Raymond Thomas Cooper Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Raymond Thomas "Ray" Cooper (born 19 September 1942) is an English 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 cymbals, cowbells, roto toms, tubular bells, the gong, snare and timpani. For two decades Cooper honed his technique; In the 1990s, he reinvented his style. He is known for the 7-minute percussion and drum solos he performed during the years 1990–1991 for Eric Clapton and for the 7-minute percussion and drum solos during the year 1994 during all the Face to Face Tours with Billy Joel, and Elton John, and the tours with the Elton John band during the years of 1994–1995.
Full Name
Raymond Thomas Cooper
Net Worth
$16 Million
Date Of Birth
August 19, 1942
Place Of Birth
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Occupation
Musician, actor
Profession
Music Department, Soundtrack, Actor
Nicknames
Ray Cooper, Cooper, Ray
Star Sign
Leo
#
Fact
1
Has worked with director Terry Gilliam many times, and in the documentary Lost in La Mancha (2002) describes him as a "responsible infant terrible".
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Wholly Family
2011
Short creative consultant: music
Chemical Wedding
2008
musician: additional percussion
The Water Horse
2007
musician: percussion
Concert for George
2003
Video documentary musician: percussion
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
musician
Music for Montserrat
1997
TV Special documentary musician: band
The Fisher King
1991
music consultant
Live at Knebworth
1990
Video documentary musician: band
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
music producer
Five Corners
1987
score producer
Shanghai Surprise
1986
composer: additional music - uncredited
Brazil
1985
composer: additional music - uncredited / music coordinator
A Private Function
1984
music producer
David Gilmour: All Lovers Are Deranged
1984
Video short musician
Roger Waters: 5:06AM (Every Strangers Eyes)
1984
Short musician
Roger Waters: 4:41AM (Sexual Revolution)
1984
Short musician
Roger Waters: 5:01AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Pt. 10)
1984
Short musician
David Gilmour: Blue Light
1984
Video short musician: percussion
Pink Floyd: The Final Cut
1983
Video short musician
Scrubbers
1982
composer: prison songs / music supervisor
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
Documentary composer: title music
Time Bandits
1981
composer: additional music - uncredited / music producer / musician: percussion sequences
Tommy
1975
musician
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
performer: "We Love Violence"
Tideland
2005
"Wash Me in the Blood of Jesus"
The Fisher King
1991
producer: "How About You?"
David Gilmour: All Lovers Are Deranged
1984
Video short performer: "All Lovers Are Deranged"
Roger Waters: 5:06AM (Every Strangers Eyes)
1984
Short performer: "5:06AM Every Strangers Eyes"
Roger Waters: 4:41AM (Sexual Revolution)
1984
Short performer: "4:41AM Sexual Revolution"
Roger Waters: 5:01AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Pt. 10)
1984
Short performer: "5:01AM The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Pt. 10"
