Jim Sauter

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Don Dietrich and Jim Sauter (right) at an appearance in 2004

James "Jim" Sauter (born July 23, 1953 in Nyack , New Jersey ) is an American jazz and improvisation musician ( saxophones , electronics).

Sauter grew up in the suburbs of New York City ; He had his first saxophone lessons in the public school, where he met Don Dietrich , with whom he has been friends since then. Sauter worked in the American noise scene, initially with the 1979 American trio Borbetomagus , which also includes Don Dietrich and guitarist Donald Miller , and which has published numerous recordings to this day. In the 1990s Rudolph Gray also brought him into his formation Blue Humans (with Alan Licht , Arthur Doyle , Beaver Harris ), with which four albums were created. Sauter also played in the underground and rock bands God Is My Co-Pilot and Scarcity of Tanks . He also presented several duo and trio albums with Don Dietrich, Thurston Moore and the drummer Kid Millions . In the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in 42 recording sessions between 1979 and 2006. Sauter uses amplifiers and effects devices when he plays the saxophone . Sauter's main job is as a museum and exhibition designer at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in New York.

Discographic notes

  • Jimmy Sauter, Donny Dietrich: Bells Together (Agaric, 1985)
  • Jim Sauter & Don Dietrich & Thurston Moore: Barefoot in the Head (Forced Exposure, 1990)
  • Jim Sauter & Kid Millions: Boanerges (Doubtmusic, 2013)
  • Kid Millions & Jim Sauter: Fountain (Family Vineyard, 2014)
  • Jim Sauter & Kid Millions: Bloom (Astral Spirits, 2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dick Soulsby: Thurston Moore: We Sing a New Language . Omnibus Press, 2017
  2. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 10, 2017)
  3. ↑ Jim Sauter & Kid Millions at Family Vineyard
personal data
SURNAME Sauter, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sauter, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and improvisation musician (saxophones, electronics)
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Nyack , New Jersey