LiNKS Read the latest interview and cd review on the 'All About Jazz' website.
On first hearing drummer Jim Black's debut as leader has a knockout impact that's more than confirmed by repeated listenings. Both this and the excellent new Satoko Fujii release pivot on Black's percussion mastery. A member of Human Feel in the early 90s, he's been an associate of Tim Berne and now plays in Dave Douglas's Tiny Bell Trio. DeJohnette, whose day job is with the Keith Jarrett Trio, is a pianist and composer. I'm not sure what other instruments Jim Black plays, but he's centainly a complete musician and wonderfully fertile composer.