Jimmy Bennington/Julian Priester
Portraits and Silhouettes
© 2007  ThatSwan! Records 1005

A duet featuring legendary trombonist Julian Priester in a series of improvisations that include Duke Ellington's 'Mood Indigo', original compostions, and explorations in pure sound. Honorable Mention Best Recordings 2007, AllAboutJazz- New York.

1. Portraits and Silhouettes
2. Dust
3. Return to Saturn (by J. Priester)
4. In Waltz Time
5. Mood Indigo (by D. Ellington, B. Bigard, I. Mills)
6. Blount (by J. Bennington)
7. Call I
8. Call II
9. Re: Sun Ra/ Julian's Oral History

Jimmy Bennington - Jazz Kaleidoscope
© 2006  ThatSwan! Records 1004

A Jazz kaleidoscope of sounds. Evocative solo drums and original compositions. A live and unedited set of music recorded  one evening in Seattle, 2005.

1. Mallets (for Walt Dickerson)
2. Jazz Kaleidoscope
3. Churchbells of Willisau
4. Softshoe (for Enyard)
5. Colours And Sounds
6. Susanna
7. Favorite Chairs
8. Recurrence

Jimmy Bennington - Our Dialogue;
Live at the Tugboat, Vol. V
© 2006  ThatSwan! Records 1003

A duet with pianist David Haney captured in an intimate nightclub setting, July, 2005 Portland, Oregon.

 available on DVD

1. Twelve Bars by Herbie Nichols
2. Favorite Chairs  by J. Bennington
   
3. Susanna  by J. Bennington   Charity Tunes
   
4. Fatima Mi Amore  J. Bennington/D. Haney
   
5. Pretty Prancing Woman by Herbie Nichols
6. The Gemini   by J. Bennington
   
7. First Dialogue by J. Bennington/David Haney
   

Jimmy Bennington - Midnight Choir
© 2003 James Bennington   OA2 Records 22007

An early document with longtime collaborator Texas saxophonist/composer Seth Paynter. Recorded during two sessions in Houston, Texas 1996/1998.

Tracks:

1. The Mind   by Seth Paynter

2. Two Fascinations  by Seth Paynter

3. Street of Loneliness  by Albert Mangelsdorff

4. Equinox  by John Coltrane

5. Ganges  by Seth Paynter

6. Malcolm Pinson! by J. Bennington/S. Paynter

7. What Are You Doing For The Rest of Your Life?   by Michel LeGrand

Personnel:

Seth Paynter- tenor & soprano saxophones, vocal (1), hand drum (6)
Bruce Melville- trombone (2,4)
John Benjamin- piano (5,7)
David Klingensmith- bass
Jimmy Bennington- drums, arrangments