Jim Sharples

Jim
plays bass for the
Jazz
Monsters and is
a graduate of
the
University of North Texas. Jim was a very successful band director at
Carroll and Richland High School and now works for Express
Industries
doing fund raising. Jim has been a very active professional
musician
for over forty years playing both piano and bass. He leads
his
own small jazz ensemble
and plays
with many other groups as well. Jim played with the Metro
Praise Orchestra
for eight years and now plays with the Joshua Experience big band
ministry.
He played some
years ago with the Claude Gordon and Mal Fitch
orchestras.
Besides playing
professionally, Jim is tuning pianos and learning
rebuilding and
maintenance skills of piano restoration.