Lindsay Cooper

Biography

Lindsay Cooper was an English bassoonist, oboist and composer best known as a core member of *Henry Cow*, where her writing and playing helped define the band's avant-rock sound. Classically trained, she first turned toward progressive rock with *Comus*, later played in *National Health* and *News from Babel*, and co-founded the *Feminist Improvising Group*. Her solo albums include 'Rags' and 'Music for Other Occasions', and she also composed for film, television and theatre before multiple sclerosis ended her performing career in 1998.