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Jim Black Trio: Reckon
by John Sharpe
The piano trio field is a big one, even that corner reserved for the evenly poised triumvirate heirs to Bill Evans. But drummer Jim Black's unit carves out its own distinctive acre. On the fourth album since its inception in 2011 the threesome, completed by NYC-based, Austrian-born pianist Elias Stemeseder and bassist Thomas Morgan, has reached the stage where they have total trust in one another. On a program of 11 concise self-contained cuts spread across 47-minutes, they create an ...
Continue ReadingJim Black, Danilo Gallo, Alabaster DePlume, Jeremy Cunningham & Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
In the second part of this week's exploration of new and upcoming release [for the first part click here] we focus, in particular, on the work of drummer Jim Black with his new trio and as a member of the outstanding band Dark Dry Tears led by Italian bassist Danilo Gallo, and on another batch of genre-defying releases by International Anthem, featuring Jeff Parker, Resavoir's drummer Jeremy Cunningham and the first European player signed by the Chicago label, British saxophonist ...
Continue ReadingJim Black's Malamute Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam
by BIMHUIS
Restless, agile, but with a steady course: this is how one could describe the malamute, the Alaskan sledge dog, and this description is also appropriate for the eponymous New York band lead by drummer Jim Black and featuring Oskar Gudjónsson on tenor saxophone, Elias Stemeseder on keyboards and Chris Tordini on bass. The four musicians cannot be pinned down to one genre. Together they create a unique style with seemingly incompatible elements: warm-blooded tenor sax, jumpy keyboards and propulsive bass ...
Continue ReadingJim Black, Óskar Gudjónsson, Elias Stemeseder, Chris Tordini: Malamute
by Vic Albani
Sembra che il signor Jim Black non sbagli praticamente mai un solo colpo. Il batterista di Seattle, dai primordi accanto a nomi faro quali quelli di Tim Berne, Ned Rothenberg o Dave Douglas e poi alle personali esperienze seminali di Pachora e AlasNoAxis è cresciuto come poche altre figure che nobilitano il movimento musicale del jazz contemporaneo. Malamute è l'ultima proiezione del nostro, ponderata dopo una lunga stagione di concerti e entrata dunque in studio ben carburata e ...
Continue ReadingJim Black: Malamute
by Glenn Astarita
Shortly after breaking into the progressive jazz scene in the 1990s via his work with saxophonist Tim Berne's Bloodcount, trumpeter Dave Douglas's ensembles, Pachora and other fruitful ventures, drummer Jim Black's signature stylistic approach to the kit ignited much interest. Simply stated, he does wonders with a basic 5-piece drum-set amid his quirky off-beats and uncanny sense of time while often staying on top of a given pulse and then some, also evident while leading his AlasNoAxis band.
Continue ReadingJim Black Trio: The Constant
by Vincenzo Roggero
The Constant, ossia la forma canzone come costante nella scrittura che Jim Black mette in campo in questo terzo lavoro del trio completato dal giovane talento Elias Stemeseder al pianoforte e da quello già ampiamente riconosciuto di Thomas Morgan al contrabbasso. Una scrittura ad ampio raggio e di larghe vedute che richiede sensibilità interpretativa sopraffina oltre che disinvoltura nel muoversi tra i piani mobili nascosti nell'architettura consolidata dei brani. Se la maestria percussiva di Black è nota (la ...
Continue ReadingJim Black Trio al Teatro Franco Parenti
by Paolo Peviani
Jim Black Trio Jazz Al Parenti Teatro Franco Parenti Milano 08.04.2016 L'ultima avventura musicale di Jim Black vede il batterista di Seattle in compagnia di due giovani e talentuosi musicisti, il contrabbassista Thomas Morgan ed il pianista Elias Stemeseder. La formazione è quanto di più classico si possa trovare. La musica che il trio propone, tuttavia, suona molto originale e difficilmente riconducibile a linee stilistiche predeterminate. Se le strutture armoniche, piuttosto semplici, quasi ...
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