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Jim Black Malamute (usa) at Bray Jazz Festival at Novara Avenue Parochial Hall
Courtesy of Bray Jazz | Posted on March 18, 2018
Where
Novara Avenue Parochial Hall
Bray Jazz Festival
Novara Avenue
Bray
Map
When
Sun, May 6, 2018
21:30
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Musicians
Jim Black
drumsOskar Gudjonsson
saxophone, tenorElias Stemeseder
synthesizerChris Tordini
bass, acousticAbout
Jim Black is a wonder on a basic 5-piece drum-set, his uncanny sense of time, quirky off-beats and pulsating approach to his craft have made him the jazz drummers drummer for many.
Here, Black leads a multinational acoustic-electric quartet that gels to off-kilter frameworks, centered in odd-metered phrasings; scalding rock grooves, progressive rock type blitzes and budding thematic developments.
Icelandic saxophonist Óskar Guðjónsson's cozy passages and spooky electronics are the counterpoint to keyboardist Elias Stemeseder’s grizzly effects, all of which ride above Black’s forceful percussive attack....