Jim Brickman
Jim Brickman posing with a fan after a concert in December, 2006
Background information
Born	1961-11-20 Cleveland, Ohio  United States
Genre(s)	Adult contemporary (soft)
Occupation(s)	Composer, recording artist
Instrument(s)	Piano
Website	www.JimBrickman.com

Jim Brickman (born November 20, 1961) is an American composer and contemporary pianist. Brickman is known for his original solo piano compositions, which are classified as new age music. However, he is as well known for his original love songs and performing them with vocalists such as Anne Cochran, Hillary Scott, Martina McBride, Michael W. Smith, Michelle Wright and others. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 564 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,079 × 1,147 pixels, file size: 414 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This photo is self made. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream contemporary pop music, excluding hip hop, hard rock, and some teen pop music, which is intended for an adult audience. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... New Age music is a style of music originally associated with some New Age beliefs. ... Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea Schiff, July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas) is an American Grammy nominated country music singer-songwriter. ... // Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957, to Paul and Barbara Smith in Kenova, West Virginia), often nicknamed Smitty, is a Christian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. ... Michelle Wright (born July 1, 1961 in Charing Cross, Ontario) is a Canadian country music singer. ...

Career

Education

Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Brickman enrolled in the Cleveland Institute of Music taking courses in composition and performance, while taking business classes at Case Western Reserve University. His music career started when he was 19, when Jim Henson hired him to write tunes for Sesame Street. He was also hired to write commercial jingles while in college. Cleveland redirects here. ... The Cleveland Institute of Music is one of the nations leading independent music conservatories. ... Case Western Reserve University is a university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, with some residence halls on the south end of campus located in Cleveland Heights. ... Jim Henson, born James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990), was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ...

Recording Career

Brickman signed with Windham Hill Records to release his first album, No Words, in 1994. The song "Rocket To The Moon" from that album was the first solo instrumental song ever to be ranked on Billboard's charts. Four of his albums (By Heart, Picture This, The Gift, and Destiny) have all sold over 500,000 copies, qualifying them as gold records in the United States. Windham Hill Records is a record company, founded in the 1976 by guitarist and carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife Anne Robinson. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The description Gold Album is applied to recorded music albums that have sold a minimum number of copies (in the US, currently 500,000 sales). ...

Brickman writes a wide variety of music. Besides his piano compositions and love songs, he has also created arrangements of other songs. Several of his albums feature arrangements of children's music; he has produced two Christmas-themed albums The Gift (1997) and Peace (2003); and his 2005 album Grace concentrates on arrangements of well-known Christian music. For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is...

Since 1997, Brickman has also hosted his own radio show called Your Weekend with Jim Brickman, which is carried on radio stations throughout the United States. For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

Some of his songs include "Valentine" with Martina McBride; "The Gift" with Collin Raye and Susan Ashton; "I'm Amazed" with Lila McCann; "After All These Years," with Anne Cochran; "Love of My Life," with Michael W. Smith; "You," with Jane Krakowski; "Destiny," with Jordan Hill and Billy Porter; and an instrumental love song, "If You Believe." Other hits include "Rocket to the Moon" and "Angel Eyes". And now he is doing a chrismas tour with Richie McDonald. Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea Schiff, July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas) is an American Grammy nominated country music singer-songwriter. ... Collin Raye (born Floyd Collin Wray August 22, 1959 in De Queen, Arkansas) is a country singer. ... Susan Ashton (born July 17, 1967 in Irving, Texas), born as Susan Rae Hill, is a best-selling and award-winning Christian adult contemporary singer who topped the Christian charts throughout the 1990s. ... Lila Elaine McCann (born December 4, 1981 in Steilacoom, Washington) is an American country music singer who made her debut on the country music charts at age sixteen, with the single Down Came a Blackbird. To date, she has charted eleven singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs... // Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957, to Paul and Barbara Smith in Kenova, West Virginia), often nicknamed Smitty, is a Christian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. ... Jane Krakowski (née Krajkowski, born October 11, 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... ... For other uses, see Lonestar (disambiguation). ...

Jim Brickman has also starred in the now-on-DVD PBS specials "My Romance: An Evening with Jim Brickman", "Love Songs & Lullabies" and "The Disney Songbook." In 2006, he sponsored his first Jim Brickman Valentine's Day Cruise with Carnival Cruise Lines which has become an annual event.

In 2006, Brickman left Sony BMG for SLG Records, part of the Savoy group. This leaves only one artist with Windham Hill,George Winston, and may result in the end of the label. Savoy Records the name of two record labels, one in the United States of America, and the other in the United Kingdom. ... Windham Hill Records is a record company, founded in the 1976 by guitarist and carpenter William Ackerman and wife Anne Robinson. ...

Discography

• 1994 - No Words
• 1995 - By Heart
• 1997 - Picture This
• 1997 - The Gift
• 1998 - Visions of Love
• 1999 - Destiny
• 2000 - My Romance
• 2001 - Simple Things
• 2002 - Love Songs and Lullabies
• 2003 - Peace
• 2004 - Greatest Hits
• 2005 - Grace
• 2005 - The Disney Songbook
• 2006 - Escape
• 2006 - Christmas Romance
• 2007 - Homecoming
• 2007 - Hope

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External links

• The Official Jim Brickman Website
• InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse: Jim Brickman (TV Interview)