Guitarist, composer, resident professor and
coordinator of Jazz Studies at the University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville. James is an active performer who has played with Ed
Soph, Joe Davis, Rich Matteson, and Grady Tate. He was a featured
performer at the 1993 Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation's annual
meeting, Director of the 1993-94 Arkansas Jazz Heritage Big Band,
and leader of his own group based in Fayetteville, Arkansas.