| James Garland Riggs
is an American saxophonist in both the classical and jazz idioms, big band director, arranger, collegiate music educator, and international music clinician.
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Career
As performer
As a freelance artist he has performed with
Frank Sinatra,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Tony Bennett,
Nancy Wilson,
Henry Mancini, and
Nelson Riddle. He has performed with the
Dallas Symphony, the
Fort Worth Symphony, and still performs with
The Official Texas Jazz Orchestra. He also is a prolific studio recording artist.
As educator
Until his retirement in August 2008, Riggs had been professor in the Jazz Studies and Performance Divisions of
University of North Texas College of Music where he had taught applied saxophone, directed the
Two O'Clock Lab Band, taught jazz arranging. Riggs has instructed many prominent alumni of the program at UNT.
Education
Riggs holds degrees from the University of North Texas (Master of Music 1972) and the University of Toledo. While studying at North Texas, he was a member of the
One O'Clock Lab Band.
Jim Riggs Humor
Clinician
- Rico International artist/clinician
- Buffet Crampon
Riggs plays the 400 Series alto saxophone with matte finish.
Family
Jim Riggs is married to Joanna Leslie Riggs (
née
Conaway). She retired in 2006 as a library supervisor at the University of North Texas.
Publications
- James Garland Riggs, An analysis of Jacques Ibert's Concertino da camera for alto saxophone and eleven instruments
(1972)
Selected Discography
- Riggs Rags,
SaxeTexaS Saxophone Quartet, James Riggs, Lee Pulliam, James Ogilvy, Terry Steele () – 2007
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# Ragtime Nightmare
# The Ragtime Dance
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# Sunflower Slow Drag
# Elite Syncopations
# Something Doing
# The Entertainer
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# The Favorite
# Weeping Willow
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