Bill Orcutt + Chris Corsano Duo

I was lucky enough to catch Bill Orcutt and Chris Corsano a few weeks back at Roulette in Brooklyn. Both started out the evening with inspired solo sets, with Corsano performing an incredibly moving and invigorating percussion set that ran the gamut from cathartic free jazz bombast to subtle manipultions of his various drum kit implements (for those skeptical about the concept of a solo percussion performance, Corsano is the person to sell you on the idea) and Orcutt exploring the off-kilter, four-string avant-blues his recent solo work has focused upon to great acclaim (he even bestowed us in the audience with the most bizarre and moving interpretation of "Over The Rainbow" I will ever hear).

But it was when the two came together to perform as a duo that the evening blindsided with a sheer cacophonous rapture that I'd be incredibly lucky to experience again. Being too young to have seen the legendary, untouchable Harry Pussy in concert, seeing Orcutt and Corsano's duo is perhaps the closest I will ever get to knowing that power in the flesh. Orcutt back on electric; Corsano slaughtering the skins. This was by far the best show I've seen this year.

This isn't taken from the Brooklyn show, but it's a clip from their tour stop in Philly; it amply captures the duo at their peak for those who may have missed out.

Comments

[Captain Senile]

this isn't from the Philly show - that was at the International House and Corsano & Orcutt jammed with Peter Brotzman and Jason Adasiewicz. Show of the year!!!

[Stephen]

Orcutt back on electric; Corsano slaughtering the skins. This was by far the best show I've seen this year.

[Lingkel]

Orcutt exploring the off-kilter, four-string avant-blues his recent solo work has focused upon to great acclaim (he even bestowed us in the audience with the most bizarre and moving interpretation of "Over The Rainbow" I will ever hear).