It’s hard to describe just what Jules Moss is playing with the Graham Moses band. If you had to give it just one name, you ’d probably say “jazz,” because that’s the term usually applied to unique or unusual music of almost any style outside mainstream rock or pop, and not readily indentifiable as an ethnic form like reggae or Latin. But there are so many elements in Graham’s music: elements of traditional jazz, fusion, funk, punk, rock—all combined with his absolutely unique vocal style. Graham sounds like a cross between Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, and your local drag race announcer—in polyrhythmic time. It’s easy to see, then, why Jules Moss’s drumming in this band must also be unique—equal parts jazz, rock, avant-garde, and other elements too numerous to mention. But Jules comes to this challenge well prepared. His background is widely varied, and his enjoyment of all […]

January 1986 Issue