Jim Robitaille is a jazz guitarist and award winning composer. He has performed and or recorded and shared the bill with Dave Liebman, Karl Berger, Bob Moses, Joe Beck, Julian Lage, The Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars, Esperanza Spalding, Oscar Stagnaro, Kate McGarry, and Gerry Gibbs. His television and live performances include: The BET Jazz Channel, The Time Warner Music Choice Jazz Channel, PBS Television, The Baird Auditorium at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C, The Bearsville Theatre, Woodstock, N.Y, The Wang Center, Boston, MA, The Knitting Factory and Smoke in New York, and performances in the U.S., Canada, and the West Indies. Awards include the 2002 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Competition sponsored by BMI, The Julius Hemphill Jazz Composers Alliance Competition, The Great American Song Contest, and the USA Songwriting Competition. Jim has appeared on 30 recordings and documentary film scores as a leader and a sideman.
