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It's that boy Corsano again...

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Tags : chris corsano dimension x, drum, music, scf-fi,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 11:14 GMT

Fear of Jazz? More like fear of becoming a stalker....

Last night I saw Chris Corsano perform once again, at The Pool bar in Shoreditch, at the 'Fear Of Jazz' night. Once again he was amazing. Each time I see him he seems to have developed a little bit more in his style and what he's playing. His ability to generate a rhythm and then make it flow and develop in ever more complex ways, bouncing off the drums and modifying them to make the subtlest changes in sound, evolving it and driving it on. See for yourself in the clips below.

He's not always on top form, and if you were unfortunate enough to attend the previous nights performance when he played with Noah Howard, Evan Parker and John Edwards can attest to. I held such high hopes for this, having seen Corsano and Edwards do a blinding performance at the LMC Festival in December, it was horrible to see the restraint from Corsano as every time he and Edwards broke out they were interrupted by Howard bringing it back to New Orleans. I'd really liked to have seen if Parker, Howard and Corsano were left to their own devices that night.

I might start to get perceived as a Corsano stalker at this rate, as I've now seen him perform 9 or 10 times in the last year. Next time is The Flower-Corsano Duo next month. But hey, when you get the chance to see an amazing performer do loads of events in your neighbourhood (well, London) you have to, in the words of Noah Howard: 'support your local geniuses!'

• Chris Corsano at Fear Of Jazz 2007/01/24 # 1 45.9mb – mov
• Chris Corsano at Fear Of Jazz 2007/01/24 # 2 26.1mb – mov
• Chris Corsano at Fear Of Jazz 2007/01/24 # 3 19.8mb – mov

Tags : chris corsano drums, experimental, free-jazz, improvisation, music, video,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 09:36 GMT

Some video clips of Chris Corsano Solo, Chris Corsana with Jessica Rylan (As Vampire Can't?) and the Jonathan Kane Band, taken at The Spitz on the 22nd of October.

• Chris Corsano 48.2mb – mov
• Vampire Can't 23.9mb – mov
• Jonathan Kane Band 17.0mb – mov

Tags : chris corsano drums, experimental, free-jazz, improvisation, jazz, jessica rylan, jonathan kane, music,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 14:22 GMT
Last modified Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 11:56 GMT

Free-Jazz Drumming.

Some video clips of Chris Corsano playing with Barr at the Luminaire in Kilburn last night. Corsano's drumming was hypnotic, first time I'd seen him live, but he must be seen again. Preferably without Barr, who rather spoiled it for me - Corsano seemed a bit trapped with the click-track and song format, though still managed to excel in that space.

Notable mentions to Temperatures and Birds Of Delay for great support slots. Magik Markers didn't really do it for me either. Thanks to Upset The Rhythm! for another excellent line-up.

• Chris Corsano playing with Barr (Video 1) 16.7mb – mp4
• Chris Corsano playing with Barr (Video 2) 8.0mb – mp4
• Chris Corsano playing with Barr (Video 3) 17.7mb – mp4

Tags : chris corsano drums, experimental, free-jazz, improvisation, music, video,
Posted by Dorian Moore on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 09:16 GMT
Last modified Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 11:19 GMT