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Jim Black

Jim Black (born 1967 in Seattle, Washington) is a jazz drummer who has performed with Tim Berne and Dave Douglas, among others. He attended Berklee College of Music. His own group, AlasNoAxis, includes Hilmar Jensson on electric guitar, Chris Speed on tenor saxophone and clarinet, and Skúli Sverrisson on electric bass. The music is in some ways closer to post-rock than jazz, concentrating on rhythmic shifts and ensemble texture rather than featured solos. Since 2000, the group has released several records on Winter & Winter. The group Pachora, also including Black, Speed, and Sverrisson, and with Brad Shepik on tambura and electric saz, plays music that is similarly rhythmically diverse, but inspired by Balkan rhythms.

Boiling Point

By Gordon Grdina

Label: Astral Spirits
Released: 2022
Track listing: Boiling Point; Parksville; Shibuya; Cali-lacs; Koen Dori; All Caps.

Human Feel: Speak To It

by Mark Werlin
August 4, 2022

What is chamber jazz? The emergence of chamber jazz as a genre can be traced to the innovative sextet sides recorded in the mid-1930s by bandleader John Kirby, and to the trio and small-ensemble post-war recordings of Benny Goodman. By the late 1940s, the term 'chamber jazz' was widely used in industry publications such ...

An Eclectic Selection Of New Releases

by Bob Osborne
July 14, 2022

On this week's show a host of new releases from Caleb Wheeler Curtis, Chris Torkewitz, Hendrik Meurkins & The WDR Big Band, The Relay, Kate Wyatt, Alessandro Sgobbio, Robert Lee and Pablo Moser. There are also two brand new albums from Gordon Grdina, the reissue of a 20 year live recording from Peter Brötzmann, Milford Graves, ...

Elias Stemeseder: Solo Piano

by Dan McClenaghan
April 2, 2022

Pianist Elias Stemeseder, Austrian-born and New York-based since 2015, is ready--in 2022--to release his first album under his own name. Piano Solo is something he might not have taken on. He considers himself still a student. If not for the encouragement of Intakt Records' Florian Keller, this album may not have happened. The pianist has contributed, ...

The Essential Satoko Fujii, Part One: Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartet and Orchestra

by Dan McClenaghan
March 30, 2022

Satoko Fujii's recorded output comes at you hard and fast. It can overwhelm. In 2018—in celebration of her sixtieth birthday—the pianist/composer/bandleader released an album a month. Not download offerings, but real, handsomely produced CDs, with top of-the-line cover art and sturdy cardboard covers—jewels for the eye, ear and hand. Several other years have seen a release ...

Ghost Songs

By Paul Jarret

Label: Neuklang
Released: 2021
Track listing: Ghost Song #4; Ghost Song #3; Ghost Song #5; Specter #2; Ghost Song #7; Ghost Song #2; Specter #1; Ghost Song #6; Ghost Song #8; Ghost Song #1; Specter #3.

Gordon Grdina: Pendulum

by Karl Ackermann
December 2, 2021

The Vancouver, BC, oud player & guitarist Gordon Grdina has become a prolific presence in jazz and world music. The Juno award winner led Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio (Skirl Records, 2020) with Matt Mitchell and Jim Black. The previous year, he took part in the trio of Matthew Shipp and Mark Helias on Skin and Bones ...

Paul Jarret: Ghost Songs

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
November 8, 2021

Non deve averci pensato più di tanto Paul Jarret quando, avendo vinto nel 2019 il Talent ADAMI Jazz, ha avuto l'opportunità di invitare un grande musicista di fama mondiale a collaborare nell'ambito del suo progetto Ghost Songs: la scelta è ricaduta su Jim Black, il batterista punto di riferimento del jazz d'avanguardia di New York che, ...

Firenze Jazz Festival 2021

by Neri Pollastri
September 30, 2021

Firenze Jazz Festival Firenze Varie sedi 8-12.9.2021 Il Firenze Jazz Festival ha proposto quest'anno un numero impressionante di appuntamenti, ben trenta, spalmati su quattro giorni più l'anteprima la sera di mercoledì 8 settembre. La moltitudine di concerti ha inevitabilmente portato alla loro parziale sovrapposizione, ma questo non deve necessariamente essere ...