Review and History of Jim Brimer and his traditional jazz band
A Review of Jim's Jazz Band by : Brian Harvey of EuroClub de Jazz
The Jim of Jim's Dallas-Fort Worth Jazz Band is the highly experienced and very talented clarinetist Jim Brimer who's been around the Texan jazz scene for many years and
not only with this - his own band. Together with the other players of his band he plays down home straight-ahead classic jazz with its roots
firmly in the birthplace of the music - New Orleans. They play as a sextet but like most working bands theses days they can 'down-size' to a
five-piece, a four or even a trio. Personally I'd dig deep to afford the six piece because they're such a good band - lively, inventive, exciting at times and
with an excellent repertoire of good old oldies. To summarize, this is a unpretentious happy-sounding band that I'd be happy to spend an evening with.
A Little History About Jim
Because dixieland jazz has been around for such a long time, dating back to the beginning of the twentieth century,
there are only a hand full of musicians still playing it now days. Jim's first engagement was with a high school jazz band that played for Dan
Blocker "Hoss Cartwright" when he was in town for a political rally. After attending junior college for two years and a state college for one year studying
jazz improvisation, Jim started playing single engagements through out the Dallas-Fort Worth area in different classic jazz bands. His steady engagements
started with a traditional jazz band playing "The Point", a series of nightclubs in Dallas and Arlington, for year and a half. During this time, he also played with
another dixieland jazz band that performed for the Ronald Regan's Inaugural Balls in Washington DC. Now, Jim Plays with six other classic jazz bands plus leading
his own old style jazz band in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
