Chris Corsano

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Chris Corsano
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Background information
Born1975
Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Instrument drums

Chris Corsano is an American improviser based in Chicago, Illinois. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Corsano picked up the drums after seeing his half-brother Tony playing. Corsano's first drum set had Animal from the Muppets on the bass, and he largely is self-taught, tapping along to a boom box. Capt. Beefheart, the Minutemen, and Mitch Mitchell served as early influences, depriving Corsano of a desire for pristine technique.

"As long as there are basements in Northern New Jersey, there will be cheap, used and fucked-up drum sets available to young upstarts who don't know any better, from men with thin mustaches and cut off jeans," Corsano says about his childhood.

Career

Corsano has performed [1] [3] with artists including Bjork, Evan Parker, [4] Sunburned Hand of the Man, [5] Six Organs of Admittance, [6] Dredd Foole, [7] Bill Orcutt, [8] Kim Gordon, [8] Björk (on the studio recording and world tour for Volta ), [9] Thurston Moore, [10] Jim O'Rourke, [11] Jandek, [12] Matt Valentine, [9] Nels Cline, [13] Vibracathedral Orchestra, [14] Cold Bleak Heat, [15] Michael Flower, [16] C. Spencer Yeh, [17] Mette Rasmussen, [18] John Edwards, [19] Sylvie Courvoisier, [20] Okkyung Lee, [21] and Nate Wooley. [22]

Corsano has performed with saxophonist Paul Flaherty for more than twenty years and on more than twenty records in a style they call "The Hated Music." [1] [23] He has also recorded several albums each with Rangda (trio with Sir Richard Bishop and Ben Chasny), [24] Chikamorachi (duo with Darin Gray), [25] and Vampire Belt (duo with Bill Nace). [26]

Corsano received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award in 2017. [1]

Discography

Solo

YearArtistAlbumLabel
2006Chris CorsanoThe Young Cricketer [1] Hot Cars Warp
2006Chris CorsanoBlood Pressure [1] Hot Cars Warp
2009Chris CorsanoAnother Dull Dawn [1] Ultra Eczema
2010Chris Corsano BandHigh and Dry [27] Hot Cars Warp
2012Chris CorsanoCut [1] Hot Cars Warp
2018Levin/Haker Flaten/CorsanoSpinning Jenny [28] Trost
2018Corsano/Nace/BaczkowskiMystic Beings [28] Open Mouth
2018Rasmussen/CorsanoA View Of The Moon (From The Sun) [28] Clean Feed
2018Corsano/OrcuttBrace Up! [28]
2018Amado/McPhee/Kessler/

Corsano

A History of Nothing [28] Trost
2018Masmussen/Flaherty/

Corsano

Star-Spangled Voltage [28] Hot Cars Warp
2019Alcorn/Corsano/NaceLive At Rotunda [28] Open Mouth
2019Coxhill/McPhee/Corsano/

Parker

Tree Dancing [28] Otoroku
2019Amado/CorsanoNo Place to Fall [28] Monofonous / Astral
2019Corsano/OrcuttThe Dwarfs of East Agouza [28] Electric Smog
2019Baczkowski/Lopez/CorsanoOld Smoke [28] Relative Pitch
2019Adbelnour/CorsanoQuand Fond La Neige,

Ou Va Le Blanc? [28]

Relative Pitch
2020Chris CorsanoQuaranTunes Series no. 003 [28] Feeding Tube
2020Chris CorsanoMezzaluna [28] Catalytic
2020Genta/CorsanoThe Live In Lisbon [28] 8mm
2021Amado/McPhee/

Kessler/Corsano

Let The Free Be Men [28] Trost Records
2021Corsano/Maranha/YoungsCorsano/Maranha/Youngs [28] Improved Sequence
2022Corsano/Walker/YoungBelladonna Garnish [28] Husky Pants
2023Stoffner/Butcher/CorsanoBraids [28] ezz-thetics
2023Nalbandian/CorsanoA Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry I [28] self-released
2023Amba/Corsano/OrcuttThe Flower School [28] Palilalia
2023Corsano/OrcuttPlay At Duke [28] Palilalia
2023Swell/McPhee/CorsanoSometimes The Air Is [28] Mahakala
2023Rasmussen/Flaherty/

Rowden/Corsano

Crying in Space [28] Relative Pitch
2024Butcher/Stoffner/CorsanoThe Glass Changes Shape [28] Relative Pitch
2024Nabandian/CorsanoA Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry III [28] self-released
2024Corsano/CorsanoThe Key (Became The Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away]) [28] Drag City
2024Corsano/OrcuttLive at Big Ears [28] Palilalia Records
2024Nalbandian/CorsanoA Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry II [28] self-released
2024Williams/Gray/CorsanoElastic [28] Corbett v. Dempsey
2024Sakata/O'Rourke/

Rasmussen/Corsano

Live at Superdeluxe Vol. 1 [28] Trost Records
2024Corsano/OrcuttMade Out of Sound [28] Palilalia Records

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Chris Corsano". Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Margasak, Peter (5 August 2016). "Versatile percussionist Chris Corsano plays a rare solo show Monday". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 Barron, Michael (14 July 2014). "Chris Corsano by Michael Barron". BOMB. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Chinen, Nate (14 October 2009). "High-Energy Improvising With an Ever-Shifting Cast". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Murphy, Matthew (21 August 2005). "Sunburned Hand of the Man: Wedlock". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Mosurock, Doug (5 December 2016). "Songs We Love: Six Organs Of Admittance, 'Taken By Ascent'". NPR. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Chris Corsano & Dredd Foole - Live @ Feeding Tube Records in Northampton, MA". Tiny Mix Tapes. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  8. 1 2 Bennett, David (18 December 2015). "For Bill Orcutt and Chris Corsano, It Was Noise at First Sight". Miami New Times. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  9. 1 2 Preira, Matt (28 November 2013). "Drummer Chris Corsano Explains What Makes a Jam Work and Björk". New Times Broward-Palm Beach. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  10. ↑ Morris, Dave (8 July 2003). "Wally Shoup / Paul Flaherty / Thurston Moore / Chris Corsano". Dusted. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  11. ↑ Walls, Seth Colter (16 September 2015). "Merzbow / Jim O'Rourke / Akira Sakata / Chikamorachi: Flying Basket". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  12. ↑ Pareles, Jon (8 September 2005). "An Elusive Rock Enigma Sings, but Doesn't Speak". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Shanley, Mike (25 April 2019). "Nels Cline, Wally Shoup, Chris Corsano: Immolation/Immersion". JazzTimes. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Chris Corsano and Vibracathedral Orchestra - Live at Cafe Oto, August 23 2014". Internet Archive. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  15. ↑ Wilmoth, Charlie (15 March 2005). "Dusted Reviews: Cold Bleak Heat - It's Magnificent, But It Isn't War". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  16. ↑ Morgan, Frances (28 July 2010). "Field Day 2010: Flower Corsano Duo Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  17. ↑ "C. Spencer Yeh A Rock in the Snow/Slow Blind Avalanche (with The Flaherty-Corsano Duo)". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  18. ↑ Hareuveni, Eyal; Acquaro, Paul (9 August 2015). "Mette Rasmussen Chris Corsano Duo - All The Ghosts At Once (Relative Pitch Records, 2015) ****½". Free Jazz Collective. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  19. ↑ Eyles, John (2009-12-01). "John Edwards and Chris Corsano Tsktsking Review". BBC. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  20. ↑ Coombs, Philip (21 February 2017). "Chris Corsano, Sylvie Courvoisier and Nate Wooley - Salt Task (Relative Pitch, 2016) ****". Free Jazz Collective. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  21. ↑ Ratliff, Ben (7 January 2016). "Review: The Cellist Okkyung Lee Tests Extended Technique's Boundaries". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  22. ↑ Allen, Clifford. "Nate Wooley / Chris Corsano / C. Spencer Yeh The Seven Storey Mountain". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  23. ↑ Shteamer, Hank (22 February 2017). "John Coltrane's 'Interstellar Space' at 50: Legacy of a Free-Jazz Masterpiece". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  24. ↑ Murphy, Matthew (5 October 2012). "Rangda: Formerly Extinct". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  25. ↑ Margasak, Peter (30 November 2017). "The agile duo of bassist Darin Gray and drummer Chris Corsano find a new sparring partner in Jeff Tweedy". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  26. ↑ Meyer, Bill (December 2019). "Susan Alcorn / Chris Corsano / Bill Nace Live At Rotunda". DownBeat. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  27. ↑ Masters, Marc (13 August 2010). "High and Dry". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "Chris Corsano". www.cor-sano.com. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
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