Sinuous, intimate, masterful, haunting, uplifting, unforgettable. All are adjectives that describe Jim's piano, organ and synthesizer work in Persephone's Dream. At Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Jim studied piano with Beverly Nero and Dave Budway and organ with Jean Raevens. Equally at home in classical, jazz, rock and pop genres, he also seeks and finds inspiration in the traditional music of China, Japan and India, was well as the folk music of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. From keyboard players in the vanguard of progressive rock (Keith Emerson of ELP, Kerry Minnear of Gentle Giant, Flavio Premoli of PFM) to jazz giant Chick Corea, Santana's Greg Rolie, the iconoclastic Thomas Dolby and international notables Akiko Yano, Masaji Watanabe, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Takashi Kako, Jim's influences are as rich as they are varied. By turns atmospheric and exotic, provocative and evocative, Jim's keys are the key to the latest PD sound.

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