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James Carter Pankow (born August 20, 1947) is an American trombone player, songwriter, and brass instrument arranger who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. [2] He is best known for his brass arrangements, and for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and Walter Parazaider .
Making the Trombone Cool for 54 Years. An Interview with James Pankow by Kevin M. McManus. James Pankow is among the most influential and multitalented musicians of all time. A founding member of the rock band Chicago, Jim has written and arranged songs that have become the soundtrack of our lives. Chicago has recorded more than thirty-seven ...
James. Pankow. Founding Member – Trombone, Horn Arranger, Composer. My career began one day when I was only ten years old. I was a restless kid. The kind of kid that was constantly tapping on things. Beating on things and humming. It was like I was possessed by this musical drive, and my folks figured, “We better channel this or he’s ...
August 20, 1947 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Birth name. James Carter Pankow. Nickname. Jimmy. Mini Bio. The influential trombonist and composer for the jazz-rock group. Chicago, James Pankow was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 20, 1947. He ended up playing trombone by accident (the other, "cooler" instruments had been distributed).
Trombone player James Pankow is a founding member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Chicago. He also wrote many of the band's hits including the signature songs "Make Me Smile" and "Colour My World"--both part of his 13-minute, seven-song song cycle/suite "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon," which took up three-quarters of the second side of the ...
Margie Simon interviews James Pankow for the Journal of the Association of Concert Bands. When I heard the iconic rock band, Chicago, in 2019 on the banks of the Mississippi River near St. Paul, Minn., they had been playing 52 years – with three original members. I wondered, “Do they still have it?”.
Story by Melinda Newman. • 1mo • 10 min read. Chicago's James Pankow on Recording With Jimi Hendrix, Partying with Janis Joplin & Hitting a Major Milestone: ‘We're Going to Do This as Long as...
