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Pete Cosey: 1943-2012

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Pete Cosey, largely known for playing guitar with Miles Davis between 1973 and 1975, died today at age 68. Before joining Davis’ band he was a session guitarist with Chess Records, playing on records by Etta James, Rotary Connection, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters.

Check out his slashing electric 12-string work about five minutes in.

Cosey was a member of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).  During his Chicago years he played with drummer Maurice White and bassist Louis Satterfield later of Earth, Wind & Fire. With Miles, Cosey performed on Get Up with It, Dark Magus, Agharta and Pangaea.

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Derek Bailey Tribute at The Stone

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The ICTUS label has been dedicated to Improvised Music, New Jazz and Contemporary Classic Music since 1976. Founders Andrea Centazzo and Carla Lugli had to close it down in 1984, but the label was rose from the ashes in 2005 featuring new productions and re-releases of the old recordings. The Stone in NYC, in conjunction with Andrea Centazzo, presented a series of concerts in April celebrating ICTUS’s 35th anniversary. April 6th was dedicated to a tribute to Derek Bailey, featuring six of the worlds best known free-improvising guitarists.

Andrea Centazzo introduces the guitarists.

First each player improvised to a recording of a heretofore unreleased improv by Bailey, then they performed together in an evolving duet format, with each replacing another either singly or both at once.

Anders Nilsson brought an eleven-string nylon instrument that was occasionally hard-pressed to compete with the others’ acoustic steel and electric guitars. Nilsson demonstrated taste and technique, though he occasionally seemed a bit deferential to his more experienced cohorts.

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