Stafford L. JAMES Double Bass / Composer Date of Birth : April 24, 1946 6 Quai des Célestins Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. 75004 PARIS - France Marital Status : Married Tel./Fax : 33 (1) 42.77.87.51 EDUCATION 1976/ Woody Shaw, "Little Red's Fantasy", Muse • Chicago Conservatory College 1981 "Live at Berlin", Muse Bass Studies "For Sure", C.B.S. Rudolf Fasbender, Major Professor "The Best of Woody Shaw", C.B.S. • Mannes College of Music "Master of the Art", Elektra Bass Studies "Night Music", Elektra Julius Levine, Major Professor "Live in Europe", Red Records Stylistic characteristics: Fluid Arco Style where Contrebass "Lotus Flower", Enja plays Melodies & Solos. 1983 Bill Hardman, "Focus", Muse Pizzicato : Singing Quality in approach. 1984 Cecil Payne, "Casbah" Empathy 1986 Jimmy Heath, "Peer Pleasure", Landmark 1988 Ronnie Mathews, "Salana's Dance", Timeless TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1989 Barney Wilen, "French Movie Themes", Timeless (Contrebass - Classic) 1990 Pharoah Sanders "Moon Child", Timeless "Ballads", Timeless • United Nations International School (73-76) - New York 1991 Lavelle, "Tribute - Nat King Cole" • Umbria Summer Music Clinics, Perugia (84-86) - Italy 1976 Stafford James, "Stafford James", Horo • The New School - NYC (86-88) 1980 "The Stafford James Ensemble", Red Records • Music Conservatory of Sydney Australia (81 and 82) SELECTION OF RECORDED ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE - JAZZ COMPOSITIONS Kenny Barron, Betty Carter, Al Cohn, Alice Coltrane, "Bertha Baptist " Gary Bartz (Fantasy), Dameronia, Sonny Fortune, Dexter Gordon, Slide Hampton, Harvey Mason (Arista), Jimmy Heath, Bobby Hutcherson, J.J. Johnson, Milt Jackson, Lee Ritenour (MCA) Melba Moore, Woody Shaw, Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson, "Sashia-nova" Woody Shaw (Muse), Mingus Dynasty, Freddy Hubbard, Jacky Maclean, Art Blakey, P.J. Perry (Canadian Records) Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner Trio, The Stafford James "My Gift to You" Louis Hayes (Muse) Project (trio) and the Stafford James Special Project (Quartet) "Game" Woody Shaw (Enja) "City of Dreams", Stafford James (Horo) "Neptune's Child", " " COUNTRIES TOURED "Costa Bruciata", " " U.S.A. (including Hawaii), Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico, "Untitled Blues" " " Martinique, Guadeloupe, Norway,Sweden, Denmark, Finland, "12 for 4", "Del Samba" Stafford James (Red Records) England, France, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, "Cimiez", "Capo Tasto", "Thats What Dreams are Made of", Hungary, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, Italy, Sardinia, Spain, "Teotiuacan", Portugal, India, Syria, Sudan,Egypt, Morocco, Japan, Australia, "Sonatina for Viola d'Amore and Double Bass", New Zealand, Canada, Uzbekistan (Samarkand). "Spirit of Man" - Chamber Orchestra, "Ethiopia Suite" - 2 Basses, String Quartet, Drums and Percussion, (Premiered April 1986), SELECTION OF RECORDING EXPERIENCE "Untitled Solo Viola d'Amore". 1971 Albert Ayler Music is the Healing Force", ABC MAJOR LIVE PERFORMANCES : "Water Music", Paramount Impulse Festivals : "Stafford James Project" 1973 Gary Bartz I've Known Rivers", Fantasy -La Spezia Festival "Follow the Medicine Man", Fantasy - Ivrea International Festival 1976 Dexter Gordon "Homecoming", C.B.S. - Zelt Music Festival "The Best of Dexter Gordon" C.B.S. - Telluride Music Festival Robin Kenyatta,"Namosa", Muse - Village Gate, NYC 1977 Andrew Hill, "Spiral", Arista - Johnnie & Jazz Masters, Monaco Oliver Lake, "Heavy Spirits", Arista - The North Sea Jazz Festival 1980 John Scofield, "Rough House", Enja Stafford L. JAMES Double Bass / Composer (Continued) MAJOR LIVE PERFORMANCES : (continued) Recitals : - University of Texas at Austin, (Sonatina for Viola d'Amore and Double Bass) - 3rd International Viola d'Amore Congress European Premieres : - "Sonatina for Viola d'Amore and Doublebass" (1988) Europaisches Musikfest Stuttgart, Germany. - "Les pyrénées à la Mer" (1990) Orchestre National de Bordeaux. Radio : W.D.R. Cologne (Koln) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 ("Sonatina", "Sunrise", & "Abstemious", written for Viola d'Amore, Guitar, Vibraphone, Bass, Trap set Drums and Percussion. - Radio France - 1989, 1990, 1993 "Stafford James Project" - Bayerischer Rundfunk (Munich) 1993 "S.J.P." - W.B.G.O. - New York, U.S.A. - 1990 - Ukrainian National Orchestra - 1991 - WDR Jan. 1997 - Stafford James Special Project - NPS (Holland) Jan 97 - Stafford James Special Project GRANTS National Endowment for the Arts, 1976. COMMISSIONS Viola d'Amore, 1986 FELLOWSHIPS Recipient of the 1998 Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship Umbertide, Italy New York, NY, USA ADJUDICATION 1994 - Europeean Jazz Competition, Leverkusen, Germany) BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz The International Who’s Who in Music -Vol. 2 Pop Music (Melrose Press) Penguin Guide to Jazz (Penguin) Dictionnaire du Jazz (Bouquins) Encyclopedia of Jazz in the 70’s (Horizon) .