Jim Hart is a

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, drummer and composer on the

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an contemporary

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and alternative music scene. He leads Cloudmakers Trio with Michael Janisch (double bass) and Dave Smith (Drum kit) and, since 2017, Cloudmakers Five with saxophonist Antonin-Tri Hoang and guitarist Hannes Riepler, in addition to Janisch and Smith.

Biography

From 1994–96, Hart attended

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. While a student there, he was a finalist in the

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competition and also won the

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Prize for ‘most promising musician’ in the

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of the Year competition. 1996 saw Hart move to London to study at the

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. During his time in London, he began playing with some of the most established and recognised names on the UK scene including

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, Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine, as well as developing close associations with other rising stars of his generation such as

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, Michael Janisch and Dave Smith. In 2005, he co-founded London's Loop Collective and his group Gemini released the first album on the Collective's label, Loop Records. He has twice been a guest with

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and the Jazz at the

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at the

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and Barbican Centre in London, has been the recipient of five British jazz awards, and was nominated for ‘musician of the year’ in the 2011 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. For the last five years, Hart has been listed by DownBeat magazine in the ‘vibraphone’ and ‘rising star’ categories. He has been resident in Alsace, France, since 2014, and is regularly touring across Europe with Marius Neset’s Quintet and Daniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution, as well as with his own projects. Jim Hart is a visiting tutor at the Royal Academy of Music and

in London, as well as tutoring at the National Jazz Collective Summer School and the Jazzwerkstatt in Sarwellingen,

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Projects

*Cloudmakers Trio *Cloudmakers Five *Duo Plus *Electric Biddle *Ivo Neame Quintet *Marius Neset Quintet *Primitive London *Velvet Revolution * Vula Viel

Discography

*Cloudmakers Five – ''Traveling Pulse'' (Whirlwind Recordings, 2018) *Jim Hart & Alfred Vogel – ''Come Rain Come Shine'' (Boomslang Records, 2017) *Cloudmakers Trio – ''AJMILIVE #7'' (AJMi Live, 2015) *Cloudmakers Trio – ''Abstract Forces'' (Whirlwind Recordings, 2014) *Neon Quartet – ''Subjekt'' (Edition Records, 2010) *Cloudmakers Trio with Ralph Alessi – ''Live at Pizza Express'' (Whirlwind Recordings, 2012) *Neon Quartet – ''Catch Me'' (Edition Records, 2010) *Jim Hart's Gemini – ''Narrada'' (Loop Records, 2009) *Neon – ''Here to There'' (Basho Records, 2008) *Jim Hart Quartet – ''Words and Music'' (Woodville Records, 2007) *Jim Hart's Gemini – ''Emergence'' (Loop Records, 2006)

Selected discography as sideman

2020

*Vula Viel – ''What's Not Enough About That'' (Vula Viel Records): drums

2019

*Vula Viel – ''Do Not Be Afraid'' (Vula Viel Records): drums

2017

*Daniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution – ''A Short Moment of Zero G'' (BMC): vibes *Primitive London – ''Planet Savage'' (Fresh Sound): drums *Marius Neset – ''Circle of Chimes'' (ACT Music): vibes/percussion

2016

*Mosaic – ''Subterranea'' (Edition Records): producer

2015

*Emine – ''Lullaby of Bedlam'': drums *Ivo Neame Quintet – ''Strata'' (Whirlwind): vibes *Marius Neset – ''Pinball'' (ACT Music): vibes *Vula Viel – ''Good is Good'' (Vula Viel Records): vibes

2014

*Kristian Borring – ''Urban Novel'' (Jellymould Jazz): vibes *Hart, Green, Ridley, Brown – ''The MJQ Celebration'' (King's Gambit): vibes *Jiri Slavik – ''La Jeunesse'' (Fire): drums

2013

*Marius Neset – ''Birds'' (Edition Records): vibes *Rueben Fowler – ''Between Shadows'' (Edition Records): vibes

2012

*Ivo Neame – ''Yatra'' (Edition Records): vibes

2010

*John Warren – ''Following On'' (Fuzzy Moon): vibes

2009

*Ivo Neame – ''Caught in the Light of Day'' (Edition Records): vibes *Michael Janisch – ''Purpose Built'' (Whirlwind): vibes *John Warren – ''Finally Beginning'' (Fuzzy Moon): vibes *Paula Rae Gibson – ''You Gather My Darkness Like Snow Watch It Melt'' (Babel): drums/vibes *Sophie Smith – ''You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To'' (Woodville): vibes *The New Couriers – ''Brazilian Thoroughfare'' (Trio): vibes

2008

*Tom Richards Orchestra – ''Smoke and Mirrors'' (Candid): vibes *Neon – ''Here to There'' (Basho): vibes *The Matt Wates Sextet – ''A Picture of You'' (Audio B): drums

2007

*Quentin Collins – ''If Not Now, Then When?'' (Sunlight Square): vibes *Clarvis, Barnes, Hart – ''Swinging in Studio One'' (Woodville): vibes *Adam Bishop – ''Sanctuary'' (Bishwan): vibes *Anjali Perin Quartet – ''First Reflection'' (Jazzizit): drums

2006

*Christian Brewer Quintet – ''Seesaw'' (Basho): vibes *Tommasso Starace – ''Plays the Photos of Elliott Erwitt'' (Frame): drums *Taeko Kunishima – ''Red Dragonfly'' (33 Jazz): drums *The New Couriers – ''Azule Serape'' (Trio): vibes

References

External links

Official site
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