Jim is the Director of Jazz Studies at George Mason University. He toured with the Woody Herman Orchestra for 3 years before a stint with the United States Army Band in Washington, DC ("Pershing's Own"). Among other gigs, he has worked with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, directed by David Baker. Jim is the founder and director of the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra in residence at the Center for the Arts in Fairfax, VA.

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