Jim Cooper, the award winning vibraphonist, composer and educator, has been playing the vibes for over 50 years, leading numerous groups and appearing both as soloist and sideman. Over the years, Jim has performed with some amazing jazz artists like Frank Wess, Milt Hinton, Mark Levine, Marcus Belgrave, Ira Sullivan, Buddy de Franco, Jon Faddis and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and Michigan musicians Dave Bennett, Jeff Haas, Jerry McKenzie and Tad Weed among many others. Jim has taught jazz studies at the Taipei National Institute of the Arts, jazz vibraphone for the Jazz Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University and has given clinics and workshops around the country. Since 2001, he has taught at Blue Lake Fine Arts Summer Camp and is an adjunct music instructor at Lake Michigan College. He endorses Musser Vibes and Mike Balter Mallets. Follow link for more info.ย
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- 2/2/25 - Sunday Concert Series