These Thursday night events aren't your average piano recitals but then again, Jim Hurley isn't your average music teacher."
If you're lucky, you might even catch the Beanie Babies and Doody Heads, an eclectic string quartet of elementary school-age musicians, or perhaps some of their middle-school counterparts performing an unusual mix of Pachelbel and Green Day. "Move over, SoMa some of the hottest Thursday night jam sessions west of the Big Apple are happening in a renovated newspaper building right smack in downtown Livermore. "Particularly noteworthy was Jim Hurley's extended, gypsy-tinged violin solo on the old Hot Licks' tune "I Scare Myself"." "Incendiary.Hurley's fiddle put the bow-shredding antics of cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw in their proper perspective." could stand toe-to-bow with any jazz,bluegrass or rock violinist today." "Violinist Jim Hurley plays with technical brilliance and gypsy-like fire." Blending influences from India to Zaire, jazz to zydeco, Hurley is one of those leading the charge into a melodic realm called world fusion." "Jim Hurley is a walking musical United Nations. Links to Jim's discography, YouTube, and photos.
Jim also serves as Artistic Director and instructor for Music Pathways, a non-profit music education foundation, affiliated with Livermore Valley Education Foundation. Jim collaborated in October 2014 with alumni of Rod Stewart, Jefferson Starship and The Tubes as Whograss, for a unique show at S.F.'s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. The combined Las Positas College orchestra, jazz band and dance department performed Hurley's Modern American Nutcracker for their 2013 Holiday concert. Night Harvest re-brands as The Surly Jackasses to back singer/songwriter Suzanna Spring. He performs locally with his original jazz quartet, Night Harvest also with American Idol alumnus Wolf Hamlin and The Front Porch Drifters, featuring winemaker Karl Wente. His playing is featured on many dozens of recordings. He has appeared on Saturday Night Live, at the New Orleans and Monterey jazz festivals, the Philadelphia, Winnipeg and Strawberry folk festivals, a few stadiums, some european castles, and numerous other venues, large and small, in 15 countries. He has performed with Queen Ida's Grammy-winning Bon Temps Zydeco Band, Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra with Jon Anderson from Yes, Dan Hicks, Al Stewart, Josh Groban, Smokey Robinson, Stanley Jordan, Zhao Hui, the Waybacks, Tempest, and Ancient Future. Music from Humboldt State University in 1981. Madeline Schatz, a student of Jascha Heifetz, and earned his B.A. Livermore native Jim Hurley began his music education in local public schools.
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