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Scott Cossu Duo

Enjoy a summer evening's concert when world-renowned musician, composer and recording artist Scott Cossu performs his world-influenced jazz, rhythm and blues piano music with the incredibly versatile flute player Ann Lindquist. Classically trained, Cossu brings passion and more than 25 years of experience. He has performed around the world in more than 1000 concerts, composed film scores and produced nearly a dozen albums.
Known for his emotive, heartfelt original tunes, Cossu's early influence by Sudanese musician Hamza El Din led him to graduate studies in ethno-musicology at University of Washington. Cossu lived in Ecuador's Chota Valley and in the Andes when working toward his master's thesis. Cossu's cultural immersion resulted in composing his own brand of Indian and Latin rhythm infused original tunes, influences that continue to inspire him today. Perhaps best known for his Windham Hill recordings (his 1987 She Describes Infinity reached #24 on the U.S. Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and his1989 Switchback reached #12 on the Top New Age Albums chart) Cossu's music is not easily categorized. He can as easily play a boogie-woogie tune or bluesy jazz rift as a sweet melodic song. "Cossu is a gifted musician whose full-bodied chords and sweet improvisations can be rapturous or rambunctious," said Audio Magazine.
Flutist Ann Lindquist plays a varied repertoire including jazz, classical, folk, world-fusion and improvisation. Her considerable talent on concert, alto, bass and contra-bass flute has been heard at many festivals, including the Oregon Country Fair, Bumbershoot and Seattle Folk Life. She has performed at the Washington State Governor's Mansion and Capital Building and venues in Alaska, Oregon, Hawaii and more. She has even played atop pyramids in Mexico and Ayers Rock in Australia.
Lindquist holds a Fellowship from the Institute for Music Centered Therapies. She also completed a year of study and research on Sacred Cross-Cultural Healing Music at the Open Ear Center in Bainbridge. Lindquist co-founded and directed the Olympia Flute Choir for seven years and has played in chamber orchestras, classical, jazz and world music ensembles. Ann's debut album as a composer, Rain Largo, was released in 2008.