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Jim Black

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About Me



Hi, im Jim Black, i live in vancouver and sometimes whiterock. i play guitar alot. when i am not playing, i am listening to my records/ipod. you get the point, i am a music nerd! infact i am listening to some heavy jazz right now, ( kurt rosenwinkel, "shivago" ) man i wish i was was as good as kurt, haha. thats why i am going to capilano!!And that is really my life in a nutshell!! oh shit! now the record is into "minor blues", and kurt is freaking out! i gotta go!! peace

max on fire!!!

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Member Since: 5/21/2006
Band Members: The Jim Black collective:

Jim Black - fender stratocaster
Mike Ardagh - Drums
Nimish Parekh - Bass
Gavin Youngash - Guitar
max zipursky- rhodes/juno

I also play w/
nineteen pounds of unclean chitlins (and other greazy blues stuff)

and i tend to sit in w/ "The Sumner Brothers" !!! on tremolo guitar
Influences: j dilla, herbie hancock, james poyser, Gavin youngash, prince, ron samworth, ?uestlove, JIMI HENDRIX, patrice rushen, bobby Womack, madlib, pino palladino, bob dylan, eugene mcdaniels, roy ayers ubiquity, jake cataford, brandon smith, max zipursky, nimish, common, robert white, james jamerson, d'angelo, miles, coltrane, sunny, elvin, wayne shorter, did i mention Herbie!!!, neptunes, jay-z, just blaze, ,minnie ripperton, stevie wonder, syreeta, bill evans, chet baker, aston"the family man" barret, carlton barret, proznicks, lee perry, fender products, clapton, pharcyde, richard bona,SRV, sting thelonious monk, brad meldau, kurt rosenwinkel, pat metheny, charlie haden, ornette coleman, billy higgins, shadow wilson, teddy wilson, mr. PC, wynton kelly, barry harris, david axelrod, crozby, stills, nash, and young, the Band, joni mitchell, common, clifford brown, brian blade, bernard"pretty" purdie, billy martin, john madeski, myke,sade,sade,sade, keith jarret, karriem riggins, MED, the three sounds, the modern jazz quartet, ihor kukarudza, al would, grace mcnabb, DAVID DUKE (sooooo heavy), brad turner, chad makela, rob hamilton, darin paris, coco love alcorn, cecil taylor, mozart, wagner, john zorn, mike patton,
Sounds Like: A grease fiyo...

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My Blog

ahmir and dilla are my heroes!!!

J Dilla Lives- by ?uestlove Saturday, February 11, 2006   blog 36: J Dilla Lives (update 2/12/06) Current mood: thoughtful 1. the kicks on pharcyde's "Bullshit"2. the piano loop on pharcy...
Posted by Jim Black on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:18:00 PST

soul musik!

in the last six months i have developed a serious habit of listening to music. not to say it wasnt out of control before,  because i have been listening since i was about 12 ( you know buying all...
Posted by Jim Black on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:29:00 PST