Theatre Credits as a musical director and conductor include; Let Us Fly (London Kings Head)Evita (European Tour) The Prince and The Pauper (Seattle & U.S. tour) Vivian Ellis Prize (London Palladium) In Nomine Amoris (Royal Academy of Music) Not Quite Bedtime (Edinburgh) Tin Pan Ali (Milton Keynes) Timeswitch (Kirkcaldy) Cinderella and Aladdin (Aylesbury) and Sinbad (Warwick). Jimmy was assistant musical director on All You Need Is Love! (London Queens & U.K. Tour) and Columbia Artists’ Strike Up The Band (U.S. Tour) and also worked on Mamma Mia (London Prince Edward) Bugsy Malone (London Queens & Tour) Outlaws (New York) Aladdin (Basingstoke) and Tin Pan Ali (Edinburgh).
Co-arrangements and orchestrations include The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (U.S. Tour) All You Need Is Love! (Queens & U.K. Tour) Eliot Ness (Cleveland Playhouse, Ohio) Iris (London Symphony Orchestra, Abbey Road) Every Breath You Take (Opera Pacific, Los Angeles) You Do Belong (Cast) Some Things Last For Ever (Beverley Stone) You Are So Beautiful (Billy Preston) and Long Distance Runaround (Jon Anderson).Jimmy produced the initial recording of Richard Stilgoe’s Upside Down Sailor, and worked for Nick Ingman on Lionel Richie’s Live In Hanover and Eric Clapton’s Grammy award winning Reptile.
Original recordings as a performer or orchestrator include Pendragon (National Youth Music Theatre) Rock Nativity (Josef Weinberger) The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Ann Margret) George Lucas and Steven Spielberg’s The Land Before Time and the PBS, ITV and Direct TV specials of the British Rock Symphony live, also available on VHS and DVD. Jimmy’s numerous television apperances either as a musician or presenter include Good Morning America (ABC) 10 best places... (The Travel Channel) Blue Peter, Royal Variety Performance, Jim’ll fix it, Spotlight, The Listening, The Royal Variety Performance, Live from the Dominion (BBC) Highway (ITV) and The Big Breakfast Millennium Night (C4).
Jimmy wrote the music for the musical 'Walk With The Angels' which workshopped in London in July, and also wrote the score to the reading of 'The Shadow Master' for Dragonfly Films, starring Tom Conti, Patricia Hodge, Janie Dee, Sheridan Morley and Judy Campbell.
Last year Jimmy completed a three year worldwide tour with Roger Daltrey, Peter Frampton, Alice Cooper, Tony Hadley, Billy Preston, Jon Anderson, Paul Young, Paul Rodgers, Gary Brooker and the British Rock Symphony with stadium and arena performances in the United States, Australia, the U.K., Europe and South America.
Last updated 11th June 2002