There are several artists with this name: 1. an American theatre organist, 2. an American jazz saxophonist. --- 1) Renowned theatre organist Jim Riggs passed away on October 3, 2022. During his long career he served as house organist at many different venues, including 20 years at the Oakland Paramount. He is also associated with the Seattle Paramount, the Castro Theater in San Francisco, the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, and the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto.
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There are several artists with this name: 1. an American theatre organist, 2. an American jazz saxophonist. --- 1) Renowned theatre organist Jim Riggs passed away on October 3, 2022. During his long career he served as house organist at many different venues, including 20 years at the Oakland Paramount. He is also associated with the Seattle Paramount, the Castro Theater in San Francisco, the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, and the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto. During the 1980s he would often fill in at the Organ Stop Pizza in Phoenix, and was a staff organist at the Organ Stop Pizza in Tucson. --- 2) James Garland Riggs (born July 28, 1941) is an American saxophonist in classical and jazz idioms, big band director, collegiate music educator, and international music clinician. He is also a University of North Texas Regents Professor Emeritus.
