DEEP DRIVE

Description

On September 13, 2019, American trombonist, composer and producer Peter Zummo released his latest album, Deep Drive, on Tin Angel Records' new imprint, Unheard Of Hope. Emerging from the interdisciplinary avant-garde of the New York downtown scene, Zummo's work over the years with Arthur Russell, the Love of Life Orchestra, the Downtown Ensemble, Flying Hearts, and Lounge Lizards allowed him to create a style he ironically called "much more minimalism." On the five tracks of Deep Drive, Zummo refines the work he describes as "composition by and for an ensemble" with five very different musicians. With longtime bassist Ernie Brooks and percussionist Bill Ruyle, Zummo plays with three new collaborators on Deep Drive: "turntablist" (DJ) Keith McIvor (aka JD Twitch of Optimo), electronic producer and trombonist Ralph Cumbers (aka Bass Clef), and cellist Oliver Coates; a sextet combining Zummo's "open-form" compositional and performance techniques with electronic and live instrumentation, vocal treatment, collage, and speech. The music of Deep Drive was recorded in 2014, when Zummo led a UK tour with the goal of bringing together three American and three British musicians for the first time. The band performed four consecutive shows in October 2014.