Live at the Café Bohemia, the electrifying new album from the Leap Day Trio featuring drummer Matt Wilson, saxophonist Jeff Lederer and bassist Mimi Jones, is out February 24, 2023.
The album was recorded at the historic NYC jazz club to mark the venue’s reopening after nearly 60 years. The band celebrates the album at the club on February 10 & 11.
Out October 7, 2022 via Summit Records,
Koosian’s Hubub! conjures a blend of swinging jazz, infectious pop melodies and offbeat humor with Jeff Lederer, John Bailey, Dick Sarpola and Greg Joseph.
“Ted Kooshian reminds you of one of the overlooked joys of jazz; the ability to have some fun.” – George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
“The quality of musicianship is outstanding and the arrangements are fresh, inventive, and genius.” – Valerie Williams, Skope Magazine
release date: August 28, 2020 via Palmetto
“…a ray of sunshine from Matt Wilson.” – Nate Chinen, WBGO “Take Five”
“Between the plague and politics, 2020 seems like a good year, if you tote a pitchfork and walk on cloven hoofs. The rest of us could use some lifting up, and no one’s better suited to that job than Matt Wilson.” – Bill Meyer, DownBeat
A new Matt Wilson album isn’t so much a snapshot capturing the drummer at a particular moment in time. Rather, his recordings are more like a musical family tree, vividly illustrating the web of relationships that manifest in his music. A creative force since the 1980s, he embodies a verdant and radically unbounded aesthetic, and Hug embraces some of his deepest nourishing roots. Featuring Wilson’s long-running quartet with saxophonist Jeff Lederer, cornetist Kirk Knuffke and bassist Chris Lightcap, Hug documents one of jazz’s most potent and expressive working bands exploring a typically far-flung Wilsonian program.
release date: July the 17th, 2020
4.5 stars: “Drummer Jeff Cosgrove’s History Gets Ahead Of The Story is mesmerising on many levels. First of all, arguably a rarity in this day and age, the overall sound is like a warm blanket on a winter’s day and the punch and layered texture of the drums make the record sound even more inviting. Secondly, Cosgrove’s trio of saxophonist Jeff Lederer and organist John Medeski warmed to the challenge of performing the compositions of bassist William Parker and regularly hit bull’s eye.” – François van de Linde, Jazz Journal
“The clarity of the recording allows the listener to enter into the studio and really ‘feel’ the conversations going on with the trio and this music. A delight from start to finish…” – Richard Kamins, Step Tempest
On Cosgrove’s sixth album as a leader, the drummer offers a unique take on Parker’s long-standing quartet repertoire by rearranging it for the classic organ trio. This is the first album to feature William Parker’s music without Parker providing the undercurrent with his singular bass sound.
