Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Jeff Cosgrove Music Jeff Cosgrove is a versatile freelance drummer working in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area available for session work, live performances, and private instruction. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Hello world!](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/2014/06/hello-world/) - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! - [Hello world!](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/2014/05/hello-world-2/) - Welcome to Steve's Sites. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! ## Pages - [Home](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/) - Two Jeffs - Featuring Jeff Lederer on saxophone, Tom Teasley on percussion and Mark Lysher on bass...check it out! Two Jeffs by Jeff Cosgrove - Jeff Lederer - Mark Lysher - Tom Teasley 6/1 - Next Performance - 2026 will be a busy one with a new grant series I will be putting on with - [Music](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/music/) - Two Jeffs - Featuring Jeff Lederer on saxophone, Tom Teasley on percussion and Mark Lysher on bass! Two Jeffs by Jeff Cosgrove - Jeff Lederer - Mark Lysher - Tom Teasley Welcome Home - Featuring Jeff Lederer on saxophone and Mark Lysher on bass! "3.5 Stars - Phil Freeman, Downbeat Magazine Welcome Home by Jeff - [Shows](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/shows/) - Gigs:2023 2026 - Keep an eye on the front page as I updated more frequently - [Store](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/store/) - All recordings are available at Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and Bandcamp Please check them out! History Gets Ahead of the Story - Featuring Jeff Lederer on saxophone and John Medeski on organ...check it out! "Over the years, way too much improv has been flung into the realm without a clear grasp of the past. - [](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/live/) - Live Performances This is a special section where I will put up high quality streams of unique performances. Enjoy! Jeff Cosgrove - Scott Robinson - Ken Filiano - 12.9.18 Twins Jazz, 12.9.18 by Jeff Cosgrove - Scott Robinson - Ken Filiano Jeff Cosgrove - Matthew Shipp - Rob Brown - 11.10.18 Sunderman Conservatory, Gettysburg College - [Press Kit](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/press-kit/) - Booking: Email – jeff@jeffcosgrovemusic.com Phone – 202.421.0746 BIO: Praised for his “open-time creativity and melodic sense” (Gapplegate Music Reviews), drummer Jeff Cosgrove has pursued a unique improvisational path with varied ensembles, including a trio with Matthew Shipp and William Parker (Alternating Current), another with Frank Kimbrough and Martin Wind (Conversations with Owls), and a quartet - [](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/cosgroveshippmaneri/) - Jeff Cosgrove - Matthew Shipp - Mat Maneri Booking: Jeff Cosgrove - jeff@jeffcosgrovemusic.com, 202.421.0746 Shapeshifter Lab 11.10.16 by Jeff Cosgrove - Matthew Shipp - Mat Maneri Bio: Jeff Cosgrove, Matthew Shipp and Mat Maneri are three musicians dedicated to spontaneous composition and the art of improvisation. These musicians bring a unique style, along with a - [Booking](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/booking/) - Jeff is available performances (private events or public performance)---with his group, or as a sideman---and for private instruction. Please check the Press Kit page for my bio. To contact Jeff: jeff@jeffcosgrovemusic.com For booking: booking@jeffcosgrovemusic.com - [](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/jeffnoah_baltimore/) - Jeff Cosgrove Noah Preminger Quartet An Die Musik - Baltimore, MD 3.31.16 This is the entire concert and is available as a private stream to thank you for all of your support! An Die Musik by Jeff Cosgrove Noah Preminger Quartet Recorded live in Baltimore by Charles Street Sound. This was a really fun evening - [News](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/news/) - Great preview of the Jeff Cosgrove Noah Preminger Quartet gig at Twins from Washington City Paper! Great interview with Cindy McGuirl for Uncle Paul's Jazz Closet...it was a lot of fun to talk about Paul Motian, Motian Sickness, and my other projects. Give it a listen! 1st Hour: 2nd Hour: Conversations with Owls - Interviews, - [](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/conversationswithowls/) - Conversations with Owls This 2015 recording features Jeff Cosgrove, Drums; Frank Kimbrough, Piano; Martin Wind, Bass. A recording group conversations and featuring unique arrangements of two beautiful standards! "Drummer Jeff Cosgrove's Conversations with Owls is an ode to twilight and dark coming on dawn, a percussively melodic tone poem -- thanks also to the sensitivity - [](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/alternatingcurrent/) - Alternating Current This 2014 recording features Jeff Cosgrove, Drums; Matthew Shipp, Piano; William Parker, Bass. A recording focused on spontaneous composition with masters of the medium! "If Cyrille, Taylor, Motian and their ilk have laid the foundations for more than one generation that followed in their wake, then Cosgrove, Shipp and Parker with their powerful, - [](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/motiansickness/) - Motian Sickness - The Music of Paul Motian This 2011 recording features Jeff Cosgrove, Drums; John Hebert, Bass; Mat Maneri, Viola; Jamie Masefield, Mandolin. Recorded in February of 2011, the album has received universial praise from the jazz press! "It was not intended but turned out to be one of the best tributes to our - [Links](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/links/) - Musicians/Bands: Noah Preninger – Saxophonist Jeff Ballard – Drummer Wes Crawford – Drummer Howard Franklin – Drummer Frank Kimbrough – Pianist Tony Martucci – Drummer Allison Miller – Drummer Candice Mowbray – Guitarist Klaus Suonsaari – Drummer Danny Webber – Guitarist Matt Wilson – Drummer The Woodshedders – The Hot Club of WV Photographers: John ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com/category/uncategorized/)