The brief for this project was to produce arrangements for the live musicians and a click track synced to a video with additional instruments recorded. Sounds simple? There’s so many Sinatra shows around that this had to be done well -every note was transcribed from the original recordings and then painstakingly re-recorded….tempo synced to the originals to give the correct feel. It was no easy task! Have a listen:
James trained classically in Piano & Clarinet and studied Jazz at University.
He has worked as an MD & pianist at Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express Jazz club Dean Street, The Hippodrome, Leicester Sq Theatre, London Palladium, & was MD for the “Rat Pack” band for David Beckham (with Elton John as support!)