A list of Jim Rattigan’s accomplishments would fill pages, just as his music fills the air with the sheer joy of creativity. One of the world’s foremost exponents of the French horn, he is also one of the few to have convincingly adapted it to jazz music. In a career spanning over forty years, he has performed all over the world both as a jazz soloist and in ensembles of every conceivable size and sort including the Michael Brecker Quindectet, the Charlie Haden / Carla Bley Liberation Music Orchestra, the McCoy Tyner Big Band, Django Bates’ Delightful Precipice, the Creative Jazz Orchestra with Kenny Wheeler, Brad Mehldau with the Britten Sinfonia, the Guy Barker Big Band and the Simon Purcell Octet. Jim has toured and recorded with the Mike Gibbs band and the Hans Koller band with Steve Swallow and Bill Frisell, Julian Arguelles Ensemble, Mark lockheart’s Scratch Band and the London Sinfonietta. Jim has played on numerous film scores including several James Bond movies, Lord Of The Rings, Batman, The Bourne Ultimatum, Moulin Rouge, Shrek, and Florence. He has also written music for film, TV, and radio and worked with pop artists including Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Barry Manilow, Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Josh Stone, Rick Astley, George Michael, Pulp, Damon Albarn, Adele, and Paloma Faith. Other career highlights include touring with Tony Bennett and Nigel Kennedy, recording with folk singer June Tabor, and performing with Blues singer Michael O’Callaghan.