# Jim Stanton

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**Jim Stanton** is an American composer and political writer.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

## Musician

Stanton was a [drummer](/source/Drummer) with the [Tommy Dorsey Orchestra](/source/Tommy_Dorsey_Orchestra) in the mid-1960s. He played with various small groups and big bands through the 1960s and early 1970s. He co-led his own recording and performing group, Dialogue, in the 1970s.

## Composer, playwright, and writer

Stanton wrote the score for an original radio production of *The Trial of the Catonsville Nine* by Daniel Berrigan, played on [WBAI-FM](/source/WBAI-FM) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) in 1971. He wrote a two-person play, *Chatoyant*, in 1977, opening and performing it in the [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) area with music played by [Terry Gross](/source/Terry_Gross) on [Fresh Air](/source/Fresh_Air).[10]

Stanton composed sound and score for an original production of [Shakespeare](/source/Shakespeare)'s *[The Tempest](/source/The_Tempest)* in 1980 (People's Light and Theatre Company, [Malvern, Pennsylvania](/source/Malvern,_Pennsylvania)). He also composed in MIDI format at his home in the late 2000's, sharing them on CD-R format. [(The Music of Jim Stanton 2005/2006, Copper Beach Music)](/source/(The_Music_of_Jim_Stanton_2005/2006,_Copper_Beach_Music))

He would go on to write many independent orchestral pieces, scored for many different instrumental combinations.

In the spring of 2008, he began writing his autobiography.

## Politics

Stanton wrote many articles for the [Philadelphia Weekly](/source/Philadelphia_Weekly) (Welcomat) and various national publications on politics and history (1982 to '84).

## References

1. The Main Point, [Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania](/source/Bryn_Mawr,_Pennsylvania), Music Performing Club, 1974-'77.

1. The Edie Huggins Show, WCAU-TV, Philadelphia (1974)

1. WMMR-FM, Philadelphia/The Gene Shay Show, 1974-'75

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jack Lloyd et al., 1974-'76

1. The Philadelphia Bulletin, Joe Adcock et al. 1977 (paper defunct, 1982)

1. KYW-TV/Bob Bradley, 12/'77

1. Philadelphia Weekly (Welcomat), 45 articles and op-eds (1982-'84) [Danrottenberg.com](http://www.danrottenberg.com/danrottenberg/) 3 examples: (1) Deja Vu: From Galileo to Jefferson, (6/29/'83); (2) AIDS, (7/27/'83); (3) After Burford: Saving the Environment, (3/16/1983)

1. The National Leader, national tabloid: a series of articles (1983)

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer, op-ed on [James G. Watt](/source/James_G._Watt), the secretary of interior (1983)

1. Fresh Air with [Terry Gross](/source/Terry_Gross), 12/1977

## External links

- [Historycooperative.org](http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/108.5/br_68.html)
- [Americanforeignrelations.com](http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/En-Fl/Enlightenment-Thought.html)
- [Proconservative.net](http://www.proconservative.net/ProConQuotesG1.shtml)

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