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Jim Disner
Jim Disner is a guitarist and composer in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Disner has been involved
with music his entire life. He studied jazz and music theory at Metropolitan State College of
Denver in the late nineties where he met his mentor, the jazz-trumpet innovator and
composer, Ron Miles. From Ron he learned a broadminded approach to improvisation
and composition. During these years he studied guitar with Jerry Hahn (Gary Burton, John
Handy), Dale Bruning (a teacher to Bill Frisell) and theory with Fred Hess.
In 2002 Jim teamed up with fellow Ron Miles devotee Antwon Owens, a phenomenally
gifted and insightful drummer. Together these young men performed with or alongside
such notables as Stanley Jordan, The Bad Plus, The Under Dog Five, Ron Miles, Fred
Hess, Rene Marie, Keith Oxman, Shamie Royston, Mark Sabatella, Joshua Trinidad,
Tonali, Joe Bonner and many more.
Disner’s 2006 debut release, Persistence, borrows from rock, eastern European folk and
avant-garde as much as it does jazz. Clarinet-adventurer Andrew Alikhanov provides an
unmistakable Russian flavor. The ever inventive bassist Nathan Walter, and soul-infused
tenor sax man Greg Warren join Disner and Owens on this aural delicacy.
Together with Owens, Walter and Matt King (an alto sax virtuoso with a come-at-it-
sideways improvisational approach), Jim’s current project is Three Squared, a fresh fusion
of the "nu" jazz sound in America. They just released their new album Let’s Play Ping
Pong, and have been on tour in the U.S.
with music his entire life. He studied jazz and music theory at Metropolitan State College of
Denver in the late nineties where he met his mentor, the jazz-trumpet innovator and
composer, Ron Miles. From Ron he learned a broadminded approach to improvisation
and composition. During these years he studied guitar with Jerry Hahn (Gary Burton, John
Handy), Dale Bruning (a teacher to Bill Frisell) and theory with Fred Hess.
In 2002 Jim teamed up with fellow Ron Miles devotee Antwon Owens, a phenomenally
gifted and insightful drummer. Together these young men performed with or alongside
such notables as Stanley Jordan, The Bad Plus, The Under Dog Five, Ron Miles, Fred
Hess, Rene Marie, Keith Oxman, Shamie Royston, Mark Sabatella, Joshua Trinidad,
Tonali, Joe Bonner and many more.
Disner’s 2006 debut release, Persistence, borrows from rock, eastern European folk and
avant-garde as much as it does jazz. Clarinet-adventurer Andrew Alikhanov provides an
unmistakable Russian flavor. The ever inventive bassist Nathan Walter, and soul-infused
tenor sax man Greg Warren join Disner and Owens on this aural delicacy.
Together with Owens, Walter and Matt King (an alto sax virtuoso with a come-at-it-
sideways improvisational approach), Jim’s current project is Three Squared, a fresh fusion
of the "nu" jazz sound in America. They just released their new album Let’s Play Ping
Pong, and have been on tour in the U.S.
