“Jim Funnell … makes a convincing case for quality over quantity. A lot of living goes into making each of his works.” — Geno Thackara, All About Jazz | Anglo-French pianist/composer Jim Funnell began performing at Parisian jazz clubs in his early teens. After graduating from Berklee College of Music, where he received several awards as a student, he went on to win the Composition Prize at the “Trophées du Sunside” (2011). Besides frequently traveling to Latin America in his twenties to soak up Afro-Latin and Brazilian rhythms, Jim has toured extensively ever since (in the US, UK, Europe, and Japan) and self-produced numerous albums and singles, recently recording with musicians such as Chris Jennings, Jeff Boudreaux, Akiko Horii, Tomoko Omura, Nino Wenger, Franck Vaillant, David Fiuczynski, Asaf Sirkis, Ryoichi Zakota, Ryo Noritake, Dominique Muzeau, and Umberto Echo. As a bandleader, Jim has appeared at festivals and venues such as ShapeShifter Lab, Rockwood Music Hall (NY), Paris Music Festival, Sunset Sunside, Baiser Salé, Jazz en Touraine (France), Salt Peanuts, SOMETIME Kichijōji, JZ Brat, Royal Horse (Japan), the Malta Jazz Festival, and garnered reviews from outlets such as All About Jazz, London Jazz News, Jazz à bâbord, and Le jars jase jazz. Jim’s unique strand of jazz, tinged with elements of classical and world music, will take you to the fringes of post-bop (Swedish Clogs - Live), fusion (Bitcorn Soup) and even, at times, microtonal territories (Aquarius Funk).