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Feb 26 2007
WMGK 102.9 PM DJ SCOTT CARR SENDS ME OLD PHOTO OF OUR OLD DJ DAYS AT Z-95!!
Well it's been quite awhile since I placed an entry in the journal here--and here's a "blast from the past" entry...In another life(and different century)I was a part-time disc jockey for WZZO(Z-95)FM radio then located in the Westgate Mall in…Read more
Jan 18 2006
JIM MEETS AND PLAYS FOR MR. TONY BENNETT!!
On Tuesday night, January 17th, as I was about an hour into playing piano at Nino's Tuscany in Manhattan(where I do a regular Monday gig but was filling in for 10 days for Irving Fields)... a recognizable figure popped into…Read more
Dec 20 2005
JIM TAPES HIS 4th STINT ON "LAW & ORDER:SVU!!!
On Wed., December 21, 2005, Jim taped his 4th stint on "LAW & ORDER: SVU" which will air February 28th, 2006. The episode called "GONE" has Jim playing a father--he and his wife, who holds a crying baby, enter an…Read more
Nov 8 2005
JIM SINGS WITH LISA LOEB AT STERLING HOTEL, ALLENTOWN!!
Below is the text of the article written by Paul Willistein which appeared in the Nov.9-10, 2005 East Penn Press in the Lehigh Valley, PA. Check the "Photo Gallery" here at the site for action shots, and be sure to…Read more
Aug 21 2005
Jim plays for soap stars at his Nino's Tuscany gig!
When I showed up Monday August 22nd at Nino's Tuscany on W. 58th St. in Manhattan to begin my usual Monday nite piano gig--I was told it would be a slow nite with only 12 reservations on the books...but later…Read more
Aug 3 2005
JIM PLAYS A WEDDING GUEST ON ABC-TV's "HOPE & FAITH"!!
Kee Casting, who cast me back in 1995 to be one of the several news persons on the set of Mary Tyler Moore and Gregory Harrison's ill-fated CBS-TV series "New York News", called to book me for the zany ABC-TV…Read more
Aug 1 2005
JIM SITS IN AT "JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY" NYC!!
"Jim Caruso's Cast Party" at Birdland, 315 W. 44th St. in NYC is undeniably the most fun you can have on a Monday nite in Manhattan(with your clothes on). Comedian/singer Jim Caruso hosts this wild open mike that features some…Read more
Jun 2 2005
JIM PLAYS A JURY MEMBER ON "LAW & ORDER:SVU"!!!
Tuesday, May 31st I spent a 15 hour day on the set of the award-winning drama "LAW & ORDER: SVU(Special Victims Unit) thanks to Grant Wilfrey Casting in NYC.
(Visit the show's website at http://www.nbc.com/Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit/index.html ). On at least…Read more
May 25 2005
IT'S A SMALL WORLD--even in MANHATTAN!!
I was in NYC Wednesday May 18 for a Musical Theatre Workshop that ASCAP runs every year and afterwards went to a restaurant nearby at 117 W.58th St. where I knew an older gentleman named Irving Fields played piano(legendary player)...the…Read more
Mar 18 2005
Spotlight: THE ROGER GIRKE BAND!
After playing a gig at the Brookside Country Club in Pottstown on Friday nite March 18th, I decided to travel all the way into the Blue Bell area on Rt. 73 from Pottstown. I know that a great new Italian…Read more
Mar 15 2005
Jim sees Ann Hampton Callaway in NYC!
On Wed., March 16 I travelled to Manhattan to check out a songwriter showcase sponsored by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets(MAC) & ASCAP, featuring new cabaret-oriented songs performed at the Lighthouse at 111 E.59th St. in NYC. The special guest…Read more