Biography
Pianist Jim Bajor, working in the new age genre, opened his recording career through the 1987 album Awakening, which earned favorable notices and a Grammy nomination. Steady productivity followed year after year, yielding numerous self-released projects together with several issued by Sugo, the California-based contemporary instrumental imprint. A lifelong Michigan resident from birth, Bajor accumulated more than twenty-five years of training in both private settings and at Wayne State University, where his coursework covered music alongside psychology. By the mid-1980s he had begun addressing struggles with alcohol and obesity, ultimately resolving those difficulties. The resulting personal shift directly motivated his initial self-released album of 1987, which secured a Grammy nomination the following year. Further releases appeared across subsequent seasons, ranging from introspective statements such as Awakening (Gentle Images) to lighter seasonal collections that included Intimate Christmas, Christmas Memories, and Holiday Collection. Outside his recorded catalog, Bajor supplied the score for the PBS documentary The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Jazz and pop currents inform his compositions, currents he emphasizes during frequent live engagements.
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