Jim Conti

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Jim Conti


Img_capt = Jim Conti on stage with Streetlight Manifesto
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Background = musician
Instrument = Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Genre = Ska punk, Classical
Years_active = 2002–present
Label = Victory, RISC
Associated_acts = Streetlight Manifesto, Rutgers' Wind Ensemble

Jim Conti is the main secondary vocalist and tenor sax player for the band Streetlight Manifesto. Conti joined up with Streetlight shortly after the release of their demo CD, and has played with them through three album releases: Everything Goes Numb, Keasbey Nights, and Somewhere in the Between. Although his main instrument is tenor sax, he frequently doubles on alto sax. He's also been known to play bari sax from time to time, but only on very special occasions at live shows.cite web
url = http://youtube.com/watch?v=IyU8gMk5LIc
title = Streetlight Manifesto covering Hell by Squirrel Nut Zippers
accessdate = 2008-05-17
date = 2007-12-12
format = video] He also played clarinet on the track "Here's To Life" on Everything Goes Numb. Conti displays a very wide vocal range, hitting up to an E5 without going into the falsetto range on "Watch it Crash" and singing lower than Tomas on a few tracks, as well. Conti went to high school at Carteret High School, and attended Rutgers University.

On multiple occasions Conti has had to leave a tour with Streetlight, be it due to injury or personal problems. During their first European tour, he ended up leaving in the middle of the tour for personal reasons. This led to Streetlight having a two piece horn section, rather than a four piece, for a majority of that tour, and only having one show with a their full section as Delano Bonner was having trouble obtaining a visa. [cite web
url = http://www.theriscgroup.com/manifesto/pages/content/news/news.html
title = Europe update
accessdate = 2008-05-17
last = Kalnoky
first = Tomas
date = 2005-05-06
format = text] Then, during their "41 Days and 41 Nights of Tour" tour with Zox and Dan Potthast, Conti was injured during a show in Pensacola, FL when a fan jumped on stage during their set and knocked a microphone stand into his sax and his sax into his gums. This injury ended up getting infected and eventually became so bad that Conti had to leave the tour. As soon as he arrived at the hospital he was put on morphine and stayed at the hospital to receive surgery to drain the abscess and remove a tooth. [cite web
url = http://streetlightmanifesto.com/news.php
title = Hard Times, Ups and Downs
accessdate = 2008-05-17
last = Kalnoky
first = Tomas
date = 2008-04-25
format = text] This time, however, Streetlight managed to conjur up somebody to fill in for Conti while he was unable to play. A statement from Streetlight on their website clarified that Conti's sub was Adam Jackson, the sound engineer for Zox. [cite web
url = http://streetlightmanifesto.com/news.php
title = Post Tour Wrap Up
accessdate = 2008-05-20
last = Kalnoky
first = Tomas
date = 2008-05-19
format = text] On May third Conti returned to the tour to contribute backing vocals while leaving Jackson on sax, presumably because his mouth hadn't healed well enough to play sax yet. That same day, he ended up singing with Tomas during his acoustic set at Bamboozle for two songs: one was planned, the other one was because Tomas couldn't remember the lyrics. [cite web
url = http://youtube.com/watch?v=9NytEjVJ7Jc
title = Tomas and Jim performing Watch it Crash
accessdate = 2008-05-17
date = 2008-05-12
format = video] He remained with the band for the rest of the tour on backing vocals, and played an unplanned flute part at the Milwaukee concert on May 7th.

Conti has been in an array of other bands, notable ones being NOFX and Sixpence None the Richer.

References

External links

* [http://www.streetlightmanifesto.com/ Streetlight Manifesto]