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I think Jim Black basically influenced the entire new music/experimental jazz scene the world over. All of a sudden everybody was doing what he did, but IMO none did it better. Super talent. I spoke to him once. Nice guy. I wonder how he, and the rest of the NYC experimental scene is doing. The system certainly killed off all their venues. Gotta wonder how these people eat and pay rent.
Jim moved to Berlin a while back. They're in lockdown again. NY has been having outdoor performances... the streets and parks have seen some amazing music as of late. Of course with winter coming it's going to be rough. People are basically surviving off of grants and/or unemployment. Once unemployment runs out we're in some trouble if things don't improve.
Yeah, I see Germans out in the streets by the hundreds of thousands protesting those new lockdowns. Maybe Jim is joining them. He should be. His future as a live performer depends on it. I've seen some of the street performances here in NYC the past few months. I have no doubt some great stuff is being done, but overall it's a depressing affair. Masked and muzzled and playing for peanuts. Even the members of the New York Philharmonic are giving busking performances. They put a nice spin on it calling it "philharmonic in the park" or something like that, but having once been intimately involved with the New York Philharmonic, I can say for certain these people are not doing very well.
That's world wide imo....and science also supports this.
Pfft got nothing on my 10 year old ev-5. That’s still sold in shops.
I have one of those. Beefy. I hope that if someday someone breaks into my house that I can just take 'em out with this.
