| 1 | What Do We Mean By Coaching? | 0:36 |
| 2 | Why Are Some Cricket Coaches Better Than Others? | 4:28 |
| 3 | How Will You Learn More Successfully From Your Coach Than By Just Looking And Listening? | 2:46 |
| 4 | What Do People Mean When They Say, "He Played Cricket"? | 1:34 |
| 5 | What Do We Get From Cricket That We Don't Get From Other Games? | 4:01 |
| 6 | If You Want To Succeed At Cricket, What Attitude Should You Adopt Towards The Game? | 1:57 |
| 6 | How May Your Parents And Your Employer Help You In Your Cricket Career? | 7:58 |
| 8 | What's The Correct Way To Stop A Ball? | 0:36 |
| 9 | How Do You Know That You Have Taken Your Eyes Off The Ball When You Attempt To Catch It? | 1:41 |
| 10 | What Movement Helps You When You Are Trying To Run Out A Batsmen? | 1:53 |
| 11 | Why Should You Watch The Striker's Bat? | 2:35 |
| 11 | How Should You Pick Up The Ball And Throw It? | 1:56 |
| 13 | How Do You Know Where To Throw The Ball? | 1:55 |
| 14 | When Should You Throw The Ball At Top Speed? | 2:07 |
| 15 | How Should You Throw It On Other Occasions? | 1:47 |
| 16 | Are You Going To Keep Alive The Spirit Of Cricket? (Bonus Track) | 2:39 |
"The Young Cricketer plays out like a showreel for Corsano’s miraculous dexterity and virtuosity as a drummer. It’s a set of recordings made during Corsano’s time living in Manchester back in 2006 utilising all manner of objects and apparatus to offset and treat his drumkit, often morphing its sound into something unrecognisable. The Young Cricketer is a beautifully recorded album, with Corsano’s expanded kit occupying a vast stereo field, and every percussive gesture allotted its own distinct place in the mix. Consequently, this is probably the most thorough representation of Corsano’s near peerless drumming yet committed to record and stands as a pretty indispensable document for all lovers of free music and percussive invention. Stunning.” - Julien Héraud
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Chris Corsano / percussion
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Recorded in Manchester England Feb 1-3, '06 (Except for side a track 2, recorded Jan. 6). Using drums, cymbals, baritone & alto saxophone mouthpieces with plastic tube and/or funnel, and/or shower attachment apparatus, pot lids, lamp base, scotch tape, violin-string-snare-drum contraption, bows, sticks, butter knives, and a superball on a stick, some distortion used on side B when mixing tracks 7 and especially 8, but other than that, no electronics either.
Available as a 320k MP3 or 24bit FLAC download.
Tracklisting:
1. What Do We Mean By Coaching? - 0:36
2. Why Are Some Cricket Coaches Better Than Others? - 4:28
3. How Will You Learn More Successfully From Your Coach Than By Just Looking And Listening? - 2:46
4. What Do People Mean When They Say, "He Played Cricket"? - 1:34
5. What Do We Get From Cricket That We Don't Get From Other Games? - 4:01
6. If You Want To Succeed At Cricket, What Attitude Should You Adopt Towards The Game? - 1:57
7. How May Your Parents And Your Employer Help You In Your Cricket Career? - 7:58
8. What's The Correct Way To Stop A Ball? - 0:36
9. How Do You Know That You Have Taken Your Eyes Off The Ball When You Attempt To Catch It? - 1:41
10. What Movement Helps You When You Are Trying To Run Out A Batsmen? 1:53
11. Why Should You Watch The Striker's Bat? - 2:35
12. How SHould You Pick Up The Ball And Throw It? - 1:56
13. How Do You Know Where To Throw The Ball? - 1:55
14. When Should You Throw The Ball At Top Speed? - 2:07
15. How Should You Throw It On Other Occasions? - 1:47
16. Are You Going To Keep Alive The Spirit Of Cricket? (Bonus Track) - 2:39
Chris Corsano (b. 1975, USA) is a New York-based drummer who has been active at the intersections of collective improvisation, free jazz, avant-rock, and experimental music since the late 1990's. He's been the rim-batterer of choice for some of the greatest contemporary purveyors of "jazz" (Joe McPhee, Paul Flaherty, Mette Rasmussen, Zoh Amba) and "rock" (Sir Richard Bishop, Bill Orcutt, Jim O'Rourke), as well as artists beyond categorization (Björk for her Volta album and world tour, Michael Flower, Okkyung Lee).
Corsano began a long-standing, high-energy musical partnership with saxophonist Paul Flaherty in 1998. Their style, which they occasionally refer to with (semi-)tongue-in-cheek humor as "The Hated Music", combines modern free-jazz's ecstatic collectivism with the urgency and intensity of hardcore punk. A move from western Massachusetts to the UK in 2005 led Corsano to develop his solo music -- a dynamic, spontaneously-composed orchestra-of-one utilizing extended techniques for drum set, non-percussive instruments of his own creation (e.g. bowed violin strings stretched across drum heads), circular breathing on modified reed instruments, and stockpiles of resonant metals. He spent 2007-08 as the drummer on Björk's Volta world tour, all the while weaving in shows and recordings on his days off with the likes of Evan Parker, Michael Flower, and Jandek. He moved back to the U.S. in 2009 and continued touring in an ultrawide array of ever-evolving collaborations. In 2017 he won the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. A renowned solo performer in his own right, Corsano has a new solo record, The Key (Became The Important Thing [and Then Just Faded Away] out on the Drag City label.
His dedication to collective improvisation has led to Corsano to join forces with many kindred spirits and his appearance on over 180 records and thousands of live performances. He's worked with, among others: Paul Dunmall (released by the label: ESP-Disk), Joe McPhee (Roaratorio), Okkyung Lee (Open Mouth), Bill Orcutt (Palilalia), Mette Rasmussen (Hot Cars Warp Records & Clean Feed), John Edwards (OTOroku & Dancing Wayang), Sylvie Courvoisier (Relative Pitch), Nate Wooley (No Business & Astral Spirits), Jim O'Rourke & Akira Sakata (Drag City & Polystar), Merzbow (Family Vineyard), Jessica Rylan (Load Records), Rodrigo Amado (Trost), Nels Cline (Strange Attractors), Heather Leigh (Volcanic Tongue), Ghédalia Tazartès (Ultra Eczema), Ken Vandermark (Audiographic), and Sunburned Hand Of Man (Manhand).
https://chriscorsano.bandcamp.com/music
