Jeff Cosgrove (drums); John Medeski (organ); Jeff Lederer (saxophones, flute)
Drummer Jeff Cosgrove's new album is the realisation of a long held ambition to record the music of former collaborator William Parker. Seven of the CD's ten tracks were written by bassist Parker, three others are Cosgrove's compositions. Bandleader Cosgrove elected to work without a bass player, preferring the classic organ trio format and recruited organist John Medeski of Medeski, Martin and Wood fame and saxophonist Jeff Lederer to go into the studio over two days in 2018.
William Parker is, perhaps, best known as a bassist on the free jazz scene but, for this project, it was the New Yorker's compositions which were of interest to Cosgrove. The music encompasses freeform sections and effortless swingtime groove; Cosgrove's creative, pulsating, rhythmic propulsion, Medeski's classic bass pedals organ sound, Lederer's incisive, insistent saxophone and flute. In some quarters 'free' and 'swing' could be seen as mutually exclusive terms but not as far as Cosgrove is concerned. Following the lead of Parker - and Charles Mingus from an earlier generation - bandleader Cosgrove pays scant regard to any such perceived divisions.
Russell
History Gets Ahead of the Story by Jeff Cosgrove/John Medeski/Jeff Lederer is available from tomorrow (Friday, July 17) on Grizzley Music (www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com)
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