BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Description: Saxophonist, USA
Known For: Late member of The Dave Matthews band.
Instruments: Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Penny Whistle.
Music Styles: Rock, Blues, Jazz
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 7th September 1961
Location Born: Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date Died: 19th August 2008
Location Died: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Cause Of Death: Pneumonia.
Memorial: Moore was buried at Holly Memorial Gardens in Albemarle County.
CONTACT DETAILS
Web Site: http://www.leroimoore.com/
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
LeRoi Moore
An American saxophonist best known as a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band. Moore often arranged music for the songs written by frontman Dave Matthews.
Moore also co-wrote many of the band’s songs, notably “Too Much” and “Stay (Wasting Time)”.
Moore began playing professionally after a brief stay in college.
Moore helped found the Charlottesville Swing Orchestra (1982), and the John D’earth Quintet. The latter played at Miller’s, a Charlottesville bar, every Thursday night in the late 1980s, where Moore first met Dave Matthews in 1991.
Moore played bass, baritone, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones, as well as the flute, bass clarinet, the wooden penny whistle, and the oboe.
In addition to performing with the Dave Matthews Band, Moore appeared on Code Magenta’s self-titled album, and on Soko’s album In November Sunlight.
Moore was injured on June 30, 2008, in an ATV accident on his farm outside Charlottesville, Virginia, breaking several ribs and puncturing a lung, and was hospitalized at UVA for several days.
His last live performance took place two days prior at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia.
Moore was released from the University of Virginia Health System, he traveled to his home in Los Angeles, California to start his rehabilitation program. On the morning of August 19, Moore was feeling unwell.
It was at this point that he was rushed to the hospital but he died shortly there after.
Moore died on Tuesday afternoon, August 19, 2008, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles. Aged 46.