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Apparently Dr. Charles Moore was the trumpeter for the Contemporary Jazz Quintet. There some information on this stunningly badly implemented page (http://www.yuseflateef.com/YALRecords/eternalwindluckman.html) --- the text is about half-way down, search for MOORE.

He would seem to be kind of significant in the jazz world --- this is from this jazz history page (http://www.metrotimes.com/music/special/jazzhist/52jazzhist.html):

During the '60s, when a musical sea change occurred, so to speak, Detroit was naturally poised for the shift in paradigm; its musicians were ready for the "free jazz," "New Music," "Great Black Music," "avant-garde" or whatever nomenclature was commanding attention.

One haven for advanced musicians was the Artists' Workshop on the Lodge Freeway. Founded by John Sinclair and a collective of artists seeking to promote progressive cultural and political expression, the Workshop hosted poetry readings, concerts, light shows and jam sessions. In 1964 the house band, the Detroit Contemporary 5, consisted of Danny Spencer on drums, John Dana on bass, Larry Nozero on sax, Ron English on guitar and Charles Moore on trumpet and fluegelhorn. Sinclair and Moore would be pivotal in successive cultural formations, particularly the Allied Artists Association, the Detroit Jazz Center and Strata Concert Gallery. Moore would join Kenn Cox and co-lead the Contemporary Jazz Quintet, featuring Leon Henderson (brother of Joe) on tenor sax, Ron Brooks on bass and Spencer on drums.

Does this mean anything to anybody?

Unfortunately, this is exactly the kind of jazz that I hate, so the Arkestra would probably have been completely wasted on me. It does sound intriguing, though... and it's a great name.