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Jim Self
Jim Self is a Los Angeles freelance musician, a veteran of over 1400 motion picture scores, hundreds of television shows and records, and is tuba soloist on many prominent movies. His tuba was the "Voice of the Mothership" in John Williams score to Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Recent films include War of the Worlds, Lemony Snicket, Legend of Zorro, King Kong, Ice Age/Meltdown, Eight Below, X Men 3, All the King’s Men and Evan Almighty. He is Principal Tuba/Cimbasso with the Pasadena and Pacific Symphonies, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Los Angeles Opera and Opera Pacific orchestras
My America 3/My Country
By Jim Self
Label: Bassett Hound Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Chompin’ at the Bit; Wabashed; Jolene; Wichita Lineman; Rocky Top; Crazy; The Devil Went
Down…; Your Cheatin’ Heart; Folsom Prison Line; Sixteen Tons; I Can’t Stop Loving You.
Jim Self: My America 3/My Country
by Jack Bowers
Tuba maestro Jim Self, who always has a creative trick or two up his ample sleeve, has subtitled the third volume of My America, his recorded tribute to the land of the free and the home of the brave, My Country, to which he could have added the word “music," as this is an album of ...
Spike Wilner, Avishai Cohen, Bobby West & Laura Anglade
by Joe Dimino
We kick off the 912th episode of Neon Jazz with a fresh voice making waves--Laura Anglade, the enchanting singer blending deep French roots with a breezy American jazz flair, as we spin a track from her luminous 2025 album Get Out of Town. From there, it's a rich journey through the jazz landscape. We hear from ...
Feels So Good
By Jim Self
Label: Bassett Hound Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To; I Forget; Fanciful Dream; Cinema Paradiso; Feels So Good;
Isfahan; Super Mario; Midsummer; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Sidewinder; Riddle of the
Mode; Little Beauty; Blues Connotation.
Jim Self & John Chiodini: Back into the Future
by Doug Collette
The instrumental pairing of tuba master Jim Self and guitarist John Chiodini is an unlikely one to be sure, but the two veteran musicians have nurtured an equally uncommon chemistry. It is a musicianly dynamic so striking, in fact, that the two inspire not just each other, but the various other players to whom they extend ...
The Jim Self-John Chiodini Duo: Feels So Good
by Jack Bowers
Tuba maestro Jim Self and gregarious guitarist John Chiodini unite for the fifth time on Feels So Good, a studio date whose title neatly encapsulates its upbeat vibe. Even though it seems at first blush that the tuba and guitar should be playing in different leagues, Self and Chiodini somehow make the odd mixture work. Self ...
Alvin Queen, George Cables, Misha Tsiganov, Javon Jackson and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Alvin Queen, Daniel Pardo, George Cables, Misha Tsiganov, Adrian Cunningham, Day Dream, Steven Feifke, Javon Jackson, Joel Jeschke, Andy Wheelock, Steve Davis, Brandon Sanders, Bob Baldwin, Jazzmeia Horn, John Fedchock, T.K. Blue, Dexter Moses, Christian Sands, Music Soup, Teri Parker, and more. Playlist Alvin Queen “Blues For Sluggo" ...
Charlie Parker, Jim Self, Quincy Jones & John Fedchock
by Joe Dimino
Welcome to the 876th episode of Neon Jazz, where we kick things off in style with legendary trombonist John Fedchock live from Indianapolis. We start with his rendition of “Say When," a tribute to the iconic J.J. Johnson, celebrating what would have been the trombone master's 100th birthday. From there, we dive into fresh Charlie Parker ...
Nubya Garcia, Jim Witzel, Michael Dease, Orrin Evans and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Nubya Garcia, Jim Witzel, Michael Dease, Orrin Evans, Matt Panayides, Omer Leshem, Emmet Cohen, Teri Parker's Free Spirits, OJT, Matt Steckler, Peter Bernstein, Joel Frahm, Jonathan Powell, Dafnis Prieto, Mike Stern, Javon Jackson, Jim Self/John Chiodini, Dred Scott, Ed Neumeister, Christian Sands, and more. Playlist Nubya Garcia “Odyssey" ...
