Welcome to James McCreavy's home page!

West Palm Beach guitarist - composer, James McCreavy, is one of South Florida's finest musicians.

- Vineyards - James and bassist Mark Fraser, Summer '08

Sweet and Lovely Desafinado Prelude To A Kiss Cocoanut Row Tanga Herblues Scattered Blues

James (Jim) McCreavy has performed with Perry Como, Trini Lopez, saxophonist Boots Randolph (Yakkety Sax) and with fellow composer Alex Harvey, who had a mega hit with the song, Delta Dawn. He has established himself as a composer and performer with such luminaries as jazz organist, Dr. Lonnie Smith (who spent his early years recording with George Benson) and multi - instrumentalist, Ira Sullivan, with whom he has recorded. Additionally, he works a great deal with Dave Hubbard (tenor sax) who also played with George Benson and Ray Charles. Recently James performed in South Florida with singers: Elaine Paige, Giada Valenti and Eddie Mekka (from the Laverne and Shirley show).

James has worked as musical director and guitarist for saxophonist Clarence Clemons from grammy award winning Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band. He has three CD's to his credit: Night Vision , containing many original works, Elegance , a solo CD on nylon string guitar and Caribbean Connection , his most recent CD, which features original compositions combined with island favorites. He is a versatile player who is comfortable with many styles.

Check out James' recent CD! "Later Moods" is perfect background music for your next dinner party.
	$14.95 u.s. or 2 for $25

James has played with Palm Beach and New York based society orchestras under the leaderships of Neal Smith and Mike Carney. He has performed at the prestigious Red Cross Ball and Heart Ball at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach with the Neal Smith Orchestra. Other regular venues include Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Via Viscaya in Miami, the Eden Roc (Miami Beach), the Kravis Center of Performing Arts, the Meyer Amphitheater. He has played with some of South Florida's more contemporary groups including the Steve Chase Orchestra and Hot Brass Monkey. James recently finished two years with Trademark (Don and Debbie Bestor) in the Leopard Lounge at the Chesterfield Hotel in Palm Beach. Click here for more info on James.

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