Move Records Australian classical & art music, est. 1968

James Genus

James Genus (born 1966) is an American jazz bassist on electric bass guitar and upright bass, long established in New York as a session musician and sideman.

He is among the New York players who brought lived-in jazz authority to the studio set Place (MD 3285), interpreting original pieces shaped by an outsider’s idea of that city’s tradition.

James Genus is featured on the following titles

Front cover art for Place

Place

When Aaron Choulai was only twenty-one, Paul Grabowsky called this debut “a milestone in Australian jazz”. The disc presents original compositions recorded in a New York studio with leading American players.

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