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JIM KELLY - GUITARIST, COMPOSER & PRODUCER 'The guitarist's guitarist ... you're looking at a talent that should be strutting a world stage' Craig M Pearce, Drum Media. Jim Kelly has firmly established himself as a leading Australian contemporary jazz and blues guitarist, composer, educator and now studio producer whose reputation goes well beyond Australian shores. In 1975 Jim co-formed Crossfire, Australia's most celebrated jazz fusion group who recorded and toured extensively. They recorded seven albums, including a live album with U.S. vocalist Michael Franks. Since moving to Lismore in 1990 to take up the chair of Head of Guitar Studies at Southern Cross University, Jim has released 11 cd's as bandleader. He has resigned from full-time academia concentrating on his TONE RANGER STUDIO from which he has produced many fine albums. Jim has fast gained the reputation of being a world-class producer - he is a brilliant musician with a wealth of musical experience and is generous in sharing his knowledge. He is a musician dedicated to the art of improvising, composing and performing and is always searching for new ways to expand his musical horizons.