Richard A. James
Performer and Composer
JAZZ, CLASSICAL, STANDARDS, POP, NEW AGE
Piano, Synthesizers, Bass, Vocals, Sequencing, Transcriptions
Richard James is an innovative and talented artist who has far-ranging interests. This becomes evident upon even a cursory examination of
bluemountain.com for which he
was the lead music contributor from 1996 through 2001.
Also evident
in the following sound clips that Richard recently recorded.
Richard
has a background in classical and jazz piano and string bass, and
for a number of years played in many of the local orchestras, and in
the pit bands of a number of visiting Broadway performances in San
Diego.
He has performed extensively in nightclubs and worked countless private engagements, and concert situations. As a result of his experience, Richard has developed a
broad variety of approaches to the tasks of composition and arrangement. He absolutely delighted in his work for the site during his term and we hope you do as well...
Richard has played in virtually all the major spots around San Diego, including the Civic Theatre and Symphony Hall as well as the "Hotel Del Coronado," Holiday Inns, Hyatts, Marriotts, Sheratons, US Grant., not to mention engagements in the LA
area and New York..... Some of the shows he has worked are Grease, Meet Me in St. Louis, Pia Zadora, South Pacific, etc., as well as productions for Starlight and the Old Globe. He has played with such jazz and blues greats as
Terry Gibbs, Charles McPherson, Illinois Jacquett, Big Mama Thornton, etc......
Since leaving bluemountain.com he has continued performing in the greater San Diego area, and is beginning to take on various recording projects at his studio, graced last year with the purchase of a brand-new Steinway "B" grand
piano, which, he adds, records beautifully...
Email Richard at
rj@richardjames.com, Phone: (619) 582-5250
If you would like to send
Richard an email message,
click on the envelope.
Email: rj@richardjames.com
