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My Take
Jim Brickman's music does something rare: it lowers your shoulders. A Cleveland-born, Case Western-educated pianist with two Grammy nods and a Songwriter of the Year title, he could easily lean on technique to impress. Instead he writes melodies that simply sit beside you, equally at home in a wedding or a quiet kitchen at midnight. His parallel life as a radio host tells me he genuinely understands how people feel, not just how notes resolve. I have a real weakness for artists who master subtraction rather than spectacle, and Brickman is a quiet master of exactly that. He warms a room without ever raising his voice.
Overview
James Merrill Brickman (born November 20, 1961) is an American pop songwriter, pianist and radio host. Brickman has earned two Grammy nominations for his albums Peace (2003) for Best Instrumental, and Faith (2009) for Best New Age Album. He won a Canadian Country Music Award, a Dove Award presented by the Gospel Music Association, and was twice named Songwriter of the Year by SESAC.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jim Brickman
- Name (Japanese)
- ジム・ブリックマン
- Reading
- じむ・ぶりっくまん
- Born
- November 20, 1961 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / pianist / radio personality
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Shaker Heights High School
- University
- Case Western Reserve University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.