James Muller: thrum



News:
01-11-2006:
A new CD from James Muller. This 2006 release is his brand new release, he teams up with Scofield bandmate Bill Stewart on drums and Matt Penman on bass. "Kaboom" has five of James' compositions, two by Sean Wayland and one "standard" by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein. Recorded in NYC it's a absolute blinder - listen to it and you'll see why John Scofield rates James as one of THE top players.

"This is a great album. James has it all.. I love his playing" - John Scofield"


You can listen and buy the CD from www.abstractlogix.com

Track 1 Honeycombs
Track 2 Kaboom
Track 3 Stacked
Track 4 D Blues
Track 5 Eindhoven
Track 6 Chick Corea
Track 7 Marcello
Track 8 All The Things You Are

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03-01-2006:
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Background:
James Muller was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1974 and began playing the guitar at the age of 12. Initially inspired by rock music he moved onto jazz at the age of 16. After two years he was working with Andrew Firth.

His skills have enabled him to play with:

Vince Jones, James Morrison, Dale Barlow, Don Burrows, Chad Wackerman, Adam Nussbaum, Mike Nock, Renee Geyer, Bernie McGann, Bob Sheppard, Mark Isaacs, Jim Kelly, Andrew Gander, David Jones, Steve Hunter, Scott Tinkler, Phil Slater, Sean Wayland and Barney McAll.

In 2000 James was co-winner of the National Jazz Awards held at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival and in 2001 won two Mo awards for best jazz instrumentalist and best jazz group. James has also had two tours of Europe with Chad Wackerman and the Theaktet.

Check out his web site for his full list of CD contributions or read the jazzgroove interview

Some samples of his playing:

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