Recent Highlights……

Joe Stilgoe

'New Songs For Old Souls' ( Linn Records )

5 Star reviews and #3 iTunes Album

Amy Dickson ( Sony Classical )

A Summer Place

Mark Edwards album 'In Deep'

#4 iTunes and Amazon Jazz Chart

Amy Dickson wins at the Classical Brits

Mastercard Breakthrough Artist of The Year for 'Dusk and Dawn'

Amy Dickson ( Sony Classical )

'Dusk And Dawn'

Classical Number One Album

Liane Carroll ( Quiet Money Recordings )

'Ballads'

Critically acclaimed Number 1 Jazz Album

LIANE CARROLL ( Quietmoney Recordings )

Winner Best Album - 2012 Parliamentary Jazz Awards

Liane's new studio album 'Up and Down' 12 beautiful songs featuring Kenny Wheeler ,

Kirk Whalum and many other leading lights in the jazz world.

iTunes No1 Jazz Album July 2011/Best of 2011

TWIGGY ( EMI RECORDS )

'Romantically Yours' feat Guest Appearances from Bryan Adams.

Richard Marx.

BRUCE FORSYTH (EMI Records)

New Studio Album from Show Business legend Bruce Forsyth featuring Bruce on top form with a roaring Big Band

NAT KING COLE ( EMI Records )

A new big band duet performance with Bruce Forsyth created from an original 1959 recording.

CARLEEN ANDERSON

New Tracks for Carleen's jazz record

'ALL ANGELS'

'Fly away' ( Decca/Universal )

(#2 Classical Album Charts)

KIRK WHALUM 

Grammy Nominated  'Round Trip'  ( Rendezvous Entertainment)
(Billboard Jazz No 2 Album )

RUSSELL WATSON ( Decca/Universal)
‘Outside In’

PETER GRANT ( Universal) 
Big band jazz tracks for ‘Traditional’ Album

RUBEN STUDDARD: ‘Superstar’
 U.S Pop #2 Single -R+B Single  #1 – Airplay #1
Grammy Nominated Best R+B Vocal track featured on Ruben’s debut album ‘Soulful’ 

FANTASIA BARRINO –American Idol Winner-R+B Star.
( US top five single)

AMERICAN IDOL 3 : Great Soul Classics
Soul and R+B Classics

AMERICAN IDOL: The Great Holiday Classics album
Classic 50/60’s style orchestral Christmas album

AMERICAN IDOL 2 ‘Great American Love Songs’  Album 
Cross genre ballads album (1,000,000 copies sold)

AMERICAN IDOL  (1st Series) ‘Greatest moments’ album

KELLY CLARKSON 

‘My Grown up Christmas List’ and ‘Oh, Holy Night’

before..........

Rachel Stevens 
(‘More,more,more’ Top Ten Single)

Fantasia Barrino –American Idol Winner
( US top five single)

Sia - Numb

 (featured in Channel 4’s ‘Six feet under’ and ‘Lost’)

Bebe Winans

Beverly Knight 
(Parlophone)
Tamyra Gray
(19 Recordings/RCA)

earlier….

MALIA
  ‘Purple Shoes’  (Sony France)
 
BILLIE PIPER
 “Something deep inside” (#4 UK Single Chart)

ATOMIC KITTEN
“Follow me” ( Top Ten UK Single

 S-CLUB 7 (19 records)

RONAN KEATING (Polydor Records)

BOYZONE (Polydor)

BRIAN KENNEDY 
"Now that I know what I want" multi-platinum album and singles
(19/Epic)

ASHLEY BALLARD (Atlantic US)

Back in the day.....

Arranging/programming/mixing and producing 

WHITNEY HOUSTON "Step By Step"
S-Club 7( 19 Records/Polydor)-‘Never had a dream’ ‘Have you ever’ singles
BOYZONE "Baby can I Hold You Tonight"
VAN MORRISON "album"
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL "2 albums"
BRIAN KENNEDY "Now that I know what I want" album and singles
ASHLEY BALLARD (Atlantic US)

In the beginning.......

Trumpet playing with:

SADE
JAMES BROWN
VAN MORRISON
INCOGNITO
ADAM F
LIANE CARROLL
KIRK WHALUM
PAUL WELLER
ERIC B & RAKIM
CHAKA KHAN
KIRK WHALUM
DAVID SANBORN
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
D-MOB
MIKE WESTBROOK BIG BAND AND ORCHESTRA
JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET

Education: 

University College School, Hampstead, London
Royal College of Music , London, England
Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

As well as his writing, production and Trumpet work, James has also produced 5 of his own albums, most recently "Ballads" which is a modern homage to the classic jazz ballad albums of the 50's and 60's, released  on the UK Jazz/Drum and Bass label Melt 2000.

James McMillan Solo Jazz Albums:

'Makin' Changes'

EMI/Toshiba

"Up all day, Up all night'

EMI/Toshiba

'The Savoy Remix project'

Denon

'Savoy Remix 2: The Rematch'

Denon

'Lush Life- 'Let Somebody love you'

Polystar

'Ballads'

Melt 2000

Away from playing and production, James has consulted to the Labour Party and UK Government on Music Education, is a signatory to the Government’s Music Manifesto, and has recently ambassador for and  consultant to the EMI Sound Foundation.

James is bilingual Spanish and speaks excellent French and currently lives on the English Riviera with his beautiful wife, five children and large, but affectionate dog.