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 Anita Baker, Bob Dylan, Barry Manilow, O'Jays, George Duke, Patrice Rushen, Ronnie Laws, Crusaders and Tone Loc amongst others. To diversify, he worked on numerous movie soundtracks and also hit the road & toured with the likes of Cheryl Lynn, Billy Preston, and Ronnie Laws.