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- Art of Comping
- The art of comping
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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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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Employer
- Hessischer Rundfunk
- 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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