JIM MCNEELY

Post Bop / Progressive Big Band / Third Stream • United States
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American Grammy-award-winning jazz composer, arranger, and pianist, born May 18, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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Jim McNeely was born in Chicago, and moved to New York City in 1975. In 1978 he joined the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. 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 the Stan Getz Quartet. From 1990 until 1995 he held the piano chair in the Phil Woods Quintet. At the present time, he leads his own tentet, his own trio, and he appears as soloist at concerts and festivals worldwide. Jim's reputation as composer/arranger and conductor for large jazz bands continues to flourish, and has earned him nine Grammy nominations. In 1996 he re-joined The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra as pianist
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JIM MCNEELY Jim McNeely Quintet ‎: Rain's Dance album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jim McNeely Quintet ‎: Rain's Dance
Post Bop 1978
JIM MCNEELY The Plot Thickens album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Plot Thickens
Post Bop 1979
JIM MCNEELY From The Heart album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
From The Heart
Post Bop 1985
JIM MCNEELY Winds Of Change album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Winds Of Change
Post Bop 1990
JIM MCNEELY Stockholm Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely : Jigsaw album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stockholm Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely : Jigsaw
Progressive Big Band 1991
JIM MCNEELY The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely Featuring Dick Oatts ‎: Sound Bites album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely Featuring Dick Oatts ‎: Sound Bites
Progressive Big Band 1997
JIM MCNEELY Jim McNeely Tentet ‎: Group Therapy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jim McNeely Tentet ‎: Group Therapy
Progressive Big Band 2001
JIM MCNEELY Jim McNeely Trio ‎: In This Moment album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jim McNeely Trio ‎: In This Moment
Post Bop 2002
JIM MCNEELY Boneyard album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Boneyard
Post Bop 2007
JIM MCNEELY The Frankfurt Radio Big Band, Jim McNeely ‎: Barefoot Dances And Other Visions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Frankfurt Radio Big Band, Jim McNeely ‎: Barefoot Dances And Other Visions
Progressive Big Band 2017
JIM MCNEELY Jim McNeely / Frankfurt Radio Big Band / feat. Chris Potter : Rituals album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jim McNeely / Frankfurt Radio Big Band / feat. Chris Potter : Rituals
Third Stream 2022
JIM MCNEELY Jim Mcneely & Frankfurt Radio Symphony & Frankfurt Radio Big Band : Primal Colors album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jim Mcneely & Frankfurt Radio Symphony & Frankfurt Radio Big Band : Primal Colors
Third Stream 2025

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JIM MCNEELY Live at the Maybeck Recital Hall Series vol.20 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at the Maybeck Recital Hall Series vol.20
Post Bop 1992

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JIM MCNEELY East Coast Blow Out album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
East Coast Blow Out
Fusion 1994

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