January 18th-Jim Cooper Organ Trio Jim Cooper was awarded the 2015 ArtPrize Critic’s Choice Award in Jazz for his original composition “Third Circle” performed by the Jim Cooper Quartet. The Jim Cooper Organ Trio is a new venture and has been very successful. Jim has taught jazz vibraphone at Northwestern University, and currently teaches jazz piano at Lake Michigan College. His clinics and workshops focus on vibraphone technique, improvisation and combo performance. Jim is also an adjudicator, most recently at the 2015 Northern Arizona Jazz Festival. This trio swings! They will play originals from Jim Cooper’s CDs, as well as tunes from Alfredson's Dirty Fingers and songs from Grant Green, Larry Young, and Bobby Hutcherson CDs. Jim Alfredson is well known for his organ work with Organissimo. (Jim Cooper/vibraphone, Jim Alfredson/Hammond B3 organ and Jeff Shoup/drums)