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About
Jim Luellen and the Jim Luellen Music Company
 JIM
LUELLEN - musician, composer, arranger, music educator
and owner of the Jim Luellen Music Co.
Jim
has been a professional musician in the
Columbus
,
Ohio
area for over forty years. Beginning in the late 1950’s he was the leader of
the Novelaires, a highly successful teenage Dixieland band that
performed extensively throughout
Ohio
and the
Midwest
. That group played special engagements in New York City (the Ted Mack
Amateur Hour), Toronto, Miami Beach, toured U. S. Airbases in
New England
and also had the opportunity to work with stars such as the Dukes of
Dixieland, Mickey Rooney and the Supremes. (Check
out a current issues of the Novelaires News
Letters) Through the years Jim has performed with many artists including Phyllis
Diller, Eartha Kitt, June Valli, Aretha Franklin,
Buddy Morrow, Paula Kelly, Jr. and the Modernaires
and toured with the “Stars of Lawrence Welk.” Currently
Jim plays solo piano and leads his own trio at
Columbus
’ Capital Club. Always in demand, he also performs with Vaughn Wiester’s Famous
Jazz Orchestra, Matt Ellis’ Standard
Time, the Jack Gorham Jazz Quartet,
and the exciting jazz vocal group, Vocal
Impact. Jim has also been the keyboardist for the
Lewis
Center
United
Methodist
Church
for fifteen years.
Jim
has arranged and composed in many different musical settings. He has scored
pieces for concert band, orchestra and various small instrumental ensembles. In
the jazz vein, both big band and small combo charts are part of his portfolio
and for choir he has arranged both sacred and secular pieces. Currently some of his compositions can be heard on two CDs, Echoes of the
Heart, Song & Verse and Voices of Prayer. These CDs
can be purchased through Jim’s company, the Jim Luellen Music Company, at www.echoesoftheheart.com.
After
graduating from Columbus North High School, Jim attended The Ohio State
University and received his B.S. in Education and an M.M. in Composition. As
a music educator, Jim taught for over thirty years, mostly with the Columbus Public
Schools. Currently he teaches piano to select students and does some vocal
coaching.
JIM
LUELLEN MUSIC CO. The
Jim Luellen Music Company, along with Echoesoftheheart.com, is an online
resource center for a community of independent musicians, writers, artists, and
educators. Products offered on this site were produced by this community and
currently consist of CDs [Spoken word, jazz, and Celtic] and original artwork,
including prints and inspirational cards.
By purchasing products from the Jim Luellen Music Company site you are helping
support these talented and independent musicians, writers, and artists as well
as fostering inspiration, self-expression, community, and joy.
Send us your review requests: jlmc@echoesoftheheart.com
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- 2008 by the
JIM LUELLEN MUSIC COMPANY
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