About Me
Jim Bennett has been involved in music it seems all his life or maybe it's that he's been enthralled by it. He began recording music while still in his teens. Jim has been a Jazz programmer and producer in public radio for over 35 years. Mr Bennett was also the General Manager of KPFA, Berkeley for five years and a correspondent for Downbeat Magazine. He has a B.S. degree in Radio, Television and Film from Miami University of Ohio. Jim is a teacher and a sound engineer for the Jazzschool in Berkeley. His jazz program on KPFA , 94.1 FM in Berkeley for over 25 years is entitled Forms and Feelings, which airs Saturdays at 2 PM. He has also started a live jazz performance series on KCSM FM 91.1 in San Mateo called In The Moment, Sunday nights at 8PM. A list of partial recording credits includes: Astor Piazzola, Irakere, Karrin Allyson, Kurt Elling, Sony Holland,Sean Jones, Monk Legacy Septet, Madeline Eastman, Matt Wilson, Nancy King, Loose Wig Quartet, Jimmy Bosch, Jane Bunnett, Montclair Women's Big Band, John Ellis,Tomasz Stanko,Steve Kuhn, Manny Oquendo and Libre, Gary Burton, Woody Shaw, Art Pepper, Oregon, Pat Martino, Sonny Rollins, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Tom Waits, Pat Metheny, Dave Douglas, World Saxophone Quartet, George Coleman, Aaron Goldberg, Frankye Kelly, Plas Johnson, E.W. Wainwright,Andrew Hill, NRBQ, Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Billy Harper, Charles Brown, Jaki Byard, Julius Hemphill and Billy Higgins, Michele Rosewoman, Pharoah Sanders, Charlie Hunter, Marty Ehrlich, John Ellis, Toshiko Akyoshi, Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell, Dave Holland, Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie, Masada, Charles Lloyd, Jan Garbarek , The Neville Brothers, Robert Cray, Mal Waldron, Don Pullen-George Adams Quintet, Willem Breuker Kollektief, Randy Weston, Santana, Tower Of Power, Jon Jang with David Murray and James Newton, Thomas Mapfumo, Skatalites, Jack DeJohnette, Steve Coleman, Robert Stewart, Eric Reed, Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra, Carla Bley and Steve Swallow, Mark Murphy, Cal Collins, Charles McPherson and Barry Harris, Cindy Blackman, Geri Allen, Dave Liebman and Lookout Farm, Phil Woods, Masqualero, Marcus Roberts, Michel Petrucciani, Odean Pope, Ralph Alessi with Ravi Coltrane, Jon Hendricks, Walter Savage, Sovoso, John Santos, Bennie Wallace, John Lurie, Oranj Symphonette, Art Lande, Berkeley Symphony, Nat Adderley, David Sanchez, Leroy Jenkins, George Cables, Joe Pass, Cedar Walton, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Hamiet Bluiett, with D.D Jackson and Khalil El Zabar, Nina Simone, Chico O'farrill, Soulive, Myra Melford, Ann Peebles, Otis Clay,Ali Farke Toure, Steve Jordan, Flaco Jimenez, Joe Ely, Malathini and the Mahatolla Queens, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Richard Thompson, Combustible Edison, The Dirty Three, The Chills, The Wedding Present, and Rogue Wave, among many others.
