For over 30 years, Jim Riggs has been one of the nation’s most visible---and most listened to---purveyor of music on the “Mighty Wurlitzer” pipe organ. Having regularly appeared at every major movie palace equipped with one, Riggs has entertained well over one million toe-tapping patrons across the USA and abroad.

After a record twenty year run as House Organist at the fabulous Art-Deco Paramount Theatre in Oakland California, Riggs has recently relocated to Wichita Kansas to serve as Artist In Residence for Wichita Theatre Organ, Inc., custodians of the former New York Times Square Paramount Wurlitzer organ---the Wurlitzer by which all others are measured. He was also recently chosen to present the popular Silent Movie Mondays series at the beautiful Seattle Paramount Theatre.

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Riggs has appeared previously at the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland, the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, the Golden State Theatre in Monterey and at the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto. In addition to countless performances all across the United States, Riggs has made many international concert tours, frequently visiting the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. His work has been featured frequently on PBS, NPR and BBC radio and TV.

Of the handful of touring theatre organists worldwide, Riggs is also one of the few who specialize in the presentation and live scoring of silent films. He has composed and performed scores for the films of such greats as Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo, Harold Lloyd, Lon Chaney, Buster Keaton, Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, Laurel & Hardy and many others. His movie scores are always dramatic and creative, blending seamlessly with the action onscreen without overtaking it.

Riggs’s music mostly features Classic American Pop---the music produced between the World Wars. His programs highlight the great tunes of Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Kern, Arlen, Warren and many more. His musical stylings are always orchestral and often evoke dance orchestras and big swing bands.

Riggs has several recordings, with the latest---“The Perfect Combination”--- released in 2008. This recording is unique in that it combines for the first time ever the piano artistry of vintage Ampico reproducing rolls from the 1920s with the tonal richness and rhythmic punch of the Wurlitzer pipe organ. A number of his "Phantom Duets" have been uploaded onto YouTube.Com and have been viewed nearly 150,000 times. Jim Riggs lives in Wichita, Kansas with his fiancé, Tina, and spends time cooking, entertaining and collecting vintage fountain pens and pencils, 78 rpm records, vintage autographed movie star photos and sheet music from the 1920s, 30s & 40s.