LEE’S KEYS PRODUCTIONS

MUSIC PRODUCTION SERVICES

Hello, I’m Lee James, composer, producer, pianist. Having worked in all facets of the Chicago music scene for 40+ years, it was time for a change.
Now living in Nashville, I am offering my music services for post scoring, television, commercial ads, corporate, studio production and arranging. Please enjoy a sampling of my works on my YouTube playlist by clicking on any picture here. And while you're there, don’t forget to subscribe to see future projects as they are added. Thanks for visiting!

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Work

• Passport Jazz recording artist with The Warmers' Never Gonna Give You Up feat. Jeff Lorber and Darryl Thompson, 1985-86
• Toured with MCA recording artists , The Controllers opening for Anita Baker’s Rapture tour, 1986
• Formed Lee’s Keys Productions, 1988, a pre-production company for artist recording projects; commercial jingles and industrials; and composition, arranging, transcription and manuscript services
• Released Champagne, Christmas and All That Jazz CD for special merchandising campaign, 1991
• Formed RCM/millennia Records, a pop/rock/jazz label, 1998. Producer, A & R, label manager
• Released Take on the Rain from Chicago singer/songwriter Anne deLangis Thompson, 1998, producer
• Music ministry/pianist/composer for Church of St. Patrick’s, Wadsworth, IL 2001-2020
• Debuted Presentation of Our Lord Catholic mass, 2003, celebrating the Hebrew tradition employing Middle Eastern instrumentation. Performed again in 2020
• Commissioned to write Exultet, The Easter Proclamation for St. Patrick’s Easter Vigil mass, 2011
• Released double CD , A Season Called Christmas, poem, songs and arrangements, 2011. Writer, composer, producer
• Chief Music Officer for film and media production company RCM-3, 2020-present. Upcoming projects include a feature animated version of A Season Called Christmas

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About

• DePaul University, Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Jazz Studies, minor in Piano Performance
• Classical teachers: Dmitri Paperno, CBS recording artist, Russian concert pianist; Mary Sauer, principal pianist CSO
• Jazz teachers: Alan Swain, John Campbell, Larry Novak, Willie Pickens
• Teacher, Sherwood Conservatory, Chicago, 1987-1990, Midi Lab, jazz piano
• DAW music production (Cubase) built on 2” analog recording and mixing experience
• Avid home chef and wine enthusiast

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