Jim Black

Jim Black

dr, perc, *1967 US, Daly City, California
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. James 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.He currently[when?] lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Instruments

Drums
Percussion
Guitar

Genres

Jazz
Electronic
Rock

Popular Tracks

Ghost Song #6 on Ghost Songs by Paul Jarret & Jim Black

Symphony No. 5: Adagietto (after G. Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor) on Introducing Uri Caine: Shortlist by Uri Caine & Wolfgang Kläsener

Barnard's Star on Red Sphere by Briggan Krauss, Ikue Mori & Jim Black

Ghost Song #4 on Ghost Songs by Paul Jarret & Jim Black

Maybe on My Choice by Jim Black

Optical on My Choice by Jim Black

Ghost Song #1 on Ghost Songs by Paul Jarret & Jim Black

Trees on Green by Jim Black, Marc Ducret & Hank Roberts

Ghost Song #8 on Ghost Songs by Paul Jarret & Jim Black

Ghost Song #3 on Ghost Songs by Paul Jarret & Jim Black

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Visitors	JP Schlegelmilch, Jonathan Goldberger, Jim Black	2018	Album
Tiò	Jim Black	2018	Album
More Than This	Carlos Bica & Azul Feat. Frank Möbus And Jim Black	2017	Album
Malamute	Jim Black	2017	Album
Antiheroes	Jim Black - Alasnoaxis	2013	Album
New Sound Plaza	Kris Defoort, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Jim Black	2012	Album
Non Sequiturs	David Liebman, Ellery Eskelin, Tony Marino, Jim Black	2011	Album
Bell Time	Bram Stadhouders / Sidsel Endresen / Jim Black	2011	Album
Houseplant	Jim Black, Alasnoaxis	2009	Album
Kaleidoscopic	Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson, Barney McAll, Mark Helias, Jim Black	2009	Album
Big Air	Chris Batchelor, Steve Buckley, Myra Melford, Oren Marshall, Jim Black	2008	Album
Renewal	David Liebman / Ellery Eskelin / Tony Marino / Jim Black	2008	Album
Green	Hank Roberts With Marc Ducret And Jim Black	2008	Album
I Really Do Not See The Signal	Rob Price Quartet with Ellery Eskelin, Trevor Dunn, Jim Black	2007	Album
Dogs Of Great Indifference	Jim Black, Alasnoaxis	2006	Album
Live In Dublin	Julian Argüelles, Ronan Guilfoyle, Jim Black	2006	Album
Different But The Same	David Liebman, Ellery Eskelin, Tony Marino, Jim Black	2005	Album
Habyor	Jim Black, Alasnoaxis	2004	Album
Little Maschines Jazzpar 2002 Octet	Thomas Agergaard, Géraldine Keller, Peter Fuglsang, Klaus Löhrer, Hank Roberts, Krister Jonsson, Miroslav Vitous, Jim Black	2003	Album
Jam	Assif Tsahar / Mat Maneri / Jim Black	2003	Album
Sound Plaza	Kris Defoort - Mark Turner - Nicolas Thys - Jim Black	2002	Album
Splay	Jim Black, Alasnoaxis	2002	Album
Alasnoaxis	Jim Black, Alasnoaxis	2000	Album
Seen From Above	Donny McCaslin w/ Ben Monder - Scott Colley - Jim Black	2000	Album
White & Blue	Natsuki Tamura / Jim Black / Aaron Alexander	1999	Album
Azul	Carlos Bica, Frank Möbus, Jim Black	1996	Album

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.