Richard James has performed extensively in nightclubs and worked countless private engagements, and concert situations. Richard has played in virtually all the major spots around San Diego, including the Civic Theatre and Symphony Hall as well as the major hotels and casinos all throughout the greater San Diego area. Some of the shows he has worked are Grease, Meet Me in St. Louis, Pia Zadora, South Pacific, Sugar Babies as well as numerous productions for Starlight and the Old Globe. He has played with such jazz and blues greats as Terry Gibbs, Charles McPherson, Illinois Jacquett, Big Mama Thornton, Barbara Morrison. In the late seventies and early eighties he played bass with the Jimmy and Jeanie Cheatham ensemble at the Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel. “The jam session every Sunday evening was definitely a “happening thing.” He is currently Musical Director at the One Heart – One Mind Center for Spiritual Living in Poway. He has performed in some of the best spots around town, either solo, or with his trio (pno, bs, drs), including the La Valencia Hotel and Eddie V’s in La Jolla, the US Grant, Sheraton, Croce’s to name a few…
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