Scott Cossu is an American

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pianist. He released a large number of albums on

Windham Hill Windham Hill Records was an independent record label that specialized in instrumental acoustic music. It was founded by guitarist William Ackerman and Anne Robinson (née McGilvray) in 1976 and was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The label was ...

between 1980 and 1992, some to considerable sales success: 1987's ''She Describes Infinity'' reached number 24 on the U.S.

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Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, and 1989's ''Switchback'' reached number 12 on the Top New Age Albums chart. Cossu suffered life threatening head injuries after being struck by traffic in September, 1989, while walking to a meeting in

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. He made a full recovery. He lives in Olympia, Washington.

Discography

* ''Still Moments'' (

, 1980 * ''Spirals'' (Music is Medicine, 1981) * ''Wind Dance'' (Windham Hill, 1981) * ''Spirals'' (1983) * ''Islands'' (Windham Hill, 1984) * ''Reunion'' (Windham Hill, 1986) * ''She Describes Infinity'' (Windham Hill, 1987) * ''Switchback'' (Windham Hil, 1989) * ''Mountain'' (Peter Roberts, 1991) * ''Stained Glass Memories'' (Windham Hill, 1992) * ''Retrospective'' (Windham Hill, 1992) * ''When Spirits Fly'' (Miramar, 1998) * ''Emerald Pathway'' (Alula, 2002) * ''When Spirits Fly...Again'' (Alula, 2004) * ''Tides Between Us'' (Silver Crow, 2007) * ''Jazz, Boogie & Déjá Blues'' (

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, 2012) * ''Safe in Your Arms'' (Heart Dance, 2015) * Memories of Water and Light (Heart Dance, 2020)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cossu, Scott New-age musicians Windham Hill Records artists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Heart Dance Records artists