JIM HART
Genres: Hard Bop, Nu Jazz • United Kingdom

For Cloudmakers Trio(Jim Hart, Michael Janisch and Dave Smith) search under "Cloudmakers Trio". b. c. 1983, Cornwall, England. Playing drums and piano from infancy, at the age of 11 Hart was a member of Cornish youth orchestras, playing classical and jazz. In his early teens he won the John Dankworth Award for Most Promising Musician in a BBC big band competition. He studied at Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester, under Steve Berry and David Hassel, then at London’s Guildhall School of Music. In 2001-3 he played drums with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra before becoming a presence on the London jazz scene. Chiefly playing vibraphone, he has worked with Alan Barnes, Roger Beaujolais, Paul Clarvis, Martin Drew, Kai Hoffman, Mornington Lockett, Gwilym Simcock, Stan Sulzmann and Matt Wates. Hart formed Gemini in 2003 with Ivo Neame (saxophone), Mick Coady (bass) and Tom Skinner (drums). In 2006, he won the British Jazz award read more...