Jamey Haddad, Paul Simon and guitarist Vincent Nguini
given Jim some solo multi-percussion compositions
That incarnation stayed together about seven years.
of mine. Paul heard those and asked me to come
I am the only one of those players that is still in
down to the studio and see if I could come up with a
Paul’s band.
musical solution for a tune he was working on.
He liked my sounds and my approach, and asked
Paul was much more patient than I was when it
came to developing songs and approaches to songs.
me who else I like working with. I suggested another
In the jazz world you would be lucky if you had two
percussionist living in Paris, Steve Shehan, pianist
days to make an album and even luckier if the
Alain Mallet (also French) and
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