Jim McNeely (born May 18, 1949) is a Grammy award winning jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. 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 1981 saw the beginning of Jim’s 4-year tenure as pianist/composer with the Stan Getz Quartet.
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- Jim McNeely ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist, Arrangeur und Komponist. McNeely studierte an der University of Illinois und kam 1975 nach New York City. Dort trat er mit Ted Curson und Chet Baker auf, bevor er 1978 Mitglied des Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (später Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra) wurde, dem er bis 1984 angehörte. Von 1981 bis 1985 arbeitete er als Komponist und Pianist mit dem Stan Getz Quartett, zu hören auf dem Concord-Album Pure Getz. Von 1990 bis 1995 war er Pianist des Quartetts von Phil Woods. Daneben arbeitete er als Komponist und Arrangeur u.a. für das Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra, die Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, das Metropole Orkest, die WDR Big Band Köln und das Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, wobei er zwei Grammy-Nominierungen erhielt. 1996 kehrte er in Mel Lewis' Vanguard Jazz Orchestra als Komponist und Pianist zurück. Von 1998 bis 2003 war er Chefdirigent des Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra. Daneben leitete er auch verschiedene eigene Formationen und veröffentlichte eine Reihe eigener Alben. Als Sideman arbeitete McNeely u.a. mit Bob Brookmeyer, David Liebman, Art Farmer, Louis Smith und Bobby Watson. Seit 1981 unterrichtet er an der Jazz-Fakultät der New York University und seit 1991 ist er Co-Direktor des B.M.I. Jazz Composer's Workshop. Außerdem gab er Sommerkurse u.a. beim Stanford Jazz Workshop und den Jamey Aebersold's Summer Jazz Clinics. Seit Herbst 2011 wirkte McNeely als Chefdirigent der hr-Bigband des Hessischen Rundfunks in Frankfurt am Main.
- Jim McNeely (born May 18, 1949) is a Grammy award winning jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. 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 1981 saw the beginning of Jim’s 4-year tenure as pianist/composer with the Stan Getz Quartet. From 1990 until 1995 he held the piano chair in the Phil Woods Quintet. In 1996 he re-joined the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra as pianist and composer-in-residence, a position that he still holds. From 1998 to 2003 he was chief conductor of the DR Big Band in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is currently chief conductor of the HR Big Band in Frankfurt, Germany. He continues to appear as guest with many of Europe's leading jazz orchestras such as The Metropole Orchestra (The Netherlands) and The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra (Sweden). Jim also leads his own tentet, his own trio, and appears as soloist at concerts and festivals worldwide. He has recorded more than a dozen CDs under his own name, earning nine Grammy nominations between 1997 and 2006. In 2008, he was awarded a Grammy with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra for their album Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard (Planet Arts). McNeely serves on the faculties of Manhattan School of Music, William Paterson University, and is musical director of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop. From 2011 on McNeely will conduct the hr-Bigband, the bigband of the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He resides in Montclair, New Jersey. He has two siblings, a younger sister and a younger brother.
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- Jim McNeely ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist, Arrangeur und Komponist. McNeely studierte an der University of Illinois und kam 1975 nach New York City. Dort trat er mit Ted Curson und Chet Baker auf, bevor er 1978 Mitglied des Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (später Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra) wurde, dem er bis 1984 angehörte. Von 1981 bis 1985 arbeitete er als Komponist und Pianist mit dem Stan Getz Quartett, zu hören auf dem Concord-Album Pure Getz.
- Jim McNeely (born May 18, 1949) is a Grammy award winning jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. 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 1981 saw the beginning of Jim’s 4-year tenure as pianist/composer with the Stan Getz Quartet.
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