MUSIC New jazz recording by The Trio of Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp and Jeff Cosgrove

The Trio of Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp and Jeff Cosgrove released the album “Live In Carrboro” recently, a followup to the trio’s 2017 recording, “Live In Baltimore.”

Ivo Perelman’s free jazz explorations on the tenor sax have been gathering critical superlatives since the early ’90s. The Wire hailed him as a “leatherlunged monster with an expressive rasp, who can rage and spit in violence, yet still leave you feeling heartbroken.”

On many of his finest recordings, he’s been joined by pianist Matthew Shipp, another improvisational virtuoso. Shipp’s approach also ranges through free jazz and abstract post-bop, seasoned by hints of classical music, both contemporary and traditional. NPR’s Nate Chinen said “Fruition,” one of the albums the duo recorded, was a celebration of the “freeform alchemy between Perelman and Shipp. Rarely do two musicians achieve a higher flow state in real time.”

A few years back, Perelman and Shipp approached drummer Jeff Cosgrove, based in Frederick, about forming a trio. Cosgrove is another maverick, intent on following his own limitless path. Although he’s played in rock, blues and jazz groups, he’s drawn toward the abstract, allowing his rhythms to flow and evolve in the moment. Joining Perelman and Shipp for their Live in Baltimore session seemed like a natural next step on his musical journey. Cosgrove said the Baltimore recording, and the trio’s new effort Live In Carrboro, affords them all the opportunity to stay in the moment, and in the music, in a profound way.

“That’s what’s so great about what we do,” Cosgrove said. “We don’t talk about the music when we’re backstage. When we start to play, the energy is passing through us, and nobody is caught up in their own routine. It’s a new space in every moment. We can groove together, if that feels right, and we can drift far apart, if that’s what the music needs. How quickly it can change and move is one of the things I find so fascinating about this collaboration. It feels like a conversation.”

Perelman said the trio’s decision to leave the music on Live In Carrboro untitled comes from their commitment to their art. “The game of naming songs is pointless. Why name something that’s abstract? For us, music is an inner process, we hear it all internally — the harmonics, the movement, the rhythm and dynamics — the personal experience is what matters. If we hear structure in the music, we just follow where it takes us. Your journey listening to this music will be yours. Everybody benefits from their own perspective, so take the plunge. You’ll hear your own structure.”

Shipp agrees with Perelman’s take: “I don’t say anything about this music. It’s a group effort, so listen to the interaction between the three of us.

(See TRIO 13)

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