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American musician

Person · Open Library

Works
2

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  • Art of Comping
  • The art of comping

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1949-05-18
Active to
2025-09-26

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1,622
Total plays
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Jim McNeely (born 18 May 1949) is a Grammy-nominated jazz composer, arranger, and pianist. Jim was born in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Illinois, and moved to New York City in 1975. In 1978 he joined the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band. He spent six years as a featured soloist with that band and its successor, Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (now The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra). 1981 saw the beginning of Jim’s 4-year tenure as pianist/composer with

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jim
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
jazz musician
Genre
jazz
Instrument
piano
Record label
Concord Records
Image
JimPiano.jpg
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start of work period
1975-00-00
date of birth
1949-05-18
Commons category
Jim McNeely
date of death
2025-09-26
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