James King (musician)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | James King |
| Genres | Pop, soul, adult contemporary, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Saxophone, Flute, keyboard, guitar, melodica, penny whistle, manualist |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Elektra |
| Associated acts | Fitz and The Tantrums |
| Website | twitter |
James King is an American multi-instrumentalist who is a cofounder for soul band Fitz and The Tantrums. In 2008, he was approached by college friend Michael Fitzpatrick to play saxophone on a few songs that he had written which turned out to be the beginnings of Fitz and The Tantrums. King recommended Noelle Scaggs and other musicians. They performed for the first time a week later at Hollywood's Hotel Café, They released their debut EP Songs for a Breakup, Vol. 1 in August 2009, and the tracks soon received airplay on public radio station KCRW in Los Angeles.
Six months after their first performance they had slots at Lollapalooza and Telluride Blues & Brews. In late 2009 they toured with Hepcat, Flogging Molly, and opened eight concerts for Maroon 5. The band signed to Dangerbird Records in April 2010, Their first full-length album, Pickin' Up the Pieces was released on August 24, 2010. It received critical acclaim and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, 140 on the Billboard 200, and 18 on the Independent Albums chart.
They were called by Vogue Magazine the "Hardest Working Band of 2011," Also according to Rolling Stone, the band "throws a sparkling pop gloss on a familiar Motown sound" The group will be touring South America in the latter part of March 2015, stopping in Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. They are scheduled to be in Indio, California in April 2015, and will appear at the Lava Music Festival in May.
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