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James Pankow

Trombone player James Pankow is a founding member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Chicago. He also wrote many of the band's hits including the signature songs "Make Me Smile" and "Colour My World"--both part of his 13-minute, seven-song song cycle/suite "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon," which took up three-quarters of the second side of the group's 1970 album Chicago (also known as Chicago II), and was the its first long-format multi-part work. Other Chicago songs penned by Pankow include "Just You 'N' Me," "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long," "Old Days," "Alive Again," and (co-written with Peter Cetera) "Feelin' Stronger Every Day."

Born in St. Louis in 1947, Pankow started paying the trombone at age 10, when he went to sign up for his grammar school band and there was a long line for the instruments he really wanted to learn. He earned a full college music scholarship to Quincy College in Quincy, Ill., but didn't take it seriously and was in danger of failing unless he wrote a long essay about Renaissance music or composed an origina

James Pankow

James Carter "Jimmy" Pankow (born August 20, 1947) is an American trombone player, songwriter and brass instrument player, best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago.\n', '

Born in St. Louis, Missouri of German and Irish descent, Pankow moved with his family to Park Ridge, Illinois at the age of eight, where he started playing the trombone at St. Paul of the Cross Elementary School.\n', '

One of nine siblings, Pankow was influenced by his musician father, Wayne. He is the older brother of veteran actor John Pankow, who appeared on the TV series "Mad About You." His Notre Dame High School band instructor was Father George Wiskirchen, CSC\n', '


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James Pankow

American trombone player and songwriter

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Birth nameJames Carter Pankow
Born (1947-08-20) August 20, 1947 (age 77)[1]
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
GenresRock, adult contemporary, jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, arranger
Instrument(s)Trombone, keyboards, vocals, percussion
Years active1967 (1967)–present
Member ofChicago

Musical artist

James Carter Pankow (born August 20, 1947) is an American trombone player, songwriter, and brass instrument arranger who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago.[2] He is best known for his brass arrangements, and for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and Walter Parazaider.

Early life, family and education

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, of German and Irish descent, Pankow was one of nine siblings. He is the older brother of actor John Pankow,[3] who appeared on the TV series Mad About

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