A wonderful, heartfelt collection of soothing, inspiring piano music.

"Chappell's piano melodies are timeless, moving...captivating..." Billboard Magazine "...powerfully visual music." The Boston Globe "...food for the soul." The Manila Chronicle "Hi, Jim, How do you do this.....evoke such pure emotive energy with a tender touch on the keys....heartstrings you pull in all of us? If all the tears of joy everyone cries while embracing your sweet music were to be put all together, it would be a pretty nice pool we could swim in! As it is, we float on the joyous current and feel reborn time and time again. Thank you for this, my friend. In the Spirit that holds us all.." -Sandra (a fan:)

Stir your Soul. Inspiring Melodic Piano.

"Chappell's piano melodies are timeless, moving." - Billboard magazine

"Acoustic piano soloist Jim Chappell weaves an intricate musical tapestry, creating a wide range of moods, colors and themes and powerfully visual music." - The Boston Globe

"Jim Chappell puts you in a melodic and musical trance when he performs" - Woman Today magazine

"Chappell's music is like food for the soul. A glimmer of sunshine at the end of the tunnel." - The Manila Chronicle

"a true composer...powerful, evocative melodies." - Trend magazine

"[Chappell is] a consummate craftsman; a sensitive pianist and gifted melodist" - Keyboard magazine

"Chappell's piano music is sensitive and moody with intricate virtuosity and melodic power." - The Beat (Australia)

"Jim Chappell's music takes you on a journey away from the worries of the hour."- L. A. Jazz Scene

"Chappell has demonstrated a distinct mastery of the melody, brimming with refreshingly romantic lushness." - The Manila Bulletin

Soothing, Inspiring Piano Ensemble Music composed on site in beautiful Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. Jim took his digital recorder out to various popular locations for his musical themes.

Since the independent release of his breakthrough solo piano collection Tender Ritual in 1985 on the Unspeakable Freedom Music label, Jim has been acknowledged as one of contemporary music's most engaging composers and performers. With 18 albums to his credit, Chappell has toured world-wide to sold out audiences, his concerts being filmed and nationally televised. Chappell was the only music artist to perform at Robert DeNiro's 50th birthday party, where he played to a hushed crowd of who's who in the film industry. Several of Jim's albums have received heavy national and international airplay on Smooth Jazz format radio stations, with Chappell's Over The Top making it to No. 1 on the national charts. Along with composing music for the Blake Edwards feature film comedy "Switch" his music has been used on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, The Voice, MTV, The Summer and Winter Olympic Games, NBC, and Fox Sports Specials. Gold medal figure skater Brian Boitano skated to Jim's beautiful piece "Gone" in a nationally televised Thanksgiving day broadcast presentation.

Soothing, Inspiring Piano Ensemble Music

"Chappell's piano melodies are timeless, moving...captivating..." Billboard Magazine

"Acoustic piano soloist Jim Chappell weaves an intricate musical tapestry, creating a wide range of moods, colors, and themes. Powerfully visual music." The Boston Globe

"Chappell sounds fresh, but also familiar right away...there's a genuine emotionalism in the playing." Washington Post

"...Chappell puts you in a melodic and musical trance when he performs..." The Woman Today Magazine

"Chappell is a consummate craftsman; a sensitive pianist and gifted melodist..." Keyboard Magazine

"Chappell has demonstrated a distinct mastery of the melody, brimming with refreshingly romantic lushness." The Manila Bulletin

"Emotive, evocative melodies leave us aching for more." Pathways Magazine

"...ventures into the most intimate realms of the human heart." Sun Star Philippine

Soothing, inspiring solo piano that's rich with melody and full of feeling.

Most of the tracks on this album were composed and recorded on the first take during one wonderful (and lucky I might add) Saturday morning. I am very fortunate to be able to walk into the studio and get on with it when major inspiration comes along with out advanced notice:) With that in mind there is a freshness, and a hint of rawness to the songs, that has created a collection of music that I'm very pleased to have been able to put out there..

In case you are new to my work etc. here's a bit of my bio:

Since the independent release of his breakthrough solo piano collection Tender Ritual on the Unspeakable Freedom Music label, Jim has been acknowledged as one of contemporary music’s most engaging composers and performers.

With 16 albums to his credit, Chappell has toured world-wide to sold out audiences, his concerts being filmed and nationally televised. Several of Jim’s albums have received heavy national and international airplay on Smooth Jazz format radio stations, with Chappell’s Over the Top making it to No. 1 on the national charts.

Billboard Magazine states: “Chappell’s piano melodies are timeless, moving…captivating…”

His music has been used on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, Several Barbara Walters’ Specials, The Summer and Winter Olympic Games, MTV, One Life To Live.

Gold medal figure skater Brian Boitano skated to Jim’s beautiful piece “Gone” in a nationally televised Thanksgiving Day broadcast presentation.

Chappell was the only music artist to perform at Robert DeNiro’s 50th birthday party, where he played solo piano to a hushed and enthusiastic audience of who’s who in the film industry.

Music For Natural Healing

With 14 albums to his credit, Jim Chappell has been acknowledged as one of contemporary music’s most engaging composers and performers.

Comfort Songs is the first release in a new CD series created by Jim for natural healing support. There is a flowing, positive, refreshing quality to every piece that helps create emotional release, balance, and comfort for the listener.

Comfort Songs contains re-recorded Jim Chappell favorites, along with newer material written specifically for this new uplifting CD series.

Stir your Soul. Inspiring Melodic Piano.

My experience creating Honey Wind was a nice surprise for me. By that I mean it is probably 90% “first take” improvisations, as opposed to me sort of slaving over my arrangements and presentations of my music, which is the way I usually approach things.

During my live shows one of the experiences I’ve always enjoyed was having an unplanned audience volunteer come onstage and plunk out 3 notes of their choosing. The idea being I would attempt to weave those 3 notes into a full piece, right there in front of everyone. Lucky enough for me, as time went on I got better at this and it has become one of the highlights of my concerts!

This process sort of tapped me on the shoulder one evening in my recording studio and said “Why not just try it now? Just keep doing takes of some little melodic inspired thing that you can pretend someone else gave you. Try to make full pieces flow from each little riff and let the music take you where it will. If you do enough of these you’ll probably have a nice variety of songs you can choose from and create a whole CD for release if you want.”

So concerning the creation of Honey Wind, to make my little story come ‘round here, that’s exactly what I did. I sort of just flowed along with the process and didn’t really listen to the longer version of each improvisation until I had collected 30 or so. I figured I couldn’t get too bummed out if they didn’t really turn out, because out of 30 there would have to be a few good ones! Looking back I suppose I had a lot of trust in myself.

Lucky for me I really felt at least half of the pieces had something to say, and my task became more of what to cut from the proposed CD. The whole process of “writing” the music took me only around three weeks. What a blessing with my little three year old daughter always trying to tug on my shoulder these days!

Anyway, I do hope you’ll give it a listen and see if there is anything there that reaches inside of you and touches that beautiful musical nerve we all carry inside us; that almost spiritual connection we have when we know we’re really getting into it. When sound does that we are truly blessed aren’t we?

Stir your Soul. Inspiring Melodic Piano.

"Chappell's melodies are timeless, moving." -Billboard magazine

"Acoustic piano soloist Jim Chappell weaves an intricate musical tapestry, creating a wide range of moods, colors and themes and powerfully visual music." -The Boston Globe

"Jim Chappell puts you in a melodic and musical trance when he performs." -Woman Today magazine

"Chappell's music is like food for the soul. A glimmer of sunshine at the end of the tunnel." -The Manila Chronicle

"a true composer...powerful, evocative melodies." -Trend magazine

"[Chappell is} a consummate craftsman; a sensitive pianist and gifted melodist" -Keyboard magazine

"Chappell's piano music is sensitive and moody with intricate virtuosity and melodic power." -The Beat (Australia)

"Jim Chappell's music takes you on a journey away from the worries of the hour." -L.A. Jazz Scene

"Chappell has demonstrated a distinct mastery of the melody, brimming with refreshing romantic lushness." -The Manila Bulletin