JIM CAMPILONGO PLAYS THE MUSIC FROM ORANGE featuring bassist Chris Kee and drummer/producer Anton Fier December 20, 2010

Billboard Magazine calls Jim Campilongo, “an American treasure”, an accolade this guitarist’s artistry and influential career has richly earned him. With nine albums of original material and guest appearances on dozens of recordings; from the Bammie-winner’s contribution on Cake’s million-selling “Prolonging the Magic” to (most recently) doing lead guitar duties with Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson and The Little Willies, his band with Norah Jones, in 2010 Fender Guitars bestowed Jim the honor of the Campilongo Signature Telecaster, a high quality instrument made by Fender’s elite Custom Shop.

In 2002, Campilongo pulled up stakes from San Francisco and moved to New York, where he formed his Electric Trio, which toured Europe and Scandinavia and recorded the acclaimed CD American Hips, lauded by Guitar Player as “easily his best effort to date". No Depression raved, “Campilongo meets himself every time he picks up his instrument; that brand of artistic bravery is rare and to be treasured.”

"ORANGE” was released in 2010 to critical acclaim. Produced by New York City legend Anton Fier (Golden Palominos) and recorded in Brooklyn, Orange teams Campilongo with acoustic bassist Stephan Crump and drummer/percussionist Tony Mason. Anton Fier commented, “We wanted Orange to be different from Jim’s other records...more than just documenting a moment in time. We wanted to paint a more complete portrait of who Jim is as a person, a musician, composer and artist. The record had to be crafted in such a way that captured the different sides of Jim’s music while still holding together as a cohesive whole. We didn't want it to be just a collection of tracks, but an album, where the individual songs were chapters in a larger story or journey."

Since 2005 the Jim Campilongo Electric Trio have performed every Monday at NYC’s Living Room. Time Out NYC recommended as “one of the city’s strongest” and “...Monday night means Jim Campilongo..."