Jim Abbott

LCT: debut. Broadway: musical director for Rent, Bombay Dreams, Disney's Tarzan. Dance arrangements for Tarzan, Aida, Bombay Dreams, Sweet Charity, Guys and Dolls, Wicked. Keyboard for Footloose, Cats, Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard, Starlight Express, The Who's Tommy. International: music supervisor for Aida and Tarzan in Holland and Germany. Orchestrations and conductor for the Chicago Symphony (with Heather Headley). Recordings: Aida, Three Musketeers (Holland), Tarzan (Holland and Germany), co-producer Adam Pascal's Civilian. Live performance: Aretha Franklin, Dennis DeYoung, Shirley Bassey, Bob Hope, Phil Collins and with Elton John in Greatest Hits Live at Madison Square Garden.