James Walter Stamp was also musically inclined playing cornet in the Army band and rising to the rank of Major.
Stamp was a professional musician from the age of 16, starting in the Mayo Clinic Band at Rochester, Minnesota.
James Stamp held a position with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra for 17 years playing Trumpet under conductors such as Henri Verbrugghen, Eugene Ormandy and his favorite Dimitri Mitropoulos.
Stamp relocated to California, where he was immediately asked to play in studio orchestras in Hollywood, as well as radio and television programs.
Thomas Stevens, former Principal Trumpeter of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra said, "I believe James Stamp was one of the finest teachers in the world.