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For nearly twenty years, Jimmy Bennington has provided and developed an inimitable musical atmosphere that showcases his collaborators creative talents and places the drum in the role of timekeeper, colorist, and conductor. Always in keeping with the traditions of Jazz and Improvised Music, he employs strong elements of the Blues and Folk music to explore, propel, cajole, and inspire both musicians and audiences alike.   
Based in Chicago, after long residences in Texas (1990-1998) and on the West Coast (1998-2006), Bennington performs at a number of venues as a sideman or band leader with his group, Colour and Sound. Performing in the U.S. with regular visits to New York, Canada,  Europe, and South America, he appears at public schools, community centers, radio stations, festivals, and hospitals as part of a long standing relationship with the Children's Cancer Association. A distinctive sound has forged opportunities for the drummer to work and record with a diverse array of artists from the Jazz and Improvised Music communities and beyond and include...
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Radio Playlists

One Final Note, KFAI 90.3 FM Radio Playlist 7/18/2005
  1. Max Roach Quartet "Speak, Brother, Speak"

  2. from SPEAK, BROTHER, SPEAK (Debut)

  3. Sunny Murray "Three Is a Crowd"

    from PERLES NOIRES VOL. 1 (Eremite)

  4. Sunny Murray "Trail of Tears"

    from PERLES NOIRES VOL. 1 (Eremite)

  5. Sunny Murray "Now You Hear It, Now You Don't"

    from PERLES NOIRES VOL. 2 (Eremite)

  6. Gerry Hemingway Quartet "Spektiv"

    from THE WHIMBLER (Clean Feed)

  7. Whit Dickey "Calls"

    from IN A HEARTBEAT (Clean Feed)

  8. Owl Sounds "Upon Prisms the Form Has Taken"

    from CRY OF THE SAW-WHET (Colour Sounds)

  9. Milford Graves/John Zorn "Smooth Interaction"

    from 50.2 (Tzadik)

  10. John Stevens "Mbizo"

    from FAST COLOUR: ANTWERP 1988 (Loose Torque)

  11. Polar Bear "Polar Bear Standing and Ready"

    from DIM LIT (Babel)

  12. Jimmy Bennington "Two Fascinations"

    from MIDNIGHT CHOIR (OA2)

Taran's Free Jazz Hour
Radio-G 101.5 Fm  Angers, France  1/5/2008
presenting jimmy bennington, drummer
portraits & silhouettes: jimmy bennington/ julian priester  ThatSwan! 1005
oa2 records 22007
midnight choir: jimmy bennington, dr/ seth paynter, ss, ts/bruce melville, tbn/ john benjamin, p/ david klingensmith, b
KTRU Radio, HelenS Playlist 3/11/2008
"Straight, No Chaser" KBCS 91.3 FM Radio Playlist  1/29/2006 
Gerry Mulligan Tentette -- "Simbah" -- Jeru -- Proper
Gary Smulyan -- "Bud's Idea" -- Hidden Treasures -- Reservoir
Wallace Roney -- "Woody'n You" -- Crunchin' -- Muse
David Sanchez -- "The Extension" -- Sketches of Dreams -- Columbia
George Schuller / The Schulldogs -- "The Symptoms" -- Tenor Tantrums -- New World
John Ellis -- "Umpty Eleven" -- By A Thread -- Hyena
The Bennie Maupin Ensemble -- "Level Three" -- Penumbra -- Crypto Gramophone
Gordon Grdina, Gary Peacock & Paul Motian -- "Platform" -- Think Like The Waves -- Songlines
Nels Cline -- "Reconciliation / New Monastery" -- New Monastery -- Crypto Gramophone
Jimmy Bennington & David Haney -- "Fatima, Mi Amor" -- Our Dialogue -- That Swan! 1003
Mark O'Leary, Cuong Vu & Tom Rainey -- "Endgame" -- Waiting -- Leo
Paul Rucker Large Ensemble -- "From The Womb Suite, Part 1:  The Task" -- Live at Earshot -- Jackson Street
Billy Harper -- "Trying To Get Ready" -- Soran-Bushi, B.H. -- Denon
Rashied Ali Quintet -- "Dania" -- Judgment Day, Vol. 1 -- Survival
Muhal Richard Abrams -- "Ja Do Thu (Dedicated to Jarman, Douglas & Thurman)" -- Lifea Blinec -- Novus
Rashied Ali & Louie Belogenis -- "Saturn" -- Rings of Saturn -- Knitting Factory
Dr. Lonnie Smith* -- "Trouble Man" -- Jungle Soul -- Palmetto
David Utevsky Host, "Straight, No Chaser"
www.kbcs.fm
 Jazz from Blue Lake, WBLV FM 90.3 / WBLU FM 88.9 
Radio Playlist 10/31/2007
12 a.m. (Out On Blue Lake)
1. Jimmy Bennington, Street of Loneliness; Midnight Choir: OA2.
2. Jimmy Bennington/Julian Priester, Blount; Portraits and Silhouettes: ThatSwan! 1005.
3. Territory Band-6/Fred Anderson, Part 2; Collide: Okka Disk.
4. Jason Kao Hwang/Sang Won Park, Listen; Local Lingo: Euonymus.
5. Rempis Percussion Quartet, Black Book; Hunters and Gatherers: 482 Music.
  Jazz Datebook. www.bluelake.org/datebook.html
Flotation Device, KBCS 91.3 FM Radio Playlist  11/4/2007
1. Jimmy Bennington and Julian Priester  In Waltz Time- Portraits and Silhouettes  ThatSwan! 1005
2. Stuart Dempster and Greg Powers  Don't Worry It Will Come- On the Boards  Anomalous Records
3. György Ligeti  Lontano
Wien Modern  Deutsche Grammophon
Heard every Sunday from 10 pm to midnight
Host: Chris DeLaurenti
http://www.kbcs.fm
Information Radio Libertaire (FM 89,4 MHz Paris Ile-de-France)
Programme de l’émission JAZZ EN LIBERTE
par Gérard Terronès

http://radio-libertaire.org:8080/radiolib
Mardi 20 novembre :
Autour de quelques trombone
-         J.J. Johnson / Stan Getz sextet en public (1957)
-          Glenn Ferris  quintet (2004)
-          Steve Swell’s Fire Into Music (2006)
-          Sébastien Llado quartet en public (2007)
-          Steve Turre Ensemble (1997)
-          Craig Harris and Tailgaters Tales (1986)
-          Kid Ory’s Creole Orchestra (1922)
-          Marty Cook Group en public (1988)
-          Slide Hampton quartet (1972)
-          Dick Griffin quartet (1999)
-          Albert Mangelsdorff trio en public (1976)
-          Julian Priester / Jimmy Bennington  ThatSwan! 1005  (2005)
-          Roswell Rudd & The New York Art Quartet (1964)