Craig T. Cooper

U.S. soul-jazz guitarist, composer, producer and engineer. Born and raised in Los Angeles as the youngest of seven children, he began cello lessons at the age of 4 & soon went on learning trumpet, drums, piano & finally the guitar. In 1984 he started to work as a studio musician, alongside [a=Anita Baker], [a=Bob Dylan], [a=Barry Manilow], [a=O'Jays], [a=George Duke], [a=Patrice Rushen], [a=Ronnie Laws], [a=Crusaders] and [a=Tone Loc] amongst others. To diversify, he worked on numerous movie soundtracks and also hit the road & toured with the likes of [a=Cheryl Lynn], [a=Billy Preston], and [a=Ronnie Laws].