For the American environmental engineer, see James F. Pankow.
James Pankow
Pankow in 2022
Background information
Birth name
James Carter Pankow
Born
(1947-08-20) August 20, 1947 (age 76)[1] St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Genres
Rock, adult contemporary, jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician, songwriter, arranger
Instrument(s)
Trombone, keyboards, vocals, percussion
Years active
1967 (1967)–present
Member of
Chicago
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.
^"City celebrates 72nd birthday of Chicago's legendary trombonist, Jimmy Pankow". My Buckhannon. August 20, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
^"James Pankow – Chicago". Retrieved July 16, 2019.
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...
His elder brother is trombonist/composer JamesPankow, a founding member of the rock group Chicago. Pankow grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, and attended...
saxophonist Walter Parazaider, trumpeter Lee Loughnane and trombonist JamesPankow, the band added bassist and vocalist Peter Cetera in December 1967. The...
response to some of Chicago's negative reviewers in "Critics' Choice". JamesPankow wrote the album's two hits, "Just You 'n' Me", which peaked at No. 4...
known for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside JamesPankow and Walter Parazaider. Lee David Loughnane was born in Elmwood Park,...
rockers "Manipulation" and "I'd Rather Be Rich" (a song from 1975); JamesPankow delivered the uptempo – if downbeat – "The American Dream"; and Lamm...
one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and JamesPankow. Parazaider is a multi-instrumentalist. He plays a wide variety of wind...
Fame as a member of Chicago in April 2016, and he, Robert Lamm, and JamesPankow were among the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees for their songwriting...
album "preview" along the lines of Lamm's "Skinny Boy" on Chicago VII. JamesPankow sang lead on his own "Till the End of Time," as did Lee Loughnane on...
saxophonist Tom Scott, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, Chicago trombonist JamesPankow and former Chicago bassist and vocalist Jason Scheff. AllMusic's review...
well as Terry Kath's Hendrix tribute "Oh, Thank You Great Spirit" and JamesPankow's hit "Old Days" (#5). The ballad "Brand New Love Affair, Part I & II"...
Rudy Pérez Jeremy Lubbock Aries 1993 "Bad Advice" Chicago Peter Cetera JamesPankow Chicago 16 1982 "Be the Man" † Celine Dion Junior Miles Let's Talk About...
appears online. "Free Flight", a short unlisted instrumental composed by JamesPankow, appears at the beginning of "Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now". David Boruff...
for the lead vocal debut of trombonist JamesPankow. Different band singers tried "You Are On My Mind," but Pankow felt they were not nailing it the way...
defended the album to William James Ruhlmann, while JamesPankow and Peter Cetera were not happy with the result. Pankow told Ruhlmann, "I hate it. .....
on one side: (back row, left to right) Lee Loughnane, Bill Champlin, JamesPankow, Walt Parazaider, Robert Lamm, (front row, left to right) Danny Seraphine...