Actuality Jim Black Trio feat. Elias Stemeseder and Thomas Morgan

• 1 Actuality 04:01
• 2 Skolcats 03:00
• 3 Orrnu 04:17
• 4 Overhanging 05:35
• 5 Untilted 03:27
• 6 This Is Our Marketing 05:15
• 7 Trashed Elegance 05:52
• 8 Dandy Lion 03:24
• 9 Protocolics 03:59
• 10 Should Be Painless 06:26
• Total Runtime 45:16

Info zu Actuality

Von Jim Black sind wir unterschiedlichste Töne gewöhnt. Paul Motian gehört zu seinen Haupteinflüssen, so überrascht es Insider wenig, dass er nun eine eigene Troika mit Piano, Bass und Schlagzeug leitet. So wie Paul Motian das berühmte Bill Evans Trio geprägt hat, übernimmt Jim Black nicht die Rolle des Timekeepers, sondern spielt auf seinen Trommeln und Becken Melodien im engen Zusammenspiel mit Klavier und Kontrabass. Vergleiche hinken, doch Jim Blacks analoge Aufnahme wirkt wie die Weiterführung von 'Somewhere Before' an einen anderen Ort und zu einer neuen Zeit; ein grandioses Album vom ersten Keith Jarrett Trio mit dem Bassisten Charlie Haden und dem Drummer Paul Motian. Musik, die für das Schaffen von Winter & Winter 'Pate steht'. Jim Black findet in dem blutjungen Pianisten Elias Stemeseder und dem Bassisten Thomas Morgan, der mit Motian gearbeitet hat, die perfekte Besetzung. Die drei Musiker öffnen ihr Innerstes und führen einen intimen Dialog, der den Hörer fesselt.

Jim Black, Schlagzeug, Electronics
Elias Stemeseder, Klavier
Thomas Morgan, Bass

Jim Black
is at the forefront of a new generation of musicians bringing jazz into the 21st century. In addition to being one of the most influential drummers of our time, he is also the leader of one of the world's most forward-thinking bands, AlasNoAxis, featuring his longtime collaborators Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson and Skúli Sverrisson. Based on the foundation of his virtuosic but highly personal approach to jazz drumming, Black's aesthetic has expanded to include Balkan rhythms, rock songcraft and laptop soundscapes. Though he is revered worldwide for his limitless technique and futuristic concepts, what many listeners treasure in most Jim Black's work is the relentless feeling of joy and invention he brings to his performances. Jim Black's smiling, kinetic, unpredictable presence has enthralled and inspired audiences worldwide for over twenty years.

Since the mid-90's, Black has played a major role in the incorporation of new sounds and techniques into the jazz/creative music context. As a member of the collective group Pachora (with Speed, Sverrisson, and guitarist Brad Shepik) Black was one of the leaders in the study and adaptation of Balkan music into jazz-based music. His advanced techniques abstracted the odd time signatures of the Balkans into a new polyrthmic language equally informed by modern jazz, drum&bass and the dumbeks of the Balkans. Black has also been an innovator in the use of electronics in improvisation, bridging the gap between electro- acoustic improv and more jazz-based traditions. Today, Black's performances are just as likely to feature his laptop-based electronic textures as his drumming.

Born in 1967, Jim Black grew up in Seattle alongside future colleagues Chris Speed, Andrew D'Angelo and Cuong Vu. After cementing their personal and artistic relationships in Seattle's various youth jazz ensembles, in 1985 they moved to Boston, where Black entered the Berklee School of Music. In Boston, Black, Speed and D'Angelo formed Human Feel with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, which rapidly attracted the attention of the jazz cognoscenti in Boston, New York and beyond.

By 1991, Black and the other members of Human Feel had moved to New York City, where they electrified the Downtown music scene then centered around the Knitting Factory and rapidly became among the city's busiest sidemen. Black's early years in New York saw him take featured roles in some of the most critically acclaimed bands of the time, like Tim Berne's Bloodcount, Ellery Eskelin's trio, and Dave Douglas's Tiny Bell Trio. Thus began fifteen years of near-constant touring and recording, with the above bands as well as artists like Uri Caine, Satoko Fujii and Laurie Anderson.

Thomas Morgan
was born on August 14, 1981 in Hayward, California. He began to study the cello at the age of seven and continued until the age of fourteen, when his attention turned to the double bass. In May of 2003 he completed his Bachelor of Music degree at the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Harvie S and Garry Dial. Thomas has played concerts in New York and abroad with such artists as Paul Motian, John Abercrombie, David Binney, Joey Baron, and Steve Coleman.

Elias Stemeseder
chose the piano as his principal instrument at the age of nine. After studying classical music for four years, he became interested in jazz and formed his first band. At the age of 15, he was accepted the Anton Bruckner University in Linz to study jazz piano. In 2008, his trio was awarded the prestigious Joe Zawinul Prize. Presently he is attending the Jazz Institute Berlin and performs in Europe in many different projects.

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