Jimmy Halperin


Jimmy Halperin is an American Saxophonist and composer in avant-garde jazz and new improvised music.

Biography

Halperin has since 1970 been involved in the music of Lennie Tristano, and he got lessons with Tristano selv and Sal Mosca at a young age. The first recordings in 1986 he did within the Warne Marsh Quintet. Since 1982, Halperin worked with bassist Dominic Duval and the first joint recordings were made until 2003.
In 1997 Halperin released his debut album under his own name on the label Zinnia: a Tristano dedicated duet with Sal Mosca. In 1998 he joined the Thomas Andersen Quintet, and in 2001, he participated in a trio with bassist Don Messina and drummer Bill Chattin at Cadence Jazz Records. At this time he also worked at CIMP as a session musician with Duval and Jay Rosen.
In 2003 the result of closer cooperation in CIMP-was released on the album Joy And Gravitas, with interpretations of Jazz Standards, i.e. "A Night in Tunisia", "Love for Sale", "My Funny Valentine", "Don't Explain", "Naima" og "Round Midnight!, followed by the Duo album Monkinus by Halperin and Duval on the label CIMP. In 2009 Halperin and Duval recorded the music of Thelonious Monk on the albumet Monk Dreams, released on the Lithuanian label NoBusiness Records. In June 2009 they played at the Jazzfest Villach.
Halperin has also played with pianist Andreas Schmidt, Alex Hagen 'Stringproject', and in 2007, recorded in duo with guitarist Joe Giglio - "Sound Scape". In 2015 the album "Snow Tiger" was released, a collaboration with Swedish guitarist Pål Nyberg, with whom he toured extensively in 2015 to 2017. In 2016 he was featured artist with the Norwegian Kristoffer Eikrem Quintet at the Moldejazz.

Discography

Solo albums

;With Warne Marsh Quartet & Quintet
;With Dominic Duval
;With Halperin-Nyberg Connection
With Joe Giglio
2007: "Sound Scape"
;With Kjetil Jerve and Drew Gress
;Jimmy Halperin with Pål Nyberg Trio