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2012 Uri Caine: The Music of Gershwin and Offenbach January 1st, Koeln, Germany @ Philharmonic Hall, 6pm Uri Caine’s Homage to Luciano Berio with Ralph Alessi & Jim Black January 3rd, NYC @ The Stone, 8pm The Music of Paul Motian w/ Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Brad Shepik, Trevor Dunn & Jim Black January 5th, NYC @ The Stone, 10pm Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem w/ Nels Cline, Todd Sickafoose & Jim Black January 6th, NYC @ Winter Jazzfest, Poisson Rouge, 9:45pm Jim Black Trio w/ Thomas Morgan & Teddy Klausner January 7th, NYC @ The Stone, 8pm Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos !! January 7th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 10pm Jim Black Trio w/Thomas Morgan & Teddy Klausner January 8th, NYC @ The Stone, 8pm Uri Caine: The Music of Mozart,Mahler, & Gershwin January 10th, NYC @ The Stone, 10pm Hank Roberts & Jim Black January 11th, NYC @ The Stone, 8pm Briggan Krauss w/ John Hébert, Teddy Klausner, & Jim Black January 14th, Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 8pm Peter Evans Quartet w/ Carlos Homs, Tom Blancarte, & Jim Black January 17th, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe NAMM Show w/ UFIP Cymbals January 19th - 22nd, Anaheim @ Anaheim Convention Center Jakob Bro Quintet w/ Peter Laugesen, Chris Speed, Nicolai Munch-Hansen, & Jim Black February 3rd, Esbjerg, Denmark @ Syddansk Musikkonservatorium, 8pm February 4th, Odense, Denmark @ U-teater, 9pm February 5th, Vallekilde, Denmark @ Vallekilde Højskole, 1pm February 6th, Aarhus, Denmark @ Studenterhuset, 9pm February 7th, Bjerringbro, Denmark @ Nørgaards Højskole, 8pm February 8th, Vejle, Denmark @ Engelsholm Højskole, 7:30pm February 9th, Aalborg, Denmark @ Huset, 8pm February 10th, Horsens, Denmark @ Ny Teater, 8pm February 11th, Copenhagen, Denmark @ Islands Brygges Kulturhus, 8pm (CO3) w/ Jim Black, Chris Speed, & Ben Street February 15th, Brooklyn @ Barbes, 8pm Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier, & Jim Black February 17th, Wayne, NJ @ ISIM - William Patterson University Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem w/ Nels Cline, Todd Sickafoose & Jim Black February 20th, NYC @ Poisson Rouge, 6:30pm Jim Black Trio w/ Chris Tordini & Teddy Klausner February 23rd, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe, 8:30pm Peter Evans Quintet w/ Sam Pluta, Carlos Homs, Tom Blancarte, & Jim Black European Tour March 3rd, Nantes, France @ Pannonica March 4th, Madrid, Spain @ La Casa Encendida March 5th, Schwaz, Austria @ Eremitage March 6th, Wels, Austria @ Alter Schlachthof March 7th, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess March 8th, Graz, Austria @ Wist March 9th, Saalfelden, Austria @ Nexus March 10th, Berlin, Germany @ Institut Francais de Berlin March 11th, Esslingen, Germany @ Dieselstrasse March 13th, Caen, France @ Grand Auditorium de Caen Jim Black Workshop March 14th, Berne, Switzerland @ Jazz School Berne March 15th, Luzern, Switzerland @ Jazzschule Luzern David Liebman/Ellery Eskelin Quartet w/ Tony Marino & Jim Black European Tour March 16th, Lausanne, Switzerland @ Chorus March 17th, Novara, Italy @ Auditorium F. lli Olivieri March 18th, Terme, Italy @ Cassero Teatro Comunale March 19th, Paris, France @ Sunset March 20th, Groningen, Netherlands @ Grand Theatre March 22nd, Dortmund, Germany @ Domincil March 23rd, Strasbourg, France @ Pôle Sud March 24th, Willisau, Switzerland @ Stadtmühle Jim Black Workshop March 25th, Basel, Switzerland @ Music School Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus & Jim Black March 28th, Faro, Portugal @ CAPA March 29th, Coimbra, Portugal @ Conservatorio de Musica March 31st, Lisbon, Portugal @ Teatro Sao Luis - Festa do Jazz Endangered Blood w/ Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black Southeast US tour April 2nd, Baltimore, Maryland @ The Windup Space, 8pm April 3rd, Durham, North Carolina @ Motorco Music Hall April 4th, Asheville, North Carolina @ Lexington Avenue Brewery April 5th, Chattanooga, Tennessee @ Barking Legs Theater April 6th, Tuscaloosa, Oklahoma @ Ferguson Student Center, University of Alabama April 7th, Mobile, Alabama @ The Blind Mule April 8th, Orlando, Florida @ Timucua, 7:30pm April 9th, Atlanta, Georgia @ The Goat Farm April 10th, Columbia, South Carolina @ Conundrum Music Hall, 8pm April 11th, Wilmington, North Carolina @ Squidco, 8pm April 12th, Richmond, Virginia @ The Camel April 13th, Washington D.C. @ The Lang Theater, Atlas Performing Arts Center April 14th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania @ Maas Building, 8pm - Ars Nova Jim Black Trio w/ Thomas Morgan and Elias Stemeseder European Tour - Debut CD Release Tour “Somatic” on Winter & Winter Recordings April 16th, Ghent, Belgium @ La Resistenza April 18th, Marostica, Italy @ Panic Jazz Club April 19th, Schwaz, Austria @ Eremitage April 20th, Salzburg, Austria @ Jazzit Music Club April 21st, Purkersdorf, Austria @ Die Bühne Purkersdorf April 22nd, Geneva, Switzerland @ A.M.R. April 23rd, Paris, France @ Sunside Jazz Club April 24th, Köln, Germany @ Stadtgarten April 25th, München, Germany @ Unterfahrt Jazzclub Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos !! May 5th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes - Cinco de Mayo Party, 10:30pm Endangered Blood w/ Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black May 6th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 8pm bb&c with Nels Cline, Tim Berne, and Jim Black CD release shows - debut cd “The Veil” on Cryptogramophone May 7th & 8th, Brooklyn, NY @ ShapeShifter Lab, 8:30pm Endangered Blood w/ Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black May 12th, Ukiah, CA @ Penofin Jazzfest Endangered Blood w/ Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black May 19th, Brooklyn, NY @ Gowanus Jazzfest, Douglas Street Music Collective, 10pm Wet Ink Presents the Peter Evans Quintet +3, with Peter Evans, Sam Pluta, Carlos Homs, Tom Blancarte, Jim Black, Alex Mincek, Brandon Seabrook, & Ian Antonio May 23rd, Brooklyn, NY @ Roulette, 8pm Dave Liebman, Sam Newsome, Tony Marino, & Jim Black June 9th, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe Ben Monder Trio Reunion - with Drew Gress & Jim Black June 14th, Brooklyn, NY @ ShapeShifter Lab NDR Big Band & Kalle Kalima June 23rd, Hamburg, Germany @ Hamburg Jazz Open, Planten & Blomen, 7pm Encounters at Südtirol Jazzfestival June 29th, Bolzano, Italy @ Südtirol Jazzfestival Peter Evans/Nate Wooley/Paul Lytton/Jim Black June 30th, Ljubljana, Slovenia @ tba July 6th, Rotterdam, Netherlands @ North Sea Jazz Festival, 5:30pm SIM Residency - Warsaw July 9th- 14th, Warsaw Poland, @ Warsaw Summer Jazz Days Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus & Jim Black July 15th, Timișoara, Romania @ Garana Jazz Festival Walter Beltrami Postural Vertigo Quintet w/ Francesco Bearzatti, Giovani Falzone, Stomu Takeshi, & Jim Black July 22nd, Clusone, Italy @ Clusone Jazz Festival July 23rd, Formia, Italy @ Teatro Remigio Pavone - Jazzflirt Festival July 25th, Santa Maris di Sala, Italy @ Parco Di Villa Farsetti - UBI Jazz Festival July 26th, Padova, Italy @ Off Minor Festival July 27th, Gardone Riviera, Italy @ Festival Vittoriale Tener-a-mente Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem w/ Nels Cline, Todd Sickafoose & Jim Black August 25th, Saalfelden, Austria @ Saalfelden Jazzfestival, 6:30pm bb&c with Nels Cline, Tim Berne, and Jim Black August 26th, Saalfelden, Austria @ Saalfelden Jazzfestival, 5:30pm Jim Black’s AlasNoAxis with Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson, & Skúli Sverrisson August 29th, Reykjavik, Iceland @ Reykjavik Jazz Festival new cd recording, available in 2013 Sebastian Gille, Claus Stötter, Sven Kerschek, & Jim Black September 4th, Hamburg, Germany @ Bar 227 NDR Big Band and Rainer Tempel September 6th & 7th, Hamburg, Germany @ NDR Studios Jim Black Trio w/ Thomas Morgan & Teddy Klausner September 19th, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe Jim Black Trio w/ Chris Tordini & Teddy Klausner - double bill with Steve Coleman & Five Elements September 27th, Brooklyn, NY @ Shapeshifter Lab, 8pm SKIRL Records Party - w/ The Clarinets, Ben Holmes 4tet, Anthony Burr solo, Chris Speed/Dave King duo, Briggan Krauss’ H-Alpha w/ Ikue Mori & Jim Black -hosted by Curha! October 1st, Brooklyn, NY @ Shapeshifter Lab, 8pm Nels Cline’s Eye Bone w/ Teddy Klausner, & Jim Black October 4th, Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool, opening for Mi-Gu ! 9pm Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos !! October 6th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 10pm Uri Caine’s Moonsongs w/ Cristina Zavalloni, Sadiq Bey, Joyce Hammann, Chris Speed, Nguyen Le, & Jim Black October 17th, Vienna, Austria @ Konzerthaus Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus & Jim Black October - European Tour October 19th, Perpignan, France @ Théâtre Municipal à Perpignan October 20th, Avignon, France @ La Manutention October 21st, Marseille, France @ Le Cri du Port/"Le lieu de tous les JAZZ(s)" October 22nd, Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Café Wilhelmina October 23rd, Marburg, Germany @ Cavete October 24th, Lisbon, Portugal @ Hot Clube October 26th, Madeira, Portugal @ Casa das Mudas October 27th, Winterthur, Switzerland @ ESSE Musicbar October 28th, Berlin, Germany @ A-Trane Jim Black Trio w/ Chris Tordini & Elias Stemeseder November 2nd, Lisbon, Portugal @ Culturgest John Escreet Project w/ Chris Potter, Dave Binney, Matt Brewer, & Jim Black November 8th, NYC @ 55 Bar, 10pm & 11:30pm Jim Black Mystery Duo November 9th, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe, 9pm and 10:30pm Han Blasts Panel - Briggan Krauss, Curtis Hasselbring, & Jim Black November 10th, Brooklyn @ Jack, 8pm (with Iron Dog, and Home of Easy Credit) Peter Evans Quartet November 15th, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe Dave Liebman, Sam Newsome, Ellery Eskelin, Chris Tordini, & Jim Black November 24th, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe Sebastian Gille & the NDR Bigband November 30th, Hamburg, Germany @ Rolf-Liebermann-Studio Silverkitty December 14th, NYC @ The Stone, 10pm Endangered Blood w/ Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black December 15th, Brooklyn @ Shapeshifter Lab, 8:30pm 2011 Chris Speed’s Yeah NO feat. Chris Speed, Shane Endsley, Skúli Sverrisson and Jim Black January 7th, NYC @ Winter Jazz Festival Endangered Blood - Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black January 8th, NYC @ The Stone, 10pm Tomasz Stanko Quintet w/ Chris Potter, Craig Taborn, Thomas Morgan & Jim Black January 13-16th, NYC @ The Jazz Standard Hank Roberts Trio w/ John Stetch and Jim Black January 19th, Tilburg, Netherlands @ Paradox January 20th, Dachau, Germany @ Kultur- Schranne January 21st, St. Johann im Tirol, Austria @ Alte Gerberei January 22nd, Linz, Austria @ Landesmuseum January 24th, Hannover, Germany @ Workshop at January 25th, Hannover, Germany @ Club Marlene January 26th, Utrecht, Netherlands @ SJU Jazz Podium January 27th, Lyon, France @ Le Périscope January 28th, Baden, Switzerland @ Alte Stanzerei January 29th, Maur, Switzerland @ Powerplay Studio January 30th, Bern, Switzerland @ Bee-flat im PROGR Uri Caine’s Mahler Project February 3rd, Manchester, UK @ Royal Northern College of Musical Theatre February 5th, Birmingham, UK @ Town Hall, Birmingham Square Walter Beltrami Quintet with Francesco Bearzatti, Vincent Courtois, Stomu Takeishi & Jim Black February 7th, Padova, Italy @ Le Maddalene Theater February 8th, Brescia, Italy @ Jazz in Eden February 11th, Firenze, Italy @ Pinocchio Briggan Krauss’ Cosmography February 25th and 26th, NYC @ The Kitchen Stefano Bollani Quintet with Josh Roseman, Jason Adasiewicz, Larry Grenadier & Jim Black March 18th, Bergamo, Italy @ TBA March 20th, Perugia, Italy @ TBA March 22nd, Poggibonsi, Italy @ TBA March 24th, Antwerp, Belgium @ TBA March 25th, Roma, Italy @ TBA March 26th, Roma, Italy @ TBA March 27th, Azzano Decimo, Italy @ TBA March 28th, Livorno, Italy @ TBA March 29th, Cesena, Italy @ TBA Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos April 2nd, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 10pm Eivind Opsvik, Hakon Kornstad, & Jim Black April 4th, Brooklyn, NY @ Korzo, 10:30pm Peter Evans Quartet and Quintet April 7th, Brooklyn, NY @ Littlefield Sylvie Courvoisier, Ikue Mori, & Jim Black April 8th, NYC @ The Stone, 10pm Peter Evans Quartet April 15th and 16th, Brooklyn, NY @ iBeam Chris Speed’s Yeah NO feat. Chris Speed, Shane Endsley, Skúli Sverrisson, & Jim Black April 17th, Brooklyn, NY @ Littlefield John Escreet, Seamus Blake, Matt Brewer, & Jim Black April 19th, NYC @ 55 Bar Ikue Mori, Skúli Sverrisson, & Jim Black April 20th, NYC @ The Stone, 10pm Flood Fathers: Patrick Breiner, Chris Tordini, & Jim Black April 22nd, Brooklyn @ Douglas Street Music Collective, 8pm Wheedling/Cajoling/Whimpering... Simon Jermyn, Pete Robbins, Oscar Noriega, Ches Smith, & Jim Black April 22nd, Brooklyn @ i-Beam, 10pm Jim Black Trio, featuring Thomas Morgan and Teddy Klausner April 27th and 28th, Brooklyn @ i-Beam, 8:30pm & 10pm Chris Batchelor’s Big Air w/ Myra Melford, Steve Buckley, Oren Marshall, & Jim Black May 2nd, Cheltenham, UK @ Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 8:45pm Town Hall May 3rd, London, UK @ The Vortex Endangered Blood - Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black Record Release Show - Double Bill with Dan Weiss Trio May 4th, Brooklyn, NY @ Littlefield, 8pm Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos: Cinco De Mayo Party May 5th, Brooklyn, NY @ Littlefield, 8pm Uri Caine’s Mahler Project May 8th, Vicenza, Italy @ Teatro Comunale - The Vincenza Jazz Festival Peter Evans Quartet w/Carlos Homs, Tom Blancarte, & Jim Black May 13th, Paris, France @ La Dynamo de Banlieues Bleues May 14th, LeMans, France @ LeMans Jazz Festival May 16th, Leer, Germany @ Kulturspeicher May 18th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis May 19th, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy and Bess May 20th, Cerkno, Slovenia @ Zavod Gabrijel Festival/Old Square May 21st, Rijeka, Croatia @ Hrvatski kulturni dom na Susaku Jim Black’s “Cani da Salvataggio” with Francesco Bigoni, Alfonso Santimone, Joe Rehmer, Simone Zanchini, & Francesco Diodati May 27th, Foligno, Italy @ Corte di Palazzo Trinci May 29th, Corregio, Italy @ Teatro Asioli Jim Black’s AlasNoAxis with Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson, & Skúli Sverrisson June 5th, Melbourne, Australia @ Melbourne Jazz Festival - The Forum June 6th, Melbourne, Australia @ AlasNoAxis Workshop at Monash University June 7th, Melbourne, Australia @ Masterclass at Bennet’s Lane, 4pm June 7th, Melbourne, Australia @ 11pm AlasNoAxis show at Bennet’s Lane June 8th, Melbourne, Australia @ Performance with Monash University Ensembles at The Salon/Melbourne Recital Center June 9th, Sydney, Australia @ Workshop at the Sydney Conservatory June 9th, Sydney, Australia @ Venue 505 June 11th, NYC @ Summerstage Central Park - opening for Medeski, Martin & Wood Huw Warren, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Kermit Driscoll, & Jim Black June 18th, Brooklyn, NY @ Douglas Street Music Collective, 8:30pm Night 2 of the Undead Jazzfest: A Night of Round Robin Improvised Duets!! June 24th, Brooklyn, NY @ The Bell House, 11pm H-alpha, featuring Briggan Krauss, Ikue Mori, & Jim Black June 25th, Brooklyn, NY @ The Undead Festival Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos July 2nd, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 10pm Uri Caine’s Mahler Project July 6th, Girona, Spain @ Auditori De La Mercé July 7th, Karlskrona, Sweden @ Lösens Kyrka / Lyckå Kammarmusik Festival July 9th, Klagenfurt, Austria @ Musikforum - Arkadenhof Tomasz Stanko Quintet w/ Chris Potter, Craig Taborn, Chirs Lightcap & JIm Black July 10th, Rotterdam, Netherlands @ North Sea Jazz Festival, Hudson Hall, 5:15pm Tomasz Stanko Quintet w/ Chris Potter, Craig Taborn, Arlid Andersen & JIm Black July 18th, Molde, Norway @ Molde Jazz Festival Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos !! August 6th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 10pm Chris Tordini’s Tiger Blood w/ Jeremy Viner, Kris Davis, Sasha Brown & Jim Black August 8th, Brooklyn, NY @ Cornelia Street Cafe, 8:30pm School for Improvisational Music Summer Workshop August 9th, Brooklyn, NY @ Long Island University - Masterclass 12:15pm-1:45pm Endangered Blood w/ Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black August 9th, NYC @ University of the Streets, 10pm Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier, & Jim Black August 12th, NYC @ The Stone, 8pm Jim Black + Vijay Iyer + Brandon Ross August 12th, NYC @ Spontaneous Constructions at The Blue Note, 12:30am Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem w/ Nels Cline, Todd Sickafoose & Jim Black August 16th - 21st, NYC @ Village Vanguard, 9pm & 11pm Endangered Blood w/ Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black August 24th, Willisau, Switzerland @ Willisau Jazz Festival August 27th, Saalfelden, Austria @ Saalfelden Jazz Festival Jim Black Trio w/ Thomas Morgan and Elias Stemeseder August 28th, Saalfelden, Austria @ Saalfelden Jazz Festival Peter Evans and Jim Black Duo September 3rd, Köln, Germany @ Stadtgarten Tomasz Stanko / Lee Konitz Quintet w/ Dan Tepfer, Thomas Morgan, & Jim Black September 13th - 17th, NYC @ Birdland, 8:30pm & 11pm Steve Coleman & Five Elements September 18th, Monterey, CA @ Monterey Jazz Festival September 19th, Los Angeles, CA @ CalArts Workshop September 20th, Los Angeles, CA @ Workshop at The Blue Whale September 21st, Los Angeles, CA @ Concert at The Blue Whale Tomasz Stanko Quartet w/ Craig Taborn, Chris Lightcap, & JIm Black September 22nd, San Francisco, CA @ JCCSF presented by SFJazz Oscar Noriega, Loren Stillman, & Jim Black September 27th, Brooklyn, NY @ Korzo at 9pm John Escreet w/ Dave Binney, Chris Potter, Matt Brewer, & Jim Black September 29th & 30th, NYC @ 55 Bar Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos !! October 1st, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 10pm Pachora w/ Chris Speed, Brad Shepik, Skúli Sverrisson, & Jim Black October 4th, Brooklyn, NY @ Douglass Street Music Collective, 10pm ! October 5th, Chicago, IL @ Chicago Guitar Fest at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 8:30pm October 6th, Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk Music, Masterclass at 6pm October 7th, Chicago, IL @ Chicago Cultural Center, 12pm October 7th, Grand Rapids, MI @ MAJIIC Festival, 7pm October 8th, Ann Arbor, MI @ Kerrytown Concert House Endangered Blood w/ Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black West Coast Tour October 11th, Los Angeles, CA @ The Blue Whale October 13th, San Francisco, CA @ The Starry Plow - double bill with Bob Ostertag October 14th, Seattle, WA @ Earshot Jazz Festival October 15th, Vancouver, CANADA @ tba Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus & Jim Black October 17th, Lisbon, Portugal @ Fnac do Chiado, 6:30pm in-store October 18th, Lisbon, Portugal @ Universidade Lusíada, Masterclass 6pm October 19th, Lisbon, Portugal @ Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) October 20th, Belfast, UK @ Belfast Jazz Festival October 21st & 22nd, Seixal, Portugal @ Festival de Jazz do Seixal October 24th, Hannover, Germany @ Masterclass Musikhochschule Hannover October 24th, Hannover, Germany @ Jazz Club Hannover October 25th, Berlin, Germany @ A-Trane October 26th, St. Gallen, Switzerland @ Palace October 27th, Leipzig, Germany @ Telegraphen Peter Evans Quintet w/ Sam Pluta, Carlos Homs, Tom Blancarte, & Jim Black November 4th, Brooklyn, NY @ Roulette Walter Beltrami, Francesco Bearzatti, Danilo Gallo & Jim Black November 5th, Brooklyn, NY @ Seeds, 8:30pm - AUAND 10th B-day Celebration Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos !! November 5th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 10pm Peter Evans Quartet w/ Carlos Homs, Tom Blancarte, & Jim Black November 6th, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe Bram Stadhouters, Sidsel Endresen, and Jim Black November 10th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis November 11th, Den Bosch, Netherlands @ November Music Festival Uri Caine - Goldberg Variations w/ Avanti Chamber Orchestra November 13th, Helsinki, Finland @ Musiikkitalo/Konserttisali Endangered Blood w/ Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black November 23rd, Marostica, Italy @ Panic Jazz Club November 24th, Venezia, Italy @ tba November 25th, Baden, Switerland @ Alte Stanzerei November 26th, Ottensheim, Austria @ Gh Zur Post November 27th, Graz, Austria @ Stockwerk November 28th, Malmö, Sweden @ Debaser November 29th, Bergen, Norway @ USF Sardinen November 30th, Oslo, Norway @ Victoria December 1st, Groningen, Netherlands @ Grand Theater December 2nd, Tilberg, Netherlands @ Paradox December 3rd, Rijkevorsel, Belgium @ De Singer December 4th, St-Germain, France @ Le Doc December 5th, Paris, France @ Sunset 2010 Rainer Tempel and the NDR Big Band January 15th, Hamburg, Germany @ NDR Studio 1, 8pm TYFT - Hilmar Jensson, Andrew D’Angelo, & Jim Black New CD Release European Tour - for bookings January 24th, Essen, Germany @ JOE Festival - Katakombentheater im Girardet-Haus January 25th, London, United Kingdom @ The Vortex - Live Recording for BBC3 January 26th, Paris, France @ Sunside January 27th, Zurich, Switzerland @ Moods January 28th, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess January 29th, Dachau, Germany @ Cafe Teufelhart January 30th, Kircheim, Germany @ Club Bastion January 31st, Reykjavik, Iceland @ Batteri, 9pm AlasNoAxis - Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson, Skúli Sverrisson and Jim Black February 12th, NYC @ 45 Bleecker Theater, 10pm door, show at 10:30 TIX Uri Caine’s Mahler Project February 15th, Bologna, Italy @ Teatro Manzoni - 9pm David Liebman/Ellery Eskelin Quartet w/ Tony Marino & Jim Black February 21st, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe February 22nd, Washington D.C. @ Blues Alley SKIRL Records Party - 3 bands ! Andrew D’Angelo’s Gay Disco, TYFT, & Jakob Bro Nonet February 25th, Aarhus @ Sunship presents at Vox Hall February 26th, Copenhagen @ Stubnitz, doors at 8pm, show 9pm Ronan Guilfoyle, Steve Arguelles, & Jim Black March 10th, Limerick, Ireland @ Dolan’s Warehouse -9pm March 12th, Cork, Ireland @ Tiskel Arts Center -8pm March 13th, Bray, Ireland @ Mermaid Arts Center -8pm March 14th, Dublin, Ireland @ JJ Smyth’s -8:30pm Peter Evans Quintet March 16th, NYC @ Poisson Rouge, 9:30pm Pachora - feat. Chris Speed, Brad Shepik, Skúli Sverrisson, & Jim Black March 17th, Williamsburg, Brooklyn @ Rose Live Music, 2 sets at 8:30pm Chris Speed’s Yeah NO feat. Chris Speed, Shane Endsley, Ted Reichman, Skúli Sverrisson and Jim Black March 19th, Philadelphia, PA @ Ars Nova - International House March 20th, NYC @ Bleeker Theater, 10pm Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black European Tour March 25th, Reims, France @ Caisse d'Epargne Lorraine Champagne-Ardenne March 26th, Fribourg, Switzerland @ La Spirale March 27th, Willisau, Switzerland @ Stadtmühle Willisau March 28th, Gent, Belguim @ Vooruit (quintet with Jessica Constable & Philippe Gelda) March 31st, Brest, France @ Penn Ar Jazz April 1st, Lille, France @ TBA concert produced by Circum Music April 2nd, Auxerre, France @ Jazz Club Auxerre (quintet) April 3rd, Paris France @ Le Triton (quartet with Jessica Constable) H-alpha, featuring Briggan Krauss, Ikue Mori, & Jim Black European Tour April 12, Bolzano, Italy @ Carambolage April 14, Oslo, Norway @ Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene April 15, London, United Kingdom @ The Vortex Uri Caine: Berio Project w/ Tempo Reale, Ralph Alessi, & Jim Black April 22nd, Monfalcone, Italy @ Teatro Comunale Uri Caine: Mozart Remixed April 23rd, Chalon en Champagne, France @ La Comete April 25th, Paris, France @ Salle Pleyel April 27th, Uppsala, Sweden @ Uppsala Konsert & Kongress Chris Speed’s Yeah NO feat. Chris Speed, Shane Endsley, Ted Reichman, Skúli Sverrisson and Jim Black May 15th, Brooklyn, NY @ Gowanus Jazz Festival - TBA Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos - Cinco de Mayo Party May 5th, Brooklyn, NY @ Littlefield - 622 Degraw St., b’twn 3rd and 4th Ave. - 8pm Jonathan Goldberger, Todd Sickafoose, & Jim Black May 9th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 8pm Chris Speed’s Yeah NO feat. Chris Speed, Shane Endsley, Skúli Sverrisson and Jim Black May 15th, Brooklyn, NY @ Gowanus Jazz Festival - Douglass St. Music Collective- 9:30pm AlasNoAxis - Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson, Skúli Sverrisson and Jim Black European Tour May 17th, London, UK @ The Vortex - 8:30pm May 18th, Schwaz, Austria @ The Eremeitage - 8pm May 19th, Salzburg, Austria @ Jazzit - 8pm May 20th, Zurich, Switzerland @ Moods - 8:30pm May 21st, Hard, Austria @ Kulturwerkstatt Kammgarn - 8:30pm May 22nd, Berlin, Germany @ Jazzwerkstatt Cafe - 8pm May 23rd, Moers, Germany @ Moers Festival, Night Sessions at Röhre - 12am show May 24th, Moers, Germany @ Moers Festival, Morning Session at Tribera Jenny Scheinman Trio w/Trevor Dunn June 1st, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 7pm Endangered Blood - Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black June 2nd, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 8pm Hank Roberts Trio w/Andy Milne June 4th, NYC @ The Stone, 8pm Uri Caine: Mahler Project June 12th, NYC @ Undead Festival, tba Endangered Blood - Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Drew Gress, & Jim Black June 13th, NYC @ Undead Festival, Kenny’s Castaways Jim Black Trio June 20th, NYC @ The Stone, 10pm Endangered Blood - Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black June 21st, Brooklyn, NY @ Carefusion Jazzfestival - Barbes Jim Black Trio June 24th, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe, 8:30pm & 10pm Hank Roberts Trio w/John Stetch June 30th, Ithaca, NY @ The Carriage House, 8pm Banda Sinaloense De Los Muertos July 1st, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 10pm Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem w/ Nels Cline and Todd Sickafoose July 13-18th, NYC @ Village Vanguard, 9pm & 11pm Jim Black, Chris Speed, and Chris Tordini September 1st, NYC @ The Stone, 10pm Bob Ostertag, Sylvie Courvoisier, Taylor Ho Bynum, and Jim Black September 9th, Guelph, Canada @ Cooperators Hall - River Run Center, 9:30pm Hank Roberts Trio w/ John Stetch and Jim Black September 11th, NYC @ The Stone, 8pm Uri Caine’s Berio Project w/ Ralph Alessi, & Jim Black September 12th, Philadelphia, PA @ Bang On A Can Festival, 4:30pm Peter Evans Quintet September 13th, NYC @ Le Poisson Rouge, 10pm Bram Stadhouters, Sidsel Endresen, and Jim Black September 16th, Tilburg, Netherlands @ NS 16, Incubate Festival, 9:30pm September 18th, Tilburg, Netherlands @ NS 16, Incubate Festival, 9pm Achim Kaufmann’s Kyrill Trio with Valdi Kolli and Jim Black September 17th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis, 8:30pm September 19th, Leer, Germany @ Kulturspeicher Leer, 8pm September 22nd, Koeln, Germany @ The Loft, 8:30pm September 23rd, Singen, Germany @ GEMS, 8:30pm September 24th, Darmstadt, Germany @ Jazzinstitut, 8:30pm September 25th, Leiden, Netherlands @ De Burcht, 9pm September 26th, Wittlich, Germany @ Lindenhof Am Mundwald, 8pm September 27th, Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Cafe Wilhelmina, 9pm September 28th, Munich, Germany @ Unterfahrt, 9pm Rainer Tempel and the NDR Big Band September 30th, Leipzig, Germany @ Oper Leipzig, 7:30pm The Sons of Champignon with Nels Cline, Tim Berne, and Jim Black October 3rd, Los Angeles, CA @ Angel City Jazz Festival, Ford Ampitheater WKCR The Musician’s Show with Jim Black, hosted by Anabel Anderson October 6th, NYC @ WKCR Broadcast 89.9, 6pm-9pm Endangered Blood - Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black October 12th, NYC @ University of the Streets, 10pm Peter Evans Quintet October 16th, Donaueschingen, Germany @ Donaueschinger Musiktage October 18th, Mannheim, Germany @ Enjoy Jazz Festival - Alte Feurwache October 19th, Koeln, Germany @ Stadtgarten Sam Pluta, Tony Buck, & Jim Black October 21st, Berlin @ Raum 20, doors 9pm, show at 9:30pm Jonathan Goldberger, Todd Sickafoose, & Jim Black October 27th, NYC @ Ibeam, 9pm Endangered Blood - Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black November 5th, NYC @ NuBlu Festival, TBA, 10:30pm Endangered Blood - Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black November 11th, Brooklyn, NY @ Littlefield - double bill with Skuli Sverrisson Hank Roberts Trio w/John Stetch November 12th, Ithaca, NY @ The Carriage House, 8pm Endangered Blood - Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black November 15th, Reykjavik, Iceland @ Risið November 17th, Tilburg, Netherlands @ Paradox November 18th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis November 19th, Berlin, Germany @ Kino Babylon: Mitte - Jazzwerkstadt November 20th, Copenhagen, Denmark @ WRAY, Strandgade 14, 3pm! November 21st, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy and Bess November 22nd, Koeln, Germany @ Stadtgarten, 8:30pm November 23rd, Zurich, Switzerland @ Moods November 24th, Middelburg, Netherlands @ Schuttershof, 9pm November 25th, Dresden, Germany @ Jazzclub Tonne November 26th, Bayreuth, Germany @ Zamirhalle, 8pm November 27th, Fribourg, Switzerland @ La Spirale November 28th, Dachau, Germany @ Kultur-Schranne November 29th, Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Cafe Wilhelmina, 9pm Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem w/ Nels Cline and Todd Sickafoosse December 1st, Evanston, IL @ The Space December 2nd, Minneapolis, MN @ Walker Arts Center Endangered Blood - Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, & Jim Black US TOUR December 5th, Chicago, IL @ The Hungry Brain December 6th, Seattle, WA @ The Chapel December 7th, Portland, OR @ Hop and Vine December 8th, Eureka, CA @ Red Fox Tavern December 9th, Boulder, CO @ Old Main, CU Campus - double bill with Kneebody December 10th, Oakland, CA @ Studio 1510 Performance Space December 11th, Los Angeles, CA @ The Blue Whale December 12th, Phoenix, AZ @ The Lost Leaf December 13th, Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture 2009 Workshop at Tónlistarksóli F.I.H January 10th, Reykjavik, Iceland @ FIH URI CAINE - GOLDBERG VARIATIONS January 30th, Nantes, France @ TBA Samuel Blais, Morgan Moore, & Jim Black February 6-7th, Montreal, Canada @ Upstairs Bar and Grill, sets at 8:30p Workshop at McGill University February 7th, Montreal, Canada @ McGill University Music Dept. 1-4pm Andrew D'Angelo Big Band February 17th, Brooklyn, NY @ Tea Lounge, 9pm and 10:30pm Andrew D'Angelo’s Trio Gay Disco w/ Trevor Dunn & Jim Black February 18th, Brooklyn, NY @ Tea Lounge, 9pm and 10:30pm ALASNOAXIS - Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson, Skúli Sverrisson and Jim Black “Houseplant” CD Release Tour - for bookings February 26th, Sezana, Slovenia @ TBA February 27th, Saalfelden, Austria @ Kunsthaus Nexus February 28th, Pula, Croatia @ Caffe bar Cabahia March 1st, Bern, Switerland @ Turnhalle im PROGR March 2nd, Schwaz, Austria @ Eremitage March 3rd, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess March 5th, Esbjerg, Denmark @ JAZZ ESBJERG March 6th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis March 7th, Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Lantaren Venster March 9th, Einhoven, Netherlands @ Cafe Wilhelmina March 10th, Schiltigheim, France @ TBA March 11th, Brest, France @ Espace Vauban March 12th, Reims, France @ La Cartonnerie March 13th, Vaulx-en-Velin @ Centre Culturel Charlie Chaplin March 14th, Sommiéres, France @ Salle Lawrence Durell Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus & Jim Black Middle East Tour March 17th, Khartoum, Sudan @ Blue NIle Sailing Club March 19th, Beirut, Lebanon @ Tournesol Theater March 20th, Tripoli, Lebanon @ Safadi Cultural Center March 22nd, Amman, Jordan @ Masrah Al-Balad March 24th, Jerusalem, Israel @ Yellow Submarine March 25th, Rammallah, Palestine @ Al-Kamandjati - workshop March 26th, Rammallah, Palestine @ Al-Kamandjati - concert March 30th, Cairo, Egypt @ Goethe Institute March 31st, Alexandria, Egypt @ Oper Alexandra March 31st, Alexandria, Egypt @ Oper Alexandra April 1st, Damascus, Syria @ Hamrah Theater April 2nd, Aleppo, Syria @ Goethe Institute Tomasz Stanko Quartet, w/ Craig Taborn and Thomas Morgan April 4th, NYC @ Merkin Hall Skirl Party V with H-Alpha - Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone -  The New Mellow Edwards - Andrew D'Angelo's Gay Disco Trio April 11th, Brooklyn @ The Bell House, 8:30pm HANK ROBERTS TRIO w/ Marc Ducret and Jim Black Europe April 16th- 26th April 16th, Berlin, Germany @ Uferhallen April 17th, Koeln, Germany @ Stadtgarten April 18th, Rottenmann, Austria @ Volkshaus April 19th, Katovice, Poland @ Jazzclub Hipnoza April 20th, Bolzano, Italy @ Carambolage April 21st, Stans, Switerland @ Theater an der Muerg April 22nd, Vienna, Austria @ Sargfabrik April 23rd, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis April 24th, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany @ Prediger April 25th, Rabb, Austria @ Musikschule Rabb April 26th, Cremona, Italy @ Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli The BBC - Jim Black, Tim Berne, & Nels Cline May 1st, Melbourne, Australia @ Workshop, 5:30pm May 1st, Melbourne, Australia @ Bennets Lane, 11pm May 2nd, Melbourne, Australia @ Melbourne Jazz Festival, 7:45pm Julien Wilson Quartet May 2nd, Melbourne, Australia @ Melbourne Jazz Festival, 6pm TYFT - Hilmar Jensson, Andrew D’Angelo, & Jim Black New CD Release European Tour - for bookings May 7th, Stavanger, Norway @ TBA May 8th, Tilburg, Netherlands @ TBA May 9th, Koeln, Germany @ Stadtgarten May 10th, Hofheim, Germany @ TBA May 11th, Antwerp, Belgium @ The Buster May 12th, Tilburg, Netherlands @ Workshop - TBA May 12th, Den Haag, Netherlands @ TBA May 14th, Krefeld, Germany @ TBA May 15th, Greiz, Germany @ TBA May 16th, Linz, Austria @ TBA May 22nd, Akureyri, Iceland @ TBA + Workshop May 23rd, Reykjavik, Iceland @ Cafe Rosenberg Workshop in Ourense, Spain - Drums/Improvisation/Electronics May 27th & 28th @ Conservatorio Prof. de Música de Ourense - cmus.ourense@edu.xunta.es H-alpha, featuring Briggan Krauss, Ikue Mori, & Jim Black June 4th, NYC @ the Stone, 8pm Benefit Band - Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed, Trevor Dunn & Jim Black June 8th, NYC @ the Stone, 10pm JIMS/Summer Academy & Festival for Jazz and Improvised Music Salzburg July 13th - 18th, 2009, Salzburg, Austria - Week long workshop !! sadly, to due the economy, this has been cancelled for this year... Andrew D'Angelo’s Trio Gay Disco w/ Trevor Dunn & Jim Black June 14th, Brooklyn, NY @ Northside Music Festival at Public Assembly Søren Kjærgaard, Thomas Morgan, & Jim Black June 15th, NYC @ Corneila Street Cafe ALASNOAXIS - Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson, Skúli Sverrisson & Jim Black “Houseplant” CD Release East Coast Dates June 18th, NYC @ Bowery Poetry Club, 2 sets starting at 7pm, all ages show. June 19th, Cambridge, MA @ The Lily Pad, one show at 10:30pm, all ages. June 23rd, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY @ Public Assembly - SKIRL Party VI, 9pm, 21+. June 24th, Philadelphia, PA @ Philadelphia Art Alliance Nir Felder, Aaron Goldberg, Chris Lightcap, & Jim Black July 8th, NYC @ The Stone, 8pm Pachora w/ Chris Speed, Brad Shepik, Skuli Sverrisson, & Jim Black July 11th, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Fireproof, 119 Ingrham St. (multi media/performance event/latenight Bushwick party - $7 cover, $5 cover if wearing a robot costume, event starts at 10:30pm, Pachora on around 12:30am) Jonathan Goldberger, Todd Sickafoose, & Jim Black July 15th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 8pm Andrew D'Angelo’s Trio Gay Disco w/ Trevor Dunn & Jim Black July17th, NYC @ Corneila Street Cafe, sets at 9pm and 10:30pm Benefit Band - Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed, Trevor Dunn & Jim Black July 29th, Brooklyn @ Barbes, 8pm School for Improvisational Music Summer Workshop July 30th, Long Island University, NY - Masterclass 12:15pm-1:45pm The BBC - Nels Cline, Jim Black, & Tim Berne July 30th, NYC @ the Stone, 8pm and 10pm Jenny Scheinman w/ Nels Cline, Mat Penman, & Jim Black August 4th, NYC @ Poisson Rouge, 7pm set Hilmar Jensson, Marc Ducret, & Jim Black August 21st, Reykjavik, Iceland @ Reykjavik Jazz Festival, tba Chris Bachelor's "Big Air" w/ Andrew D'Angelo, Liam Noble, Oren Marshall, & Jim Black August 28th, Saalfelden, Austria @ Saalfelden Jazzfestival Satoko Fujii Quartet w/ Mark Dresser, Natsuki Tamura, & Jim Black September 6th, Los Angeles, CA @ Angel City Jazz Festival, 5pm Leni Stern Quartet @ ELLNORA Wall to Wall Guitar Festival September 12th, Chicago, IL @ Krannert Center for the Arts - 8:30pm Benefit Band - Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed, Trevor Dunn & Jim Black September 14th, NYC @ The Local 269, E.Houston St. - one set at 9pm Leni Stern September 15th, NYC @ 55 Bar, 10pm ALASNOAXIS - Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson, Skúli Sverrisson & Jim Black September 16th, Brooklyn, NY @ Southpaw, 9pm **opening for Trevor Dunn’s Madlove/CD Release show Tempo Reale and Jim Black solo September 20th, Warsaw, Poland @ Fryderyk Chopin University of Music Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus & Jim Black European Tour September 25th, Ravensburg, Germany @ TBA September 26th, Heilbronn, Germany @ TBA September 27th, Rotterdam, Netherlands @ TBA
September 30th, Lisbon, Portugal @ Hot Clube
October 1st, Alcanena, Portugal @ TBA October 2nd, Tilburg, Netherlands @ TBA October 3rd, St. Gallen, Switzerland @ TBA October 4th, Geneva, Switzerland @ TBA October 5th, Koeln, Germany @ TBA October 6th, Berlin, Germany @ TBA October 7th, Berlin, Germany @ TBA October 9th, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herz @ TBA Wayne Horvitz, Briggan Krauss, & Jim Black October 10th, Regio Emilia, Italy @ Teatro Regio October 11th, Milano, Italy @ PiM Spazio Scenico Uri Caine: Berio Project w/ Tempo Reale, Ralph Alessi, & Jim Black October 13th, Firenze, Italy @ Teatro della Pergola David Liebman/Ellery Eskelin Quartet w/ Tony Marino & Jim Black European Tour October 20th, Ljubliana, Slovenia @ Canjarjev Dom October 21st, Barcelona, Spain @ TBA October 22nd, Madrid, Spain @ TBA October 23rd, Luxembourg @ Philharmonie October 24th, Krefeld, Germany @ Jazzclub October 25th, Leiria, Portugal @ TBA October 26th, Koeln, Germany @ Stadtgarten October 27th, Marburg, Germany @ KFZ
October 28th, Singen, Germany @ GEMS
October 29th, Dachau, Germany @ TBA
October 30th, Frankfurt, Germany @ Jazzfestival
October 31st, Lausanne, Switzerland @ Casino de Montbenon Guest Intructor at Jazz Institute Berlin November 2nd- 5th, Berlin, Germany @ JIB Jonathan Goldberger, Todd Sickafoose, & Jim Black November 11th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 8pm Benefit Band - Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed, Trevor Dunn & Jim Black November 13th, Brookline, MA @ Brookline High School, 7:30pm Andrew D'Angelo’s Trio Gay Disco w/ Trevor Dunn & Jim Black plus Benefit Band - Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed, Trevor Dunn & Jim Black November 17th, NYC @ DROM, evening begins at 8pm Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black November 18th, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York @ Bard College Workshop for students T.B.A. CONCERT at 9 pm in The Chapel of the Holy Innocents (located on Annandale Road on the Bard College Campus) Chris Speed, Chris Tordini, and Jim Black November 20th, NYC @ Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, 10:15pm 28 Hours of Innovative Art Benefit Andrew D'Angelo’s Trio Gay Disco w/ Trevor Dunn & Jim Black November 21st, Williamsburg, Brooklyn @ RYAN SNOW’s The Basement 796 Grand St. #1, just a half block from the Grand St. L train call (650)303-7852 to get in -- doors at 8pm, show at 9pm Johnny Butler - solo sax and laptop, starts the night Rainer Tempel’s Tempelektrisch CD Release Tour December 8th, Mannheim, Germany @ Feuerwache
December 9th, Zurich, Switzerland @ Moods December 10th, Munich, Germany @ Unterfahrt
December 11th, Berlin, Germany @ A-Trane
December 12th, Heidenheim, Germany @ Duale Hochschule
December 13th, Tuebingen, Germany @ Sudhaus
 2008 Uri Caine January 28th, NYC @ Joe's Pub, show at 7:30pm Big Brother: Briggan Krauss, Wayne Horvitz, Skuli Sverrisson and Jim Black January 31st, NYC @ the Stone, 10pm The return of Bloodcount: Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Mike Formanek and Jim Black February 3rd, NYC @ Joe's Pub, 7:30pm tix February 9th, Baltimore, Maryland @ An Die Music, 8pm February 10th, Philadelphia, PA @ International House Briggan Krauss, Ikue Mori, and Jim Black February 12th, NYC @ the Stone, 8pm Uri Caine : Hungarian Folk Music February 16th, San Francisco, CA @ Herbst Theatre, 8pm Benefit Concert for Andrew D'Angelo at 9pm The Tea Lounge http://www.tealoungeny.com/ 837 Union St. Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 718.789.2762 FEATURING: • Matt Wilson group • • Whoopie Pie - Mike Pride, Jamie Saft, Bill McHenry • • Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant with Chess Smith and Mary Halvorson • • Jim Black Chris Speed Oscar Noriega Trevor Dunn play D'Angelo • Hank Roberts Trio w/ Marc Ducret and Jim Black European Tour February 27th, Gent, Belgium @ Vooruit February 28th, Paris, France @ Le Dynamo February 29th, Tours @ Le Petit Faucheux March 1st, Brest, France @ La Carène March 2nd, Genève, Switerland @ AMR March 4th, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess March 5th, Wels, Austria @ Alter Schlachthof March 6th, München, Germany @ Unterfahrt March 7th, Nürnberg, Germany @ Jazzstudio March 8th, Kirchheim u.T., Germany @ Club Bastion March 9th, Esslingen, Germany @ Dieselstrasse March 10th, Köln, Germany @ Stadtgarten March 12th, Lugano, Switerland @ Radiostudio March 13th, Utrecht, Netherlands @ Rasa March 14th, Bielefeld, Germany @ Bunker Ulmenwall March 15th, Winterthur, Switerland @ Alte Kaserne Jim Black Workshop March 17th-18th, Luzern, Switerland @ Hochschule Luzern Musik Jim Black Workshop March 27th-28th, Miami, Florida @ University of Miami School for Improvisational Music Workshop - click for details April 1st - 5th, Katovice, Poland Uri Caine Goldberg Variations April 6th, Erfurt, Germany @ Thueringer Bachwochen Frank LoCrasto w/ Ben Van Gelder, Bob Hart & Jim Black April 9th, Brooklyn @ Barbes, 10pm Ellery Eskelin, Melvin Gibbs, and Jim Black April 11th, NYC @ the Stone, 10pm The return of Bloodcount: Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Mike Formanek and Jim Black April 13th, NYC @ the Stone, 8pm & 10pm H-alpha- Briggan Krauss, Ikue Mori, and Jim Black April 15th, NYC @ the Stone, 8pm Uri Caine Berio Project w/ Ralph Alessi & Jim Black April 15th, NYC @ the Stone, 10pm Uri Caine Berio Project: Ofaqìm (Orizzonti) e Tempo Reale w/ Ralph Alessi & Jim Black April 19th, Vienna, Austria @ Wiener Konzerthaus, 7:30pm Chris Speed's Yeah No with Cuong Vu, Ted Reichman, Skuli Sverrisson, and Jim Black April 20th, NYC @ the Stone, 8pm Improv Benefit for the Stone with many guests April 25th, NYC @ the Stone, 8pm & 10pm Hilmar Jensson Duo's with special guests April 26th, NYC @ the Stone, 8pm Bethany Ryker's Paper & Pixel April 30th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 8pm Tyft - feat. Hilmar Jensson, Chris Speed, & Jim Black April 30th, NYC @ the Stone, 10pm Tyft - feat. Hilmar Jensson, Chris Speed, & Jim Black European Tour May 12th, Moers, Germany @ Moers Festival with special guest Peter Evans May 13th, Berlin, Germany @ A - Trane May 15th, Malmø, Sweden @ Jeriko May 17th, Gronigen, Netherlands @ Grand Theatre: De Drie Dagen May 18th, Bruxelles, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique May 20th, Gent, Begium @ Vooruit May 21st, Bergen, Norway @ NattJazz Festival May 23rd, Trieste, Italy @ Teatro Miela Pachora w/ Chris Speed, Brad Shepik, Skuli Sverrisson, & Jim Black June 4th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes , shows at 8pm & 10pm Tim Berne's Bloodcount w/ Chris Speed, Mike Formanek and Jim Black June 11th & 12th, Brooklyn @ Barbes 8pm & 10pm Uri Caine Goya Project June 21st, Granada, Spain @ TBA Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus & Jim Black - Canadian Tour June 25th, Toronto, Canada @ TBA June 26th, Ottawa, Canada @ TBA June 27th, Calgary,Canada @ TBA June 28th, Edmonton, Canada @ TBA June 29th, Vancouver @ TBA Tim Berne's Bloodcount w/ Chris Speed, Mike Formanek and Jim Black June 29th, Vancouver @ TBA JIMS/Summer Academy & Festival for Jazz and Improvised Music Salzburg July 14th - 19th, 2008, Salzburg, Austria - Week long workshop School for Improvisational Music Summer Workshop July 28th - August 8th, Brooklyn, NY Tim Berne's Bloodcount w/ Chris Speed, Mike Formanek and Jim Black July 28th, Hartford, CT @ tba, 6pm Jim Black, Peter Evans, and Briggan Krauss Aug 6th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 8pm Jim Black, Peter Evans, Michael Fineberg, & Andrew D'Angelo Aug 6th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 10pm Chris Speed and Jim Black Duo August 12th, Berchidda, Sardinia, Italy @ Time in Jazz Festival Uri Caine August 13th, Berchidda, Sardinia, Italy @ Time in Jazz Festival Tyft + Speed: Hilmar Jensson, Andrew D'Angelo, & Jim Black + Chris Speed August 21st, Saalfelden, Austria @ Saalfelden Jazzfestival, 11pm Raz Mesinai's Myth of Nations August 22nd, Saalfelden, Austria @ Saalfelden Jazzfestival, 10pm David Liebman/Ellery Eskelin Quartet w/ Tony Marino & Jim Black September 5th & 6th, NYC @ Jazz Gallery sets at 9pm and 10:30pm Nels Cline, Tim Berne, and Jim Black September 14th, N.J. @ WFMU Radio - Live show at 9:30pm on Bethany Ryker's Stochastic Hit Parade Tim Berne's Bloodcount w/ Chris Speed, Mike Formanek and Jim Black September 19th, Brooklyn, NY @ Issue Project Room - part of the WFMU Series, one set at 9:30pm Phil Slater, Chris Tordini, & Jim Black September 20th, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe, 9:30pm - Part of the FONT Festival John Carlson, Frank Carlberg, Eric Hipp, Shawn McGloin & Jim Black September 20th, NYC @ Cornelia Street Cafe, 11pm - Part of the FONT Festival Tomasz Stanko's Scananavian Quintet October 24th, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ TIM Festival: Auditorio Ibirapuera October 25th, Sao Paulo, Brazil @ TIM Festival: Marina Da Gloria Tyft - feat. Hilmar Jensson, Andrew D'Angelo, Chris Speed, & Jim Black October 31st, Brooklyn, NY @ I-Beam Music, 9pm Hilmar Jensson and Jim Black Duo November 4th, NYC @ Judson Church, 11pm - Outside the Box - An Election Night Concert of Free Improvisation curated by Lisa Bielawa Andrew D'Angelo's Trio Gay Disco with Trevor Dunn and Jim Black European Tour November 19th, Brugge, Belgium @ DeWerf November 20th, Brussels, Belgium @ Workshop November 21st, Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique November 22nd, Copenhagen, Denmark @ Stengade November 23rd, Berlin, Germany @ A-Trane November 24th, Nancy, France @ MJC Pichon November 26th, Bergen, Norway @ Landmark November 27th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis Chris Bachelor's "Big Air" w/ Andrew D'Angelo, Myra Melford, Oren Marshall and Jim Black November 28th, London, England @ The Vortex Ellery Eskelin, Jamie Saft, and Jim Black November 30th, NYC @ the Stone, 10pm Satoko Fujii Quartet w/ Mark Dresser, and Natsuki Tamura - Korea & Japan Tour December 8th -10th, Seoul, Korea@ TBA December 11th, Tokyo, Japan @ Zokai College December 13th, Inage-Chiba, Japan @ Candy December 15th, Nagoya, Japan @ Jazz Club Lovely December 17th, Tokyo, Japan @ Pit Inn Shinjuku December 18th, Tokyo, Japan @ NHK FM Studio live Benefit Band - Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed, Trevor Dunn and Jim Black December 21st , NYC @ the Stone, 10pm 2007 Quinsin Natchoff's Magic Numbers January 10th, NYC @ IAJE Convention, 7pm Jim Black Workshop at Center for Improvisational Music click for details January 11th, Brooklyn, NY @ CIM/SIM 1:15pm- 2:45pm MALAMUTE- Jim Black, Kieran Daly, and Nate Wooley January 23rd, Brooklyn @ Barbes, 7pm one set Uri Caine: Mozart Remixed January 27th, NYC @ Merkin Hall, 8pm Human Feel - First European Tour - for bookings click here January 29th, Palermo, Italy @ Kursaal Kalhesa January 31st, Marostica, Italy @ Panic Jazz Club February 1st, Brescia, Italy @ Teatro Lucia February 2nd, Ferrara, Italy @ Il Torrione February 3rd, Roma, Italy @ Casa Del Jazz February 5th, Paris, France @ Sunset-Sunside February 6th, Paris, France @ Sunset-Sunside February 8th, Troyes, France @ Theatre de Champagne February 9th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bim Huis February 11th, Berlin, Germany @ A-Trane February 12th, Berlin, Germany @ A-Trane February 13th, Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhagen Jazzhouse February 14th, Aalborg, Denmark @ Studenterhuset February 15th, Malmo, Sweden @ Jeriko February 16th, Gothenburg, Sweden @ Nefertiti February 17th, Stockholm, Sweden @ Jazzclub Fasching Peter Scherr's Headache with Briggan Krauss, Tony Scherr & Jim Black February 26th, NYC @ Marion's Lounge Uri Caine - Mozart March 2nd, Macau, China @ Macao Cultural Center Jenny Scheinman, Brad Shepik, and Jim Black March 6th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 7pm-9pm Briggan Krauss, Ikue Mori, and Jim Black March 13th, NYC @ Tonic, 8pm Uri Caine - Remix of Mahler's Sixth Symphony March 16th, NYC @ Symphony Space WKCR 89.9 FM: Jim Black spins tracks on the Musicians Show, 6-9pm Andrew D'Angelo, Chris Lightcap, and Jim Black March 22nd, Brooklyn, NY @ Tea Lounge, 9pm and 10:30pm Uri Caine - Mozart Remixed March 25th, Porto, Lisbon @ Fundação Casa da Música, 10pm March 27th, Madrid, Spain @ Colegio Mayor San Juan Evangelista, 9pm March 29th, Grenoble, France @ Maison de la Culture de Grenoble, 8:30pm March 30th, Cully, Switzerland @ Cully Jazz Festival, 10pm K D Fizzle with Sparkles (Andrew D'Angelo, Kieran Daly, and Jim Black) March 31st, Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Series FIVE - 8pm on .... 363 Prospect ave & 7th ave, BROOKLYN, New York Jenny Scheinman, Nels Cline, and Jim Black April 3rd, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 7pm-9pm Uri Caine - Goldberg Variations April 4th, Pennsylvania @ Lafayette College Kris Defoort Sound Plaza w/ Mark Turner, Nic Thys, and Jim Black April 13th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bim Huis April 18th, Brussels, Belgium @ TBA Human Feel - Andrew D'Angelo, Chris Speed, Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jim Black April 21st, Brooklyn @ Tea Lounge, 9pm and 10:30pm David Liebman/Ellery Eskelin Quartet w/ Tony Marino & Jim Black April 25th, Copenhagen, Denmark @ Jazzhouse Copenhagen April 26th, Malmo, Sweden @ Jeriko April 27th, Bad Ischl, Austria @ PKS-Villa April 28th, Saalfelden, Austria @ Kunsthaus Nexus April 29th, Györ @ Xantus Museum April 30th, Kempten , Germany @ Sind- Musikschule Kempten May 1st, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess May 2nd, Padova, Italy @ Sala dei Giganti May 3rd, Middelburg, Netherlands @ Cafe 't Schuttershof May 4th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis May 5th, Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Lantaaren-Venster Uri Caine - Mozart and Mahler May 10th- 11th, Culver City, CA @ Jazz Bakery Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus& Jim Black May 16th, Berlin, Germany @ Werkstatt der Kulturen May 17th, Singen, Germany @ GEMS May 18th, Reut, Germany @ Zoglau Raum für Musik May 19th, Kirchheim, Germany @ Club Bastion May 20th, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess May 22nd, Graz, Austria @ Stockwerk May 23rd, Zürich, Switzerland @ Moods May 24th, Schwäbisch-Hall, Germany @ Club Alpha May 25th, Pfaffenhofen, Germany @ Kulturwerkstatt May 26th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bim Huis May 27th, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands @ De Toonzaal May 28th, Bergen, Norway @ Nattjazz Festival May 30th, Budapest, Hungary @ A38 May 31st, Lisbon, Portugal @ Maxime June 1st, Coimbra, Portugal @ Festival Jazz ao Centro June 2nd, Guimaraes, Portugal @ Auditório do Teatro de Vila Flor Uri Caine - Othello June 5th, Rome, Italy @ Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Teatro Studio Las Camisetas feat. Médéric Collignon, Maxime Delpierre, Arnaud Roulin , and Jim Black June 6th, Paris, France @ Festival Chief Inspector - La Dynamo de Banlieues Bleues, Pantin Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus& Jim Black June 22nd, Coimbra, Portugal @ TBA - Workshop June 23rd, Vigo @ TBA The Boredoms with 77 Drummers on 7-7-07 July 7th, Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, door opens 4pm, show at 6:30 for 77 minutes - RSVP! here JIMS/Summer Academy & Festival for Jazz and Improvised Music Salzburg July 16th - 21st, 2007, Salzburg, Austria - Week long workshop, click above for details Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus& Jim Black July 26th, Sines, Portugal @ Festival Músicas do Mundo School for Improvisational Music Workshop - click for details July 31st, Brooklyn, NY @ Center for Improvisational Music, 11:30am - 1pm Jenny Scheinman w/ Nels Cline, Todd Sickafoose and Jim Black August 2nd, Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell - Celebrating Brooklyn, 7pm-9pm August 4th, Woodstock, NY @ Colony Cafe August 5th, New Market, NH @ The Stone Church August 6th, NYC @ Joe's Pub August 7th, Philadelphia, PA @ International House August 8th, Cambridge, MA @ Regatta Bar Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black August 11th, NYC @ The Stone, 8pm & 10pm Uri Caine Odissea with Massimo Popolizio August 13th - 14th, Sicily, Italy @ Segesta Festival Andrew D'Angelo/Curtis Hasselbring Big Band August 31st, Brooklyn @ Tea Lounge, 9pm and 10:30pm Ellery Eskelin with Erik Deutsch, Trevor Dunn, and Jim Black September 1st, NYC @ The Stone, one show at 10pm Jim Black and Skuli Sverrisson September 5th, NYC @ The Stone, one show at 8pm Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus& Jim Black September 9th, Lisbon, Portugal @ AVANTE! Fred Van Hove, Peter Evans, and Jim Black September 21st, Antwerp, Belgium @ Free Music Festival XXXIV at deSingel Uri Caine Goldberg Variations September 23rd, Brescia, Italy @ TBA Human Feel - Portugal & Spain - for bookings click here September 28th, Oeiras, Portugal @ TBA September 29th, Mallorca, Spain @ TBA October 2nd, Sevilla, Spain @ TBA October 3nd, Cadiz, Spain @ TBA October 4nd, Jerez, Spain @ TBA October 5nd, Barcelona, Spain @ TBA Hank Roberts Trio w/ Marc Ducret and Jim Black October 8th, Ulm, Germany @ Stadthaus October 9th, Brugge, Belgium @ De Werf October 10th, Bordeaux, France @ Bt 59 October 11th, San Sebastian, Spain @ Sala Club - Teatro Victoria Eugenia October 12th, Perpignan, France @ Perpignan Jazz Festival - Le Mediator October 13th, Nancy @ Le Pichon Jazz Club Tyft - feat. Hilmar Jensson, Andrew D'Angelo, & Jim Black October 14th, Sibiu, Romania @ Pavillion 2007 Festival October 15th, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess October 16th, Graz, Austria @ Stockwerk October 17th, Zurich, Switerland @ Moods October 18th, Berne, Switerland @ Swiss Jazzschool (workshop) October 19th, Tilburg, Netherlands @ Paradox October 20th, Utrect, Netherlands @ SJU October 21st, Toulouse, France @ TBA October 22nd, Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Café Wilhelmina October 23rd, Lille, France @ La Malterie October 24th, Köln, Germany @ Stadtgarten October 25th, Middleburg, Netherlands @ Café t'Schuttershof October 26th, Frankfurt, Germany @ Hessischer Rundfunk October 27th, St. Johann in Tirol, Austria @ Alte Gerberei October 28th, Pula, Croatia @ Caffe Bar Cabahia October 30th, Padova, Italy @ Circolo ARCI Unwound October 31st, Leeds, England @ The Wardrobe November 1st, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bim Huis Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black November 9th, Bordeaux, France @ Bordeaux Festival November 10th, Wels, Austria @ Music Unlimited Festival November 12th, Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Cafe Wilhelmina November 14th, Lisbon, Portugal @ Club Maxim November 15th, Lisbon, Portugal @ Club Maxim November 17th, Forli, Italy @ Area Sismica November 18th, Montpellier, France --cancelled due to train strike November 19th, Paris, France @ La Dynamo de Banlieuees Bleues November 20th, Strasbourg, France @ Festival Jazz D'Or November 21st, Homécourt, France @ Centre Culturel Pablo-Picasso November 24th, Gdansk, Poland @ 20 Years Jantar Festival November 25th, Krakow, Poland @ Klub Re Andrew D'Angelo/Curtis Hasselbring Big Band November 30th, Brooklyn @ Tea Lounge, 9pm and 10:30pm Uri Caine - Mozart December 7th, Philadelphia, PA @ Gershman Hall at University of the Arts Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black December 9th, Baltimore, Maryland @ Towson University- workshop at 3:30 pm / concert at 7:30 pm Peter Scherr's Headache with Briggan Krauss, Tony Scherr & Jim Black December 15th, Wuxi @ BCM Art Center December 16th, Shenzhen @ The Base Bar December 17th, Guangzhou @ TBA December 18th, Qingdao @ Qingdao TV Tower December 19th, Qingdao @ Creative 100: REDSTAR December 20th, Shanghai @ JZ Club December 21st, Hong Kong Central @ Le Rideau December 22nd, Hong Kong Central @ Le Rideau December 23rd, Chongqing @ Bossa Nova Bar December 25th , Beijing @ Yuyongyishan, West Courtyard Duanqi Rui Former Government 2006 David Liebman, Ronan Guilfoyle, and Jim Black January 12th, NYC @ the 55 Bar, 10pm Andrew D'Angelo w/ Eivind Opsvik, Jim Black, and guest Kjetil Møster January 17th, NYC @ Tonic, 10pm January 20th, Brooklyn @ Tea Lounge, 9pm and 10:30pm Uri Caine January 27th, Mexico City, Mexico @ TBA Quinsin Natchoff's Magic Numbers February 22nd, Montreal, Canada @ Espace Dell'Arte, 8pm February 23rd, NYC @ Tonic, 8pm Jim Black Workshop at School for Improvisational Music click for details February 25th, Brooklyn, NY @ SIM's brand new space - Workshop 1:30pm-5:30pm "Un-Pachora" w/ Chris Speed, Brad Shepik, Skuli Sverrisson, & Jim Black February 25th, Brooklyn, NY @ SIM's brand new space, one show at 8pm Human Feel Reunion - feat. Andrew D'Angelo, Chris Speed, Kurt Rosenwinkel, & Jim Black February 26th, NYC @ Tonic, 8pm February 27th, NYC @ Fat Cat, 10pm Peter Scherr's Headache with Briggan Krauss, Tony Scherr & Jim Black - China Tour March 3rd & 4th, Hong Kong @ Fringe Club March 6th, Hong Kong @ Dinamoe Club March 7th & 8th, Hang Zhou @ Yellow House (loose translation) March 9th, Shanghai @ Five on the Bund March 10th & 11th, Tsingdao @ TBA Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black March 17th, NYC @ Roulette Series at Location One, 8:30pm Jim Black Solo March 20th, Bordeaux, France - Solo Concert @ TBA March 21st, Bordeaux, France - Workshop @ Music school of Lormont, 6pm AlasNoAxis feat. Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson, Skuli Sverrisson and Jim Black Europe March 22nd-April 9th, 2006 - New CD ReleaseTour - for booking March 22nd, Bordeaux, France @ TBA March 23rd, Brussels, Belgium @ Beursschouwburg March 24th, Winterthur, Switzerland @ Alte Kaserne March 25th, Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Lantaren Venster March 26th, Koeln, Germany @ Stadtgarten March 27th, Enschede, Netherlands @ Jazz Podium Drienerio March 28th, Aarhus, Denmark @ Musikcafeen March 30th, Amiens, France @ TBA March 31st, Willisau, Switzerland @ TBA April 1st, Bulle, Switzerland @ Ebullition April 2nd, Geneva, Switzerland @ Sud des Alpes - AMR April 3rd, Paris, France @ Studio de L`Ermitage April 5th, Katovice, Poland @ Jazz Club Hipnoza April 6th, Rome, Italy @ La Palma April 8th, Budapest, Hungary @ Trafo - House of Contemporary Arts Jenny Scheinman w/ Todd Sickafoose and Jim Black April 17th, Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes, 7pm-9pm Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black April 20th, Philadelphia, PA @ The Cinema April 21st, Washington, DC @ Sangha Cafe, 10pm April 22nd, Baltimore, MD @ An Die Musik April 23rd, NYC @ 55 Bar, 10pm and 11:30pm Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black plus Jessica Constable April 28th, Montoison, France @ HICAM April 29th, Stans, Switerland @ Stanser Musiktage Festival April 30th, Venizia Marghera, Italy @ Risonanza 2006- Teatro Aurora May 1st, Antwerp, Belgium @ Buster Jazz May 2nd, Koeln, Germany @ Stadtgarten May 3rd, Berlin, Germany @ Ausland May 5th, Poitiers, France @ Jazz a Poitiers May 6th, Paris, France @ Le Triton May 7th, Rennes, France @ Bon Accueil May 8th, Toulouse, France @ Théâtre du Pavé May 9th, Arles, France @ Jazz en Arles May 10th and 11th, France - Recording a new cd with the band May 12th, Nante, France @ Pannonica May 13th, Utrecht, The Netherlands @ SJU Jazzpodium Nguyen Lê - "Trance/Silence" project May 20th, Duisberg, Germany @ Traumzeit Festival 2006 - Kraftzentrale, 8 pm Uri Caine - Remix of Mahler's Sixth Symphony May 27th, Essen, Germany @ Philharmonie- Alfried Krupp Saal Jim Black Workshop May 28th, Essen, Germany @ TBA - email me for details Ronan Guilfoyle, Julian Argüelles and Jim Black - new cd release tour on Auand May 30th, Leeds, UK @ The Wardrobe May 31st, Edinburgh, UK @ Jazz Centre at The Lot June 1st, Sligo, Ireland @ The Factory Performance Space June 2nd, Belfast @ Pavilion Bar June 3rd, Bray - Co Wicklow, Ireland @ Mermaid Arts Centre Uri Caine - Mozart Remixed at the Holland Festival June 16th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Amstelkerk, 9pm June 17th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Amstelkerk, 10:45pm June 18th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Amstelkerk, 10:45pm AlasNoAxis - Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson, Skuli Sverrisson and Jim Black New cd release shows - "Dogs of Great Indifference" on W&W June 27th, Vancouver, Canada @ Vancouver International Jazz Festival - The Ironworks, 8pm June 29th, Vancouver, Canada @ Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Vancouver East Cutural Center, 8pm Uri Caine - Goldberg Variations Reimagined at the Oregon Bach Festival July 7th, Eugene, Oregon @ Silva Hall, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, 8pm Kris Defoort Sound Plaza w/ Mark Turner, Nic Thys, and Jim Black July 14th, Ghent, Belgium @ Bluenote Festival, 6:30pm Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus& Jim Black July 15th, Portalegre, Portugal @ Centro De Artes Arge Workshop for Jazz and Improvised Music July 17th- 22nd, Salzburg, Austria Uri Caine - Mozart Remixed July 24th, San Sebastian, Spain @ Jazzaldia San Sebastian July 25-29th, Rome, Italy @ TBA School for Improvisational Music Workshop - click for details August 7th-11th, Brooklyn, NY @ Center for Improvisational Music August 9th, Brooklyn, NY @ Faculty Concert Center for Improvisational Music Jenny Scheinman w/ Jason Moran, Todd Sickafoose, and Jim Black August 12th, Newport, RI, @ JVC Jazz Festival - Fort Adams State Park, 12pm Grasshopper: Briggan Krauss, Ikue Mori, and Jim Black August 12th, NYC @ the Stone, 10pm Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black August 13th, NYC @ 55 Bar, 9:30pm and 11pm-ish Satoko Fujii Quartet w/ Mark Dresser, and Natsuki Tamura - Japan Tour August 16th, Nagoya, Japan @ Jazz Club Lovely, 8pm August 17th, Kobe, Japan @ Big Apple, 7:30pm and 9pm August 19th, Takeyama, Japan @ Yuhokan, 7pm - info@rutosa.com August 20th, Isahaya, Japan @ Tarami Library - Umi no Hall, 7pm August 23rd, Tokyo, Japan @ Buddy, 7:30pm August 24th, Tokyo, Japan @ Pit Inn Shinjuku, 8pm Médéric Collignon, Jim Black, Maxime Delpierre, Arnaud Roulin Quartet September 9th, Strasbourg, France @ Pole Sud, 8:30pm David Liebman/Ellery Eskelin Quartet w/ Tony Marino & Jim Black September 13th, NYC @ Birdland, 9pm & 11pm, Celebrating Lieb's 60th Birthday! Tyft - feat. Hilmar Jensson, Andrew D'Angelo, & Jim Black European Tour - New CD Release "Meg Nem Sa" available! on SKIRL Records September 16th, Reykjavik, Iceland @ TYFT Master Class at Tónlistarskóli FÍH, 1pm September 17th, Reykjavik, Iceland @ Reykjavik Jazz Festival NASA, 9pm September 19th, Leeds, England @ Leeds College of Music, 2pm September 20th, Leeds, England @ The Wardrobe, 8:30pm September 21st, Wels, Austria @ Alter Schl8hof, 8pm September 23rd, Forli, Italy @ Area Sismica September 25th, Dresden, Germany @ Jazzclub Neue Tonne September 26th, Hannover, Germany @ Enercity Expo Cafe September 27th, Halle, Germany @ Objekt 5 September 28th, Aalborg, Denmark @ Studenterhuset Uri Caine : Tribute to Hungarian Folk Music October 10th, NYC @ Joe's Pub, 9:30pm Rob Price w/ Ellery Eskelin, Trevor Dunn, and Jim Black October 11th, NYC @ Tonic, 8pm Jim Black Workshop October 17th, Miami, FL @ University of Miami, TBA Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus& Jim Black - "Believer" CD release tour October 23rd, Lisbon, Portugal @ FNAC Chiado, 6pm October 24th, Coimbra, Portugal @ FNAC Coimbra, 10pm October 25th, Porto, Portugal @ FNAC Santa Catarina, 6:30pm October 25th, Porto, Portugal @ Teatro Rivoli, 9:30pm October 26th, Moita, Portugal @ Forum Cultural Jose Manuel Figueiredo, 9:30pm October 27th, Tomar, Portugal @ Cine-Teatro, 9:30pm - Workshop, 3pm October 28th, Lisbon, Portugal @ Casino, 10pm Tyft - feat. Hilmar Jensson, Andrew D'Angelo, & Jim Black Europe Tour Part Two - New CD Release "Meg Nem Sa" available! on SKIRL Records November 2nd, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Trytone Festival, with Flis & Napoli 23, Zaal 100, 9pm November 3rd, Tilburg, Netherlands @ Trytone Festival, with Flis & Napoli 23, Paradox, 9pm November 4th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Trytone Festival, with Flis & Napoli 23, Bimhuis, 9pm Uri Caine: Berio Project: Ofaqìm (Orizzonti) e Tempo Reale w/ Ralph Alessi, Julie Patton, Jim Black November 13th, Rome, Italy @ Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Teatro Studio, 9pm @ 10:30pm Hank Roberts Trio w/ Marc Ducret and Jim Black European Tour November 22nd, Strasbourg, France @ TBA November 23rd, Besançon, France @ TBA November 24th, Tilberg, Netherlands @ Paradox, 9:30pm November 25th, Brest, France @ TBA November 26th, Heidelberg, Germany @ TBA November 27th, Graz, Austria @ TBA November 28th, Vienna, Austria @ TBA November 29th, Zürich, Switzerland @ TBA November 30th, München, Germany @ TBA December 1st, Göppingen, Germany @ TBA December 2nd, Dortmund, Germany @ TBA December 3rd, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis Tempo Reale and Jim Black solo December 6th, Firenze, Italy @ Firenze Aeroporto, TBA Jim Black Workshop December 14th, Geneve, Switzerland @ AMR, TBA Jim Black solo - Triple Bill with Pohlitz (Thomas Strønen), and Pierre Favre December 15th, Geneve, Switzerland @ Ansermet Concert Hall Raz Mesinai's Myth of Nations December 19th, Catania, Italy @ TBA 2005 Laurie Anderson: Ten Postcards (w/ Skuli Sverrison) - EXPO Concerts, shows at 4pm & 7pm April 2nd & 3rd, Nagoya, Japan Ellery Eskelin, w/ Andrea Parkins and Jim Black plus special guest Tony Malaby April 13th, NYC @ 55 Bar, NYC Systems with Raha Raissnia (hand painted film and projections), Briggan Krauss (alto/laptop), and Jim Black (drums/laptop) April 14th, NYC @ Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave.(at 2nd St.), show at 8pm Satoko Fujii Quartet (w/ Mark Dresser, and Natsuki Tamura) April 16th, Venezia, Italy @ Teatro Fondamenta Nuove April 17th, London, England - Recording for BBC Radio 3, Gateway Studios Dave Liebman/Ellery Eskelin Quartet (w/ Tony Marino) - European Tour April 20th, Bruxelles, Belgium @ PP Cafe April 21st, Brugge, Belgium @ De Werf April 22nd, Rotterdam, The Netherlands @ Lantaaren-Fenster April 23rd, Winterthur, Switzerland @ Alte Kaserne April 24th, Gorzia, Italy @ Circolo Culturale Controtempo April 25th, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess April 26th, Dornbirn, Austria @ Spielboden April 27th, Franfurt, Germany @ Romanfabrik April 28th, Lugano, Switzerland @ Radiostudio April 29th, Tübingen, Germany @ Sudhaus April 30th, Cheltenham, England @ Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham Jazz Festival Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus & Jim Black - European Tour May 17th, Leipzig, Germany May 18th, Berlin, Germany @ Werkstatt der Kulturen May 19th, Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess May 20th, Regensburg, Germany @ Leerer Beutel May 21st, München, Germany @ Unterfahrt May 22nd, Fribourg, Switerland @ La Spirale May 23rd, Besancon, France @ Nouveau Theatre May 24th, Zurich, Switerland @ Moods May 25th, Köln, Germany @ Loft May 27th, Tilburg, Netherlands @ Paradox May 28th, Osnabrück, Germany @ Blue Note May 29th, Groningen, Netherlands @ Grand Theatre May 30th, Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Stichting Jazz nn May 31st, Marburg, Germany @ Cavete Wolter Wierbos, Steve Beresford, and Jim Black June 17th, Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bimhuis: Doek Festival #5 Tyft - feat. Hilmar Jensson (guitar, laptop), Andrew D'Angelo (alto sax, bassclarinet, laptop), & Jim Black (drums, laptop) June 26th & 27th, Rekyavik, Iceland @ TBA Uri Caine: Homage to Luciano Berio w/ Ralph Alessi, Julie Patton, Jim Black and Tempo Reale July 13th, Ravenna, Italy @ Palazzo Mauro de Andre - Ravenna Festival Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus & Jim Black July 14th & 15th, Lisbon, Portugal @ Hot Clube July 16th, Loule, Portugal @ Loule Jazz Festival Arge Workshop for Jazz and Improvised Music July 18th- 23rd, Salzburg, Austria Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black August 6th, NYC @ the Stonehouse Workshop at S.I.M. - School for Improvisational Music August 8th- 12th, NYC @ City College S.I.M. Faculty Concert w/ Tim Berne, Brad Shepik, Mark Helias and Jim Black August 11th, NYC @ Tonic, 8pm Raz Mesinai August 17th, NYC @ Tonic, 10pm Rob Price w/ Ellery Eskelin, Trevor Dunn, and Jim Black August 22nd, NYC @ Tonic, 8pm Andrew D'Angelo, Trevor Dunn, and Jim Black August 22nd, NYC @ Tonic, 10pm Andrew D'Angelo, Trevor Dunn, and Jim Black August 24th, Brooklyn @ Tea Lounge, 9pm Jim Black Solo and Collaborations September, 1st, Melbourne, Australia - Workshop @ Monash University September, 2nd,Melbourne, Australia @ Bennetts Lane, 8:30pm Solo and with Steven Magnusson (guitar), Julien Wilson (tenor sax), Scott Tinkler (trumpet) and Aaron Choulai (piano) September, 3rd, Brisbane, Australia  - Solo @ Powerhouse Centre for the Arts, 8pm September, 6th, Sydney, Australia - Workshop @ Conservatorium of Music September, 7th, Sydney, Australia- Solo @ JAZZ:NOW, The Studio, Opera House September, 8th, Sydney, Australia @ JAZZ:NOW, The Studio, Opera House with Phil Slater (trumpet), Carl Dewhurst (guitar) and Lloyd Swanton (bass) Satoko Fujii Quartet (w/ Mark Dresser, and Natsuki Tamura) - North American Tour September 10th, Guelph, Canada @ Guelph Jazz Festival, 4:00 pm September 11th, NYC @ Tonic, 8pm September 13th, Duke University, North Carolina @ Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, 8pm September 15th, Vancouver, Canada @ Norman Rothstein Theatre, 8pm September 16th, Portland, Oregon @ Creative Music Guild: Community Music Center, 8pm September 17th, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada @ Yardbird Suite, 9pm Raz Mesinai's Myth of Nations September, 21st- 22nd, NYC @ The Kitchen, 8:30 pm David Byrne and Frank London Brass Band Parting the Waters: The Hurricane Katrina Benefit September, 24th, NYC @ Town Hall, around 7:30 pm, tix Briggan Krauss, Wayne Horvitz and Jim Black (alto sax, keyboards, drums, laptops and electronics) September 29th, Brooklyn @ Issue Project Room,8pm Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black October 10th, NYC @ the 55 Bar, 10pm Assif Tsahar, Mat Maneri, and Jim Black October 11th, NYC @ Tonic, 8pm Carlos Bica's Azul w/ Frank Möbus& Jim Black November 4th, Ludwigsburg, Germany @ Enjoy Festival (Das Haus) November 5th, Göppingen, Germany @ Odeon November 6th, Lüneburg, Germany @ Jazz-Workshop (Kulturforum) November 7th, Berlin @ B-flat November 8th, Jena, Germany @ Jazmmeile (Café Wagner) November 9th, Leipzig, Germany @ Die Scheune Chris Bachelor's "Big Air" w/ Steve Buckley, Myra Melford, Oren Marshall and Jim Black November 16th, London England @ London Jazz Festival, Royal Festival Hall - Purcell Room, 7:45pm November 17th, Leeds England @  The Wardrobe November 18th, Cambridge @ TBA Tyft - feat. Hilmar Jensson (guitar, laptop), Andrew D'Angelo (alto sax, bassclarinet, laptop), & Jim Black (drums, laptop) November 26th, Copenhagen, Denmark @ Loco/Stengade November 27th, Arhus, Denmark @ TBA November 29th, Esbjer, Denmark @ TBA December 2nd, Reykjavik, Iceland @ TBA Bill Carrothers, Ben Street and Jim Black December 6th, Padova, Italy @ "Q" December 7th, Genova, Italy @ TBA December 8th, Ferrara, Italy @ Il Torrione December 9th, Bolzano, Italy @ Laurin December 10th, Firenze, Italy @ Pinocchio December 11th, Cava Dei Tirreni (NA), Italy @ Il Moro December 13th, Biella @ Biella Jazz Club December 14th, Roma, Italy @ Casa Del Jazz December 15th, Campobasso, Italy @ Grandi Magazzini Teatrali December 17th, Catania, Italy @ Valderice Auditorium December 19th, Trapani, Italy @ TBA Ellery Eskelin - feat. Andrea Parkins and Jim Black December 22nd, NYC @ the 55 Bar, 10pm BACK to the TOP 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