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DRUM WIZARDRY: Chris Corsano [Schorle/CC]

THE touring US improvising drummer Chris Corsano, born in Englewood, New Jersey in 1975, played a quartet of gigs at the Cafe Oto in Dalston, with several groups of outstanding British-based musicians.

His performance with Evan Parker, John Edwards and Pat Thomas was a sonic cauldron.

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