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Jim Walker (flautist) (James Walker) was born on 1944 in Greenville, Kentucky, is an artist. Discover Jim Walker (flautist)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?
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James Walker |
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Educator, soloist |
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1944, 1944 |
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1944 |
| Birthplace |
Greenville, Kentucky |
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United States |
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Jim Walker (flautist) Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Jim Walker (flautist) Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Jim Walker (flautist) worth at the age of years old? Jim Walker (flautist)’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from United States. We have estimated
Jim Walker (flautist)'s net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin invited Walker to play on two tracks by Manuel de Falla on their 2006 album Two Worlds A live concert video is still being played on the Bravo and Arts & Entertainment (A&E) networks.
More recent Free Flight recordings are Free Flight 2000 (1996) on Warner Bros. Publication. Two additional CDs are available as part of the Yamaha Disklavier catalog: Free Flight 2004 and A Free Flight Christmas.
Walker appeared with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) on their 1998 album L.A.G.Q., performing on Chick Corea's "Spain (song)Spain" and on their 2002 album LAGQ Latin (2002), featured on a new composition entitled "SZSYGY". He joined classical guitarist Scott Tennant on his 1998 album Wild Mountain Thyme (Celtic Music for Guitar), performing Ian Krouse's "Da Chara (Two Friends)”.
Walker's solo albums are Freeflight (1987), Private Flight (1990), Music for Flute and Piano (1995), Jim Walker Plays the Classics (with Sara Davis Buecher on piano), Dancing Hearts: The Music of Bryan Pezzone (with Bryan Pezzone on piano), Dancing Hearts (Bryan Pezzone on piano) and D'Drum.
James Walker is an American flutist and educator. He is the former Principal Flute of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the founder of the jazz quartet Free Flight. Since 1984, he has focused most of his attention on jazz performance and flute pedagogy.
Walker has recorded with pianist Mike Garson on duo albums Flight of the Dove (1983), Reflections (1985), Flute Solos for the Performing Artist (1994), Walker & Garson Play Gershwin (1999), Pied Piper (2010), and The Music of George Gershwin (2012).
Walker's discography includes with Free Flight the albums The Jazz/Classical Union (1982), Soaring (1983), Beyond the Clouds (1984), Illumination (1986) and Slice of Life (1989), Free Flight 2000 (1999), A Free Flight Christmas (2002), and Free Flight: Forever (2012).
In 1980, Walker organized a jazz quartet featuring flute, piano, bass and drums. This group later become known as Free Flight. In 1984, he left the Los Angeles Philharmonic to concentrate on his work with the quartet and to do freelance work in Southern California and beyond. "After 15 years as a classical player, it was enough", Walker said in 1987. "In the beginning, I felt I was playing honest, wonderfully inspiring music. But after hundreds of repetitions, it wasn't so inspiring."
Walker's flute solos are included in movie soundtracks, including Nijinsky (1980), A River Runs Through It (1992), Far and Away (1992), Nell (1994), Two If by Sea (1996), Amistad (1997), The River (1997), Seven Years in Tibet, Titanic, A Beautiful Mind (2001), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Ice Age (2002) and Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).
In 1969, he joined the Pittsburgh Symphony as associate principal flutist. After eight years in Pittsburgh, he was appointed by Zubin Mehta as principal flutist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a position he held from 1977 until 1984. He also played principal flute for the New York Philharmonic (under Mehta) for that orchestra's 1982 South American tour.
