Jim Black

Natuski Tamura, Jim Black: NatJim

by Alberto Bazzurro
October 18, 2024

Un bel dialogo franco e convincente illumina le varie città evocate nei diversi momenti della giornata e stati d'animo dai titoli degli otto brani che coprono la parte preponderante del CD, tutti a firma di Natsuki Tamura, dove peraltro il propellente-Black è senz'altro decisivo per tracciare il perimetro espressivo, il climax, dell'album attraverso una prova di grande sostanza cui il trombettista nipponico si adegua assolutamente di buon grado. Un quarto di secolo dopo il loro primo incontro ...

Andrea Grossi Blend 3 + Jim Black: Axes

by Angelo Leonardi
August 26, 2024

La spinta avventurosa che ha animato la musica del Blend 3 fin dal 2017 (due anni dopo il primo disco Lubok, seguito dal progetto orchestrale Four Winds e da Songs and Poems con Beatrice Arrigoni) trova nuove e palpitanti forma d'espressione. Nel nuovo disco il trio riformula alcune prospettive di base inglobando il formidabile batterista Jim Black, uno dei protagonisti dell'avanguardia degli anni '90 e successivi, accanto a Tim Berne, Ellery Eskelin, Chris Speed, Dave Douglas e col ...

Natsuki Tamura & Jim Black: NatJim

by Glenn Astarita
June 6, 2024

Few albums capture the sheer joy of music-making as vividly as NatJim, the first duo recording from trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura and drummer Jim Black in over a quarter century. This avant-garde jazz session is a spirited reunion, highlighting their exceptional synergy and limitless creativity. The artists have previously collaborated on two albums led by eminent pianist-composer Satoko Fujii's Four, among others. Tamura, a globetrotting trumpeter since his initial U.S. visit in 1986, infuses the presentation with his powerful, ...

Andrea Grossi Blend 3 + Jim Black: Axes

by Mark Corroto
May 22, 2024

When Sonny Rollins recorded “A Night At The Village Vanguard" (Blue Note, 1957) and later toured Europe in 1959, he was frequently asked about performing without a pianist. His saxophone, bass, and drums lineup was unconventional at the time, but it gave him the added freedom to explore his creative powers. Similarly, bassist Andrea Grossi's trio, Blend 3, which includes alto saxophonist Manuel Caliumi and electric guitarist Michele Bonifati, has taken a similar approach. On their previous releases Lцbok (We ...

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2023

by Neri Pollastri
November 13, 2023

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2023 Cormons e altre località del Friuli e della Brda slovena Varie sedi 26-29.10.2023 Tagliato un importante traguardo con la splendida edizione celebrativa del venticinquennale, il Jazz&Wine of Peace di Cormons ha ripreso il suo corso, che ne fa uno dei festival più interessanti della penisola, approntando un programma come sempre tanto estremamente vario, quanto ricco di personalità di spicco. Dopo un'anteprima andata in scena lunedì 23 ottobre al ...

Jim & the Schrimps: Ain't No Saint

by Troy Dostert
March 27, 2023

Although the group's name (and album title) sound like something one might associate with a second-rate bar band, there is nothing oafish or pedestrian about drummer Jim Black's latest outfit, a hard-hitting ensemble which channels the distinctive energies of Black and his well-chosen compatriots. With saxophonists Asger Nissen (alto) and Julius Gawlik (tenor) and bassist Felix Henkelhausen alongside him, Black brings his characteristic manic intensity and crafty songwriting to an album filled with interesting and engaging musical interactions.

Jim Black & The Schrimps, Juanma Trujillo & Pulverize The Sound

by Maurice Hogue
March 15, 2023

With Jim Black living in Berlin now, you would expect he'd get hooked into the German scene. His new quartet called The Schrimps features three very exciting young German players (Asger Nissen and Julius Gawlik saxophones and Felix Henkelhausen acoustic bass ). Black's new release Ain't No Saint presents the drummer at his quirky and unpredictable best. It's a great recording and the feature in this episode. Guitarist Juanma Trujillo's new Contour on Clean Feed is terrific too, as are ...

The 5th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Continues With Briggan Krauss, featuring Jim Black!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 9, 2012

CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 5th SEASON OF BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, Tel 718 622 3300, reduced admission! Now $10 NEXT Concert of the 2011-2012 season Saturday, January 14, 2012, 8:00 PM The Briggan Krauss Quartet Featuring: Briggan Krauss—alto saxophone Teddy Lausner—piano John Hebert—bass
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The 5th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Continues With Briggan Krauss featuring Jim Black!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
December 21, 2011

CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 5th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place) Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, Tel 718 622 3300, reduced admission! Concert of the 2011-2012 season Saturday, January 14, 2012, 8:00 PM The Briggan Krauss Quartet Featuring: Briggan Krauss—alto saxophone Teddy Klausner—piano John Hebert—bass + Jim Black—drums ...
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Ellery Eskelin, Andrea Parkins & Jim Black: One Great Day... on Hatology

Source: Werner Uehlinger
June 18, 2011

In some ways I think that a recording is the best medium for this music. I can think of a lot of music that speaks better on a recording than it does in a club where the environment and the audience's expectations exert an effect on the music. With this recording we've found a mix between the two. Writing music for this band has been a real break through for me. Andrea and Jim have ears for anything I put ...
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Tim Berne, Jim Black, Nels Cline - The Veil (2011)

Source: Something Else!
June 7, 2011

Three of the larger figures in the downtown New York avant jazz scene, Jim Black, Nels Cline and Tim Berne, joined forces a couple of years ago to form a trio that find the intersection where the three thrive in. That area of overlap falls in the hinterland where jazz dares not tread because it's too brutal, and rock won't go there either because it's too unpredictable and tortuous. This is one of those aberrant trios where the odd combination ...
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David Liebman, Ellery Eskelin, Tony Marino, Jim Black - Renewal (Hat Hut, 2008) ****

Source: All About Jazz
June 5, 2008

As Ellery Eskelin writes on the liner notes, this is a real quartet album, with contributions coming from all four musicians, and all equally contributing to the overall sound. Ellery Eskelin and David Liebman play tenor sax, Tony Marino bass and Jim Black drums. The music is excellent, composed, yet open and free, not really boppish, rather post-bop, but then a tad more free. So how can I describe this : lots of references to the jazz tradition, lots of ...
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David Liebman, Ellery Eskelin, Tony Marino & Jim Black : Different But The Same on hatOLOGY 615

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2005

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David Liebman, Ellery Eskelin, Tony Marino & Jim Black : Different But The Same on hatOLOGY 615

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2005

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Hilmar Jensson/Jim Black/Andrew D'Angelo CD release at Tonic

Source: All About Jazz

Saturday November 9, 8:00 pm, Tonic (107 Norfolk St., Manhattan)

Music from Hilmar Jensson's new CD Tyft (released October 2002)

Hilmar Jensson, guitars and electronics Jim Black, drums, melodica, electronics & virtual instruments Andrew D'Angelo, alto sax, bass clarinet & electronics

Hilmar is the guitarist in Jim's AlasNoAxis band, and these three musicians have been friends and musical associates since meeting in Boston in 1990 (the early days of Jim, Andrew and Chris Speed's band Human ...
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Philadelphia Concerts - High Zero Prep Festival, Jim Black, Vandermark 5, Fonda/Stevens, Khan Jamal/Matthew Shipp/Odean Pope - from Sweetnighter Productions

Source: All About Jazz

Sweetnighter Productions - Upcoming Concerts Sweetnighter Productions dedicated to bringing cutting edge jazz to Philadelphia High Zero Preparation Festival featuring two unique quartets with some of the country's most exciting improvisers Wednesday, September 20th, 2000 - 9:30 pm - $12 Carol Genetti (vocals/Chicago) Eric Leonardson (tuned percussion/Chicago) Toshi Makihara (percussion/Philadelphia)
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