New York based American jazz bassist, composer, and band leader Jim Donica is pleased to present his original jazz music with The Jim Donica Quintet. In collaboration with musician and American expat Ivo McKeown, they have assembled some of the best jazz musicians in the France to perform music from Donica’s recording, “A Heroic Plan," and new compositions written during the Pandemic.
American jazz bassist and composer Jim Donica has been impressing audiences all over the world for over 30 years. As a sideman he has played and recorded with the best of the best such as, trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, international jazz guitarist David Becker and bebop guitar phenom Ron Affif. He has been an anchor for Broadway Icon Chita Rivera for the last 15 years and even toured and recorded with the Clash's Joe Strummer earlier in his career. Not to mention his 20 year Broadway career.
As co-leader Donica had a long association with the NYC based modern jazz group Urban Survival with pianist Eric Olsen and Drummer Chris Bowman. Their self titled album , "URBAN SURVIVAL (1999)" featured saxophone master George Garzone.Jim further honed his composition chops on their second release Storry Hill (2004).
Over the last few years his long standing association with former Urban drummer has yielded three different recordings in the free jazz realm . Brutalism with Houston based tenor player Woody Witt, 0419 with London based trumpeter Brant Tilds and saxophonist Joe Giordullo, and the 2022 release Continuum with guitarist David Becker which is on this years Grammy ballot.
As a leader he put out two recordings where he showcased his writing as well as his bass playing. The first being "Stepping Up" (2005) with drummer Peter Erskine, trumpeter Randy Brecker, pianist Bruce Barth,saxophonist Tim Armacost, and saxophonist Justin Flynn. His second, A Heroic Plan features Tim Horner-drums, Tim Armacost-sax, and the late Frank Kimbrough-piano.
Mr Donica was very pleased to debut the Jim Donica Quintet in October of 2022 in Tournus, France where he received a warm welcome from a full house. He was supported by a band that consisted of some of the best musicians France has to offer. The band is planning their 2023 European Tour and looks forward to a full schedule.
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