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Jeff Cosgrove: Alternating Current
ByFirst up is the nearly 39-minute "Bridges of Tomorrow," a powerfully percussive offering whose highlight is the interplay between Shipp's 88 tuned drums and Cosgrove's kit playing. The 11-minute title track follows, another, much mellower tripartite dialogue dedicated to percussionist extraordinaire Andrew Cyrille, a colleague of Shipp and Parker and a teacher to Cosgrove.
The third and final track is Motian's "Victoria," which opens with Shipp's melodic playing and continues in a similar vein with Cosgrove playing the cymbals. Interestingly, although Cosgrove is an acolyte of the late drummer (having been his student), Shipp and Parker had never played the Motian composition before.
Fans of avant-garde jazz in general, and percussion in particular, will find rewarding listening in this engagingand lovingly designed and packagedCD.
Track Listing
Bridges Of Tomorrow; Alternating Current (For Andrew Cyrille); Victoria.
Personnel
Jeff Cosgrove
drumsJeff Cosgrove: drums; Matthew Shipp: piano; William Parker: bass.
Album information
Title: Alternating Current | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: Self Produced
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