(for a downloadable CV click here)
Artisits Performed With
Sting
Meshell Ndegeocello
Gary Barlow
Marti Pellow
Cat Stevens
Ben Watt
Paloma Faith
Chris Difford (Squeeze)
Hamish Stuart (Average White Band)
Zero 7 (world tour)
Brand New Heavies
Incognito (world tour)
Omar
Lalo Schifrin
US3 (european tour)
James Taylor Quartet
Patti Austin (Berghausen Jazz Festival)
Gary Moore,
Gerard Presencer
Guy Barker International Septet
Jim Watson Trio
The Organ trio,(Jim Mullen)
New York voices
Bobby Watson
James Moody (tour of spain)
Javon Jackson
Herb Geller
Pat Kane (Hue and Cry)
Jill Scott (Mobo awards)
Dave O’ Higgins
Julian Arguelles Quartet
BBC big band
Clark Tracey
Alan Barnes
Peter King
Jean Toussaint
Charlie Watts
Colin Towns Mask Orchestra
Claire Martin Band
Recent work
Currently playing keyboards in the Strictly Come Dancing House Band,
M.D for Marti Pellow (Wet Wet Wet) ,
Keyboards and Piano with Katie Melua,
and performing with Manu Katche’s band (Sting, Peter Gabriel)
Discography/Awards
Jim appears on Manu Katches recent release on ECM Records, and also ‘Live in Concert’ recorded in Paris for ACT records.
‘Sentimental Me’ Marti Pellow (featured as Pianist/M.D and String/Band Arranger
‘Soundtrack’ by Guy Barker ‘The Big Shake Up’ and the Grinders Monkey’ by the Dave’O’Higgins Band (Shortfuse records)
‘Life, Stranger Than Fiction’ by Incognito,’Autumnal’- Geoff Gascoyne Quartet, Gerard Presencers ‘The Optimist’ on Linn records
NYJO’s album ‘47 Frith St’ recorded live at ronnie scott’s.
Selected Discography
Manu Katche ECM
Manu Katche Unstatic
Manu Katche Live in Paris, ACT records
Katie Melua ‘The Flood’
Ben Watt – Hendra
Chris Difford – The Last Temptation Of Chris
Gary Moore – Power Of The Blues
Incognito ‘Life, Stranger Than Fiction’ (Talking Loud Records)
‘Oceans 11’- Soundtrack Album from the motion picture, (WarnerBros Records)
‘Buffalo Soldiers’- Soundtrack Album from the motion picture, (WB Records)
‘Just Like Heaven’ – Katie Melua. Soundtrack from the motion picture(Dreamworks SKG)
‘Get Happy’ Clare Teal, (Universal Records)
‘Soundtrack’ Guy Barker International Septet (Provocateur)
‘An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place’ US3 (Universal)
‘Love,Life and Gossip’ Rachael Calladine (Kwerk Records)
‘ED-GE’- Ed Jones/Geoff Wilkinson (Kwerk Records)
‘Just One Of Those Things’ Laura Zakian(Dancing Rhino LZDR 002)
‘The Heartland Set’ Joy Zipper (Mercury Records B0009K9OZI)
‘The Storm Inside’ Laura Michelle Kelly (Angel Records)
‘Back To Funk’ Rams Band
‘Slightly Askew’ Chris Bowden Band
’11 by 3′ The Organ Trio feat. Jim Mullen ,Matt Skelton
‘Way of life’ The Organ Trio-feat. Jim Mullen ,Matt Skelton.
(Flamingo West Records)
‘The Grinders Monkey’ Dave O’Higgins
Dave O’ Higgins biggish band Dave O’Higgins
(Short Fuse Records)
‘Too Marvellous For Words’ Anthony Kerr,Steve Brown
‘If You Could See me Now’ with Alan Barnes, Steve Brown , Andy Clyndert
‘Polka Dots And Moonbeams’ with Andy Clyndert, Steve Brown
(Zephyr Records)
‘Autumnal’ Geoff Gascoyne quartet (Jazzizit records JITCD 0026 )
‘Bums Rush’ Dominic Glover-feat. Andy Panayi, Mornington Lockett,Jim Hunt. (Timewarp Records)
‘The Optimist’ Gerard Presencer- feat. John Parricelli, Jeremy Stacey,Jeremy Brown (Linn Records)
Jim studied at the Leeds College of Music where he obtained a first class BA Honours degree in Jazz and Contemporary Music.
After Leeds he moved to London, studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he gained a Post Graduate Certificate in Jazz and Studio music, studying, among others,with pianists Simon Purcell and John Taylor.
Moving to London in 1996 , Jim began to work with a broad selection of artists both in the jazz and the pop idiom and continues to enjoy a varied selection of work with many different performers both live and in the recording studio.
Film Work
Oceans 11
Buffalo Soldiers(Joachim Phoenix, Ed Harris)
Awards
1998 BT jazz award- Rising Star
1996 Europ Jazz contest(Jazz Hoeilaart) – Best Soloist
1997 Winner- Worshipful Company of Musicians award
Teaching
Piano Tutor at Royal Academy Of Music , London
Organ tuition at Middlesex University