BIOGRAPHY
 Mark Cosgrove’s distinctive, creative flatpicking guitar sound is known and respected on both sides of the Atlantic, through both his own recordings and as a sideman and session player for Jerry Douglas and others. Although he grew up in a Manhattan apartment surrounded by classical records, his original musical ambition was to become a drummer. Immersed in bluegrass and fiddle tunes from an early age, he has continued to make acoustic music his life’s work and pleasure.
Cosgrove has won the U.S. National Flatpicking Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas and also the Doc Watson Guitar Championship in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. His flatpick guitar work is notable not only for power, precision, and tone, but for his fluid high speed improvisation. Mark is equally proficient in any number of musical styles and as an accompanist, can back a singer or soloist with taste and sensitivity.
DISCOGRAPHY
CDs
Take Yer Medicine
PURCHASE: Flatpicking Mercantile
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By popular demand, Mark Cosgrove has gathered together a collection of instrumental tunes and released them on this "Best Of" CD. "Take Yer Medicine" contains 18 remastered instrumental tunes gathered from Mark's previous releases and features great songs, inspired arrangements and stellar performances. Musicians performing with Mark on this CD include: Matt Glazer, Barry Mitterhoff, Tony Trischka, Larry Cohen, Mark Arrington, Kenny Kosek, Jeff Heffernan, Steve Hendershott, Mark Maglashan, Richard Starkey, John Toney, Larry Freedman, Mike Madan, Peter Lorch, Rich Kalikow, Rich Kalikow, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Kenny Malone, Byron House, Bela Fleck, and Bob Sutor.
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Track List:
1. Greased Pig
2. Washington County
3. Ornithology
4. Broken Dreams
5. Limehouse Blues
6. Ragtime Annie
7. The Snowflake Reel
8. Connaught Man's Ramble/Katie's Rambles/The Rites Of Man
9. John Henry
10. Ghost Dance
11. Good Morning Isaac
12. Round Island
13. Fiddler's Dram
14. Roanoke
15. Alabama Jubilee
16. The Kiss Me Waltz
17. Good Medicine
18. The New Camptown Races
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Sweet Reason
PURCHASE: Flatpicking Mercantile | iTunes
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In the world of Gypsy jazz music, John Jorgenson has long been known as one of the best American masters of the Django Reinhardt guitar style. In 2002, when the musical director for John Duigan’s film Head In The Clouds was looking for someone who could faithfully re-record two tracks from the Quintet of the Hot Club of France for use in the film Guitar Player Magazine editor Micheal Molenda recommended Jorgenson. John not only transcribed and recorded the Hot Club’s “Blue Drag” and “Minor Swing” for use in the film, he also played the role of Django Reinhardt in the movie.
Although the two songs from the movie soundtrack are included on Jorgenson’s new CD, the disc primarily features his original music. Jorgenson says, “My goal in making this CD was not only to be as true to the style as an American can be, but also to expand the style by adding new compositions and including orchestral arrangements which are the result of an on-going creative collaboration with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. My background in classical music and my experience playing rock and pop music can’t help but color my compositions and lend an accessibility that can be rare in jazz.”
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Track List:
1. Good Morning Issac
2. The Snowflake Reel
3. Dark Wind of Missouri
4. Washington County
5. Fiddler’s Dram
6. Red Clay Halo
7. The New Camptown Races
8. Paint the Town Beige
9. John Henry
10. Good Medicine
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Appearances on other FGM Releases:
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LINKS
Check out Mark Cosgrove's website at: http://www.mcosgrove.com
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