Jim Black Trio

Jim Black Trio – Reckon (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 47:14 minutes | 951 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Intakt Records

Since the nineties, the drummer and bandleader Jim Black has been one of the most influential figures of progressive jazz. On his Intakt Records debut, Jim Black plays with the acclaimed young pianist Elias Stemeseder and highly in-demand New York bass player Thomas Morgan contemporary jazz with distinctive arrangements, complex rhythms and expressive improvisations.
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Jim Black Trio – Actuality (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 45:14 minutes | 1,88 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Winter & Winter

With Jim Black we are used to the most different sounds. Paul Motian is one of his main influences, therefore it is not surprising for insiders that he now leads his own troika of piano, bass and drums. In the same way Paul Motian has formed the famous Bill Evans Trio, Jim Black does not find himself in the role of a simple time keeper, but plays melodies on his drums and cymbals interrelating closely with the piano and bass. Comparisons can only be misleading, but Jim Black’s analog recording seems to be the continuation of ‘Somewhere Before’ to another place and into a new time; a great album of the first Keith Jarrett Trio with Charlie Haden on bass and Motian on drums. Music that is the godfather behind the creations of Winter & Winter. Black finds with young pianist Elias Stemeseder and bassist Thomas Morgan, who has worked with Motian, the perfect line-up. The three musicians open their innermost self and have an intimate dialogue captivating the listener. These three artists still have to tell themselves and us a lot of unheard stories.
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Jim Black Trio – The Constant (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:38 minutes | 965 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Intakt Records

Jim Black has been an influential figure in progressive jazz since the nineties. For this, his Intakt Records debut, he performs with pianist Elias Stemeseder and bassist Thomas Morgan. Linernotes by Hank Shteamer read, “The Constant, a suitelike collection of 10 new pieces, is a meditation on song- a celebration of plain-spoken melody but also an interrogation of the fragility of musical order.”

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