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Jim Beard

Jim Beard is a keyboarder, not a typical organ player. His main instruments are the piano and the synthesizer. Nevertheless, there are some recordings on which Jim also plays the Hammond organ.

Since moving to New York in 1985, Jim has toured the world extensively with some of the greatest names in music including Steely Dan, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin and Wayne Shorter. He has recorded with artists from an extremely wide range of musical styles. From Dizzy Gillespie to the Brecker Brothers. Dianne Reeves to Meshell Ndegeocello. Toninho Horta to Steve Vai.

Jim has over 100 published compositions featured on recordings by John McLaughlin, Michael Brecker and many others and in books such as The New Real Book. He has appeared with the Metropole Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and performed in major festivals such as JVC, Montreux, Live Under the Sky, North Sea, Montreal, and stages in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Blue Note (New York and Japan), CBGBs, Montmartre and many more. His writing has been used in television, movies and radio call signals and his piano playing can be heard in major Hollywood film scores.

He has produced dozens of recordings for artists such as Mike Stern, Bob Berg, Bill Evans, Eliane Elias and others. Jim has sat in the producer's chair for projects that have included Chick Corea, Al Jarreau, Medeski Martin and Wood, Bill Frisell, Marcus Miller, Richard Bona and Esperanza Spalding. Jim has taught and continues to teach at renowned music institutions around the world such as the Mason Gross School of Arts, Berklee College of Music, Aaron Copland School of Music and the Sibelius Academy in Finland.

Jim's music productions and compositions have been nominated for seven Grammy awards and Jim won a Grammy in 2007 as a featured performer on 'Some Skunk Funk' (Randy and Michael Brecker).

Time In Place Atlantic Jazz 7 81840-1 released 1988 recorded December 1987 in New York City/USA	Mike Stern, guitar Bob Berg, tenor sax, soprano sax Michael Brecker, tenor sax Jim Beard, keys Jeff Andrews, ass, fretless Peter Erskine, drums Don Alias, percusion Don Grolnick, organ
In The Shadows Denon 81757 6210 2 released 1990	Bob Berg, sax Dennis Chambers, drums Jim Beard, keyboards Lincoln Goines, bass Mike Stern, guitar Randy Brecker, trumpet Will Lee, bass
Back Roads Denon CY-79042 released 1991	Bob Berg, sax Jim Beard, piano, Hammond organ, synthesizers Mike Stern, guitar Lincoln Goines, bass Dennis Chambers, drums Manolo Badrena, percussion
Virtual Reality Denon CY-75369 released 1993	Bob Berg, soprano sax, tenor sax Jon Herington, guitar, mandolin Jim Beard, piano, organ, synthesizer James Genus, bass Will Lee, bass Dennis Chambers, drums Arto Tuncboyaciyan, percussion, vocals
Riddles Stretch Records SCD-9008-2 released 1994 recorded April-May 1994	Bob Berg, tenor sax, soprano sax, recorder Arto Tuncboyaciyan, vocals, percussion Gil Goldstein, ccordion Jim Beard, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, clavinet John Herington, guitar, mandolin John Patitucci, bass Victor Bailey, bass Steve Gadd, drums
Is What It Is Atlantic Jazz 7567-82571-2 released 1994 recorded in New York, NY/USA and Stamford, CT/USA	Mike Stern, guitar Michael Brecker, sax Bob Malach, sax Jim Beard, synthesizers, piano, Hammond organ Will Lee, bass Harvie Swartz, acoustic bass Dennis Chambers, drums Ben Perowsky, drums
Escape Cream Records CR 380-2 recorded in Bronxville, NY/USA	Bill Evans, soprano sax, tenor sax Jim Beard, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards Ken Meccia, trombone Wallace Roney, trumpet Jon Herington, guitar Gary Poulson, guitar Lee Ritenour, guitar Nick Moroch, guitar Ron Jenkins, bass Mark Egan, bass Victor Bailey, bass Marcus Miller, bass Manolo Badrena, percussion Billy Kilson, drums Steve Ferrone, drums Chelsea Orchestra, strings Loni Groves, vocals Mark Ledford, vocals Robin Beck, vocals
The Music Inside Shanachie 5022 recorded in New York, NY; Irvington, NY/USA	Chuck Loeb, guitar, keyboards, drums Nelson Rangell, alto sax, flute Andy Snitzer, alto sax Bob Mintzer, tenor sax, bass clarinet Gary Anderson, baritone sax Jim Pugh, trombone, bass trombone, tamboura Tony Kadleck, trumpet Eddie Daniels, clarinet Lawrence Feldman, flute, alto flute Michael Brecker, electronic wind instrument Jim Beard, organ Michel Camilo, piano, synthesizer Michael Colina, piano Mitchel Forman, piano Jon Werking, Fender Rhodes Mel Brown, bass Will Lee, bass Tim Lefebvre, bass Zach Danziger, drums, cymbals Wolfgang Haffner, drums David Charles, percussion Carmen Cuesta, vocals Rob Mathes, vocals
Starfish & The Moon Escapade ESC 03654-2 recorded May/June 1997 in New York, NY/USA	Bill Evans, soprano sax, tenor sax Jon Herington, guitar, bass Adam Rogers, guitar, mandolin Jim Beard, Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer Henry Hey, keyboards James Genus, bass Vinnie Colaiuta, drums Arto Tuncboyaciyan, percussion, vocals David Blamires, vocals Carolyn Leonhart, vocals
Outbreak ESC Records ESC/EFA 03682-2 recorded February 2002 in New York, NY/USA	Dennis Chambers, drums Aaron Heick, alto sax Michael Brecker, tenor sax Bob Malach, tenor sax, bass sax Michael Davis, trombone Randy Brecker, trumpet Jim Hynes, trumpet John Scofield, guitar Dean Brown, guitar, bass Jon Herington, guitar Nick Moroch, guitar Jim Beard, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, synthesizer, Wurlitzer piano Rodney Curtis, bass Matthew Garrison, bass Will Lee, bass Gary Willis, bass Daniel Sadownick, congas Arto Tuncboyaciyan, congas
These Times ESC Records ESC 4911	Mike Stern, guitar Jon Herington, additional rhythm guitars Kenny Garrett, soprano sax, alto sax Bob Franceschini, tenor sax Bob Malach, tenor sax Jim Beard, piano, organ, synthesizers Bela Fleck, banjo Richard Bona, vocals, bass & percussion Elizabeth Kontomanou, vocals Will Lee, bass Victor Wooten, bass Dennis Chambers, drums Vinnie Colaiuta, drums Arto Tuncboyaclyan, percussion Don Alias, percussion
Fuzzy Magnatude Records MT-2314-2 recorded September 2007 in Englewood, NJ; October in Los Angeles; October in New York City/USA	Oz Noy, guitar Jim Beard, organ, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer George Whitty, organ Shai Bachar, synthesizer James Genus, bass Jimmy Johnson, bass Will Lee, bass Anton Fig, drums Keith Carlock, drums Vinnie Colaiuta, drums
Big Neighborhood Heads Up HUCD 3157	Mike Stern, guitar Eric Johnson, guitar Steve Vai, guitar Bob Franceschini, sax Bob Malach, sax Randy Brecker, trumpet Richard Bona, vocals, bass Esperanza Spalding, vocals, bass Jim Beard, piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ John Medeski, piano, clavinet, Hammond B-3 organ Chris Wood, bass Chris Minh Dokym, bass Lincoln Goines, bass Cindy Blackman, drums Dave Weckl, drums Terri Lyne Carrington, drums Billy Martin, drums Lionel Cordew, drums
Sacred Bond Jazzline D 77073 recorded in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Randy Brecker, trumpet, flugelhorn Ada Rovatti, soprano sax, tenor sax, vocals Adam Rogers, guitar Jim Beard, Hammond organ Dave Kikoski, Fender Rhodes piano Alexander Claffy, bass Rodney Holmes, drums Café Da Silva, percussion Stella Brecker, vocals

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