Glenn Kotche

Glenn Kotche (pronounced /ˈkoʊtʃi/) is an American drummer and composer, best known for his involvement in the band Wilco.

Prior to working with Wilco, Kotche released a four-track album entitled Introducing. In 2003, he released a second solo album titled Next, featuring solo drum improvisations using homemade percussion installations. A third solo album was released in March 2006 on Nonesuch Records, entitled Mobile. This album featured a broad range of compositions for percussion.

Kotche wound up joining Wilco because of Jim O'Rourke, who originally caught him playing a show with Edith Frost. [1] He went on to make several records with O'Rourke including two Loose Fur albums (O’Rourke, Kotche and Jeff Tweedy). Throughout Kotche's career with Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the Grammy award-winning A Ghost is Born, The Wilco Book companion CD, Kicking Television, Sky Blue Sky and "Wilco (The Album)") and his solo projects, he has treated the drumset as a multiple percussion instrument including home-made instruments, pitched percussion, various found objects such as scrap metal and hubcaps and orchestral instruments.

Kotche has also collaborated on several other side projects with members of Wilco and others, including an ongoing band with Darin Gray called On Fillmore, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, members of the band Nickel Creek, percussionists David Cossin, Tim Barnes and Chris Corsano, and many others. He has appeared on over 70 recordings to date.

Kotche collaborated with the Kronos Quartet on a piece written for them along with drumset titled Anomaly, premiered at the San Francisco Jazz Festival in October 2007.

Kotche went to Lake Park High School in Roselle, IL, where he was a member of the drum line in the Lake Park Marching Band, and later the University of Kentucky, where he honed his musical skill and technique and obtained a bachelor's degree in music performance. Glenn was also a member of The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps from Rosemont, Illinois in 1989, playing in the snare line. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from UK's College of Fine Arts in 2007.

Discography

Solo recordings

• Introducing (2002)
• Next (2003)
• Mobile (2006)

Group recordings

Wilco:

• Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
• Wilco Book CD (2003)
• More Like the Moon EP (2003)
• A Ghost Is Born (2004)
• Kicking Television: Live in Chicago (2005)
• Sky Blue Sky (2007)
• Wilco (The Album) (2009)

On Fillmore:

• On Fillmore Wooden Box Set (2001)
• On Fillmore (2002)
• Sleeps with Fishes (2004)
• S&Man - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)

Loose Fur:

• Loose Fur (2003)
• Born Again in the USA (2006)

The Minus 5:

• Down with Wilco (2003)
• The Gun Album (2006)

Fred Lonberg-Holm Quartet:

• A Valentine for Fred Katz (2001)
• Bridges Freeze Before Roads (2006)

Appearances

• Simon Joyner - Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Between (1998)
• Jim O'Rourke - Eureka (1999)
• Jim O'Rourke - Halfway to a Threeway (2000)
• Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance (2001)
• Bobby Conn - The Golden Age (2001)
• Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001)
• Edith Frost - "Wonder Wonder" (2001)
• Chelsea Walls - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2002)
• Jeff Tweedy - Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest (2006)
• Sean Watkins - Blinders On (2006)
• The Nels Cline Singers - Draw Breath (2007)

External links

• Glenn Kotche website
• Nonesuch Records
• Interview with Centerstage Chicago (August 2006)