Jim recently produced, drummed and co-wrote guitarist Chris Poland’s full length “Resistance” as well as records by Felicia Patton, Lindsay Anderson, Danny Cronson and others. He has recorded or performed with bassist Mike Gordon (Phish), guitarist Chris Poland (OHM, Megadeth), guitarist Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats), bassist Percy Jones (Brian Eno, Brand X), Phil Tarver, Anita Wilson, Sam Beam (Iron & Wine), Rhymefest, Malcolm Jamal Warner and Rudy Ray Moore.

Jim Co-owns Narwhal Studios in Chicago and he does most of his drumming and producing there.

Narwhal’s clients include Taylor Swift, Counting Crows, Ed Sheeran, Califone, Donald Lawrence, Twinkie Clark and the Clark Sisters, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Joe George, Rhymefest, Iron & Wine, Anita Wilson, Fenne Lily, Laura Jane Grace, J. IVY, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cory Henry, Matt Jones Orchestra, Kurt Carr, Polo G, Glenn Kotche, Third Coast Percussion and Zakir Hussain, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Chris Poland, Ezra Furman, Pelican, Joe George, Walt Whitman’s Soul Children of Chicago, Into it. Over it., FINOM, Uniting Voices Chicago, Seeker Pearl, Reverb.com, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Wertico, Larry Gray & Fareed Haque, Joe Goodkin, Danny Cronson, Outburst on the 66, Felicia Patton & the Chicago Soul Revue, Calico Loco, Ronnie Malley, Julian Davis Reid and the Juju Exchange, Half Gringa / Isabel Olive, Samuel Aaron, Richard Gibbs, Califone, Ernie Adams, Vuyani Wakaba, Ink to Spill, Vasil Garvanliev, Josephine Lee, Alison Chesley, Susan Voelz, Taraf Ensemble, Arnell Newman, Sarah Marie Young, Sudan Archives, Sanford Parker, the Walters, Ur Mom, Isaiah Sharkey and many others.

Jim’s credo is “just play”.