George James (December 7, 1906, in Boggs, Oklahoma – January 30, 1995, in Columbus, Ohio[1]) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist.
[2] He moved to Chicago in 1928, where he played with Jimmie Noone, Sammy Stewart, Ida Marples, Jabbo Smith, and Bert Hall.
[2][1] Fats Waller assumed leadership of the Arcadians in the middle of the decade, and James played under him until 1937.
[1] Early in the 1940s he worked with James P. Johnson, Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson, and Lucky Millinder, and led his own band in 1943-44.
[1] He was active both as a leader and a sideman into the 1970s, playing with Clyde Bernhardt and the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band in that decade.