Source: Bay Improviser.
In the Spring of 2000, he founded the Electro/Acoustic Sextet of Oakland which was a melding of free jazz and ‘avant’ academic styles. The group performed in Oakland and at the Big Sur Experimental Music Festival in May, 2000. In the Spring of 2000 he performed in the 401 Festival at Theatre Artaud in composer Matthew Burtner’s piece for nine tenor saxophones, “Portals of Distortion.” In early 2001 formed: THE LEFT COAST IMPROV GROUP (see this title under ‘Artists’ on this site). In late 2002 Jim formed a third group SUBJECTS OF DESIRE which adds vocals and texts (written by Jim) to an avant improv approach. This ensemble has been through two incarnations and is about to embarck upon its third. They will appear on May 12th in the Art Performance Lab series at the 1510 Performance Space in West Oakland (see Bay Improviser ‘Calendar.’
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