Jim Bianco

Like fellow whiskey-voiced troubadour Tom Waits, Jim Bianco often seems like the product of another age. His jazz-tinged compositions--the result of his studying jazz piano at the prestigious Berklee College of Music--tell tales of wild-eyed dreamers and lowlifes pitch-drunk on romances. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Bianco can expertly play guitar, bass and piano with aplomb.