras to Newburgh Times Herald Record, February, 2002 The Healing's in the HooDoo. Rhythm and News, January, 2002 'HooDoo' Earned His Just Props. Poughkeepsie Journal, September, 2001

About Jesse

Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and actor Jesse Moore has traveled the world performing on concert and theatrical stages. Motion picture and television aficionados will recognize his face for his portrayals of bureaucrats, legal and medical professionals, or homeless people in a myriad of productions.

Jesse began his music career by winning the famed Apollo Theater Talent Night Contest, at the tender age of twelve, singing Smokey Robinson's WHO'S LOVING YOU. The win gained him a recording contract with Star Records and a manager, who had connections with the emerging rock and roll writers at the famed Brill Building in New York. Jesse soon began recording demos, and his vocal prowess was put to the test performing the 'girl' parts, in songs that were being written by writers, that included Carole King, Gerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

Being around such great writers was a huge influence on him and soon he began to compose his own material. While still in his teens, he joined The Stereos and as lead singer wrote and recorded an album on MGM Verve Records, produced by the legendary Tom Wilson of Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa fame.

Jesse's music then led him to a more exotic location: Tokyo, Japan. He and nine other Americans formed the the legendary R&B band, The Houserockers. They were soon signed by RCA Victor of Japan Records and recorded five albums, including the hit LOVE MAKES YOU HAPPY. In the early 70's, he and Carlton "Slim" Goodwin put together a new group, Black Fire, which toured extensively in the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. Upon the band's dissolution he traveled to Bali and joined Prophecy, which went on to become the first western band to achieve superstar status in the Far East. Combining musicians from the two groups, armed only with acoustic instruments, off they headed into the non-electric fruit forest jungles of Malaysia. Soon they landed a six-month stint in Singapore at Barbarella's and later opened their own successful nightclub, Electric Shadow, in Bangkok. In 2000, the rockers reunited for a reunion tour of Indonesia, also filming BACK IN THE GARDEN:A BALI ROCKUMENTARY.

Upon returning to the United States and settling in San Francisco, he recreated Prophecy, recorded new product and toured up and down the West Coast. Deciding to leave the group to develop his solo act, he also entered college to major in music and theatre, eventually receiving a scholarship to the prestigious American Conservatory Theatre. Soon, his smooth vocals landed him major roles in legitimate theatre, in local and regional productions of the musicals DAMES AT SEA, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and creating the role of Orpheus in the Crossroads Theatre production of BLACK ORPHEUS, in New York. He also joined the San Francisco Mime Troupe, touring the world in SECRETS IN THE SAND and DRAGON LADY'S REVENGE, which won them a Tony Award, in 1987, for 'Excellence in Regional Theatre' and culminated in another tour, ending at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, D.C., with THE MOZAMGOLA CAPER.

This led to major television appearances in network shows that included NBC's LAW AND ORDER, FOX TV's AMERICA'S MOST WANTED and in the daytime soaps AS THE WORLD TURNS and THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, as well as joining PBS' GHOSTWRITER as a series regular. Film appearances include HBO's THE BABY SITTERS CLUB, HOWARD THE DUCK and most recently THE NOVICE, with Alan Arkin and Frank Langella, and the soon to be released PRIDE, starring Tom Arnold, Bernie Mac and Terrence Howard, in which Jesse plays the father of the only girl on a high school inner-city swim team. (Acting Career Credits)

The HooDooMan More Than Life Itself Wilson & Moore: Side by Side

In 1988, Moore, then living in San Francisco, was introduced to the Crescent City and it's funky music. Years later, while living in upstate New York, growing tired of the acting-audition process, and during preparation for the Bali reunion tour, he decided to immerse himself in the rich culture of New Orleans and write and record THE HOODOO MAN in 2003. The success of the CD found him relocating to the city of his inspiration, playing on Bourbon Street and every major club in the city, as well as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the French Quarter Festival. The limited release garnered rave reviews, "…stirs up a gumbo of roots rock, rhythm & blues, Mardi Gras second line rhythms and funk-fried bayou magic," stated Indie Magazine and Offbeat Magazine proclaimed, "…displays a dizzying array of styles…he wants you at his party and…you'll want to be there."

In 2005, his release of MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF, was lauded as "One of the Top 10 CD's of the year," by The Times-Picayune and Tom Morgan of WWOZ Radio noted, "…a grand collaboration with some of New Orleans' best songwriters and musicians." The CD included an acoustic and classic rock version of Anders Osborne and J. Ragsdale's IT'S GONNA BE OKAY, and during a broadcast of TV 4's Eyewitness News on WWL, reporter Eric Paulsen commented, "(the song)…should be the official post-Katrina anthem."

His most recent CD, 2010's Wilson and Moore: Side by Side on Threadhead Records, is a collaboration with singer/songwriter/guitarist Chip Wilson. The rootsy folk n' blues Side by Side takes another step in the direction begun at the end of "The Hoodoo Man" and explored in depth in "More Than Life Itself": a desire to carve out a unique heartfelt musical-style that nurtures and challenges it's listeners.

Jesse now lives in the New Orleans Musicians' Village and continues to work in TV and film.

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