Also known as: Gordon, Jim
Origin: Great Falls, MT, USA
Jim Gordon originally hailed from Great Falls, MT and was brought up in a successful musical family. He began playing piano at two years old, clarinet at age 11, and started working as a professional musician at 14. Throughout high school, he was interested in electronics, had an amateur radio license, and even built a number of electronic devices for music. In 1955, he relocated to Los Angeles where he received a scholarship from the L.A. Conservatory of Music and recorded a jazz piano album titled Garden Party . In 1967, Gordon concocted a studio only outfit called Peter Pan & The Good Fairi…