"Diamond" Jim Greene

b. December 11th, 1951 in Chicago (Illinois)

JUST A DREAM

Black Magic

May 1995

Originaire de Chicago, il connait sa première expérience blues en voyant Blind Arvella Gray jouer dans les rues de la ville. Jim apprend la guitare et joue avec Gaye Adegbalola, John Cephas & Phil Wiggins durant les années 80. Grâce aux producteurs hollandais Gerard Robs et Kees Van Wijngaarden, il put enregistrer ce premier album de blues acoustique sous la bannière Black Magic. Excellent joueur en fingerpicking dans la tradition du Piedmont Blues, il reprend ici les standards des grands noms (Skip James, Robert Johnson, Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy) et ajoute quelques compositions personnelles.

Originally from Chicago, he had his first blues experience when he saw Blind Arvella Gray play in the streets of the city. Jim learns guitar and plays with Gaye Adegbalola, John Cephas & Phil Wiggins during the 80's. Thanks to Dutch producers Gerard Robs and Kees Van Wijngaarden, he was able to record this first acoustic blues album under the Black Magic banner. An excellent fingerpicking player in the Piedmont Blues tradition, he covers the standards of the big names (Skip James, Robert Johnson, Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy) and add some personal compositions.

COACH HOUSE BLUES

Cooling Board

1998

SNAPSHOTS

Cooling Board

2003

HOLDIN' ON

Cooling Board

2006

Accompagné de bons musiciens, Jim Greene continue son exploration du blues acoustique traditionnel. Ses reprises s'avèrent souvent intéressantes et bien jouées, on apprécie notamment "Custard pie", "Come and go blues", "12 gates to the city", "Jug band music", "Death come a creepin'".

Accompanied by good musicians, Jim Greene continues his exploration of traditional acoustic blues. His covers often turn out to be interesting and well played, we particularly appreciate "Custard pie", "Come and go blues", "12 gates to the city", "Jug band music", "Death come a creepin'".

SURROUNDED

Cooling Board

2012

Pour cet album, Jim propose une musique blues beaucoup plus orchestrée et élaborée que sur ses précédents opus. Un programme varié avec de bons moments comme "Shake 'em on down", "Right now", "Big leg woman", "Screamin' and cryin' blues", "Prison blues", "Talk that talk".

For this album, Jim offers blues music that is much more orchestrated and elaborate than on his previous opuses. A varied program with good moments like "Shake 'em on down", "Right now", "Big leg woman", "Screamin' and cryin' blues", "Prison blues", "Talk that talk".