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Alyn Cosker
Alyn Cosker was born and raised in Ayr, Scotland and studied at Strathclyde University in Glasgow where he graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in 'Applied Music'. A regular on the Scottish jazz scene he has performed with many artists of both national and international standing. They include Tommy Smith, Jim Mullen, Lee Konitz, Courtney Pine, Bheki Mseleku, Paul Towndrow, Claire Martin, Geoffrey Keezer, Annie Ross (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), Frank Gambale, Geoff Gascoigne, Clare Teal, Brian Kellock, Scott Hamilton, Bruce Barth, Steve Hamilton, Madaleine Eastman, Ethan Iverson, Leo Blanco,Warren Vaché, David Newton, Carol Kidd, Bruce Adams, Damon Brown, Tim Garland, Keith Tippet. Alyn is the drummer with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, a position he has held for the past 4 years
Resistance Is Futile
Label: self-released
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. Resistance Is Futile 09:17
2. New Beginnings 10:16
3. Fleeting Dreams 11:25
4. Shape Shifter 07:45
5. When You Were Born 07:14
6. Beyond Everything 09:28
7. The Riddler 07:04
8. The Four Horsemen 06:55
Onta
By Alyn Cosker
Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Onta; Lullapalew; And You; Cassillis; Downtown AYR; Fool's Full Heart; Làrach do Thacaidean.
Alyn Cosker: Onta
by Neil Duggan
Ayr is a coastal town situated in the southwest of Scotland. It is enjoyed by tourists for its scenic beach and as the location of the birthplace of the national poet Robert Burns. It also serves as the inspiration for Onta, the third album from drummer Alyn Cosker, who makes this his love letter to the ...
Joni Mitchell Jazzed: Ten Essential Mitchell Covers
by Ian Patterson
Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's spectacular transition from acoustic folk singer in the '60s through folk-rock 'n' roller in the early '70s to leader of jazz-inflected bands in the mid-'70s was a gradual process. This musical transformation can be traced over the course of five albums for Asylum, beginning with the multi-million seller and Grammy-winner Court and ...
Rich Halley, Ethan Philion and Other Releases
by Jerome Wilson
Here are a few more albums from 2023 that deserve some belated recognition. Rich Halley Fire Within Pine Eagle Records 2023 This is tenor saxophonist Rich Halley's third recording with a quartet that also features Matthew Shipp on piano, Michael Bisio on bass, and Newman Taylor Baker on ...
Atlantic Road Trip: ONE
by Jack Bowers
Although it is not clear at first (or even second) glance, Atlantic Road Trip is the name of the group on this superb album from Chicago-based Calligram Records, while ONE is the title of the album itself. What is clear is that the music the quintet produces is splendid, overflowing with delightful melodies and tantalizing rhythms, ...
The Story Needs an Ending
By Louise Dodds
Label: Independent release
Released: 2022
Track listing: Blossom in Indigo
Nowhere to Hide
Inside
In Other Words
Place of Wonder
Lean into the Fall
A Little Grace
Paradise
Every Hue
This is Where I Leave You
Nowhere to Hide
KPF
By Alyn Cosker
Label: NYLA Recordings
Released: 2018
Track listing: Serenity; Yatey Ate; Dragons; Purely Intertwined; KPF; Hee Haw Twice; We Were Young; The Adventures Of Feskelar; Could Be
Fate; Shoogly Paw; Two Stars In The Sky.
Alyn Cosker: KPF
by Dan Bilawsky
The music of Alyn Cosker--the resident drummer of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra--is neither here nor there. While his work firmly rests in the miles-wide jazz camp, its synthesis of disparate styles and identities offers it shielding from easy labels within. Take “Serenity," the album's lead-off track, for example. Augmenting an electrified quintet with mandolin, accordion, ...
