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Bob James (musician) Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) [ 1] is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi.[ 2]
D+ [2] Heads is the fifth album by the jazz musician Bob James, released in October 1977. It was his first album released on his newly formed Tappan Zee label, which was distributed by Columbia Records. All of his Tappan Zee albums (which includes his CTI back-catalog) are distributed by E1 Music. The album reached number one on the Billboard ...
His son Brendan Willing James (born 1979) is the bassist and vocalist with the band Grizfolk . In early 2021, album format videos for "Dusk Summons the Sky" by Shatterminx and "The Lost Album" by Swan, showcasing James's pre and post Montrose recordings, were posted to YouTube. James died in February 2021 at the age of 68.
AllMusic. [ 1] Double Vision is a 1986 album by Bob James and David Sanborn. The album was a successful smooth jazz release receiving frequent airplay. The original album was released in the US on May 19, 1986, by Warner Bros Records. It was released a week later in the UK.
The album is the second of a series of jazz-funk classics (along with One, Three and BJ4 ). Released in 1975, the album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts. The track "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" is one of the most widely used tracks in hip-hop breakbeat samples.
The Sun-Sentinel stated that "Bob James' effort to shed his image as the king of Muzak jazz partially succeeds on his latest offering." [3] The Washington Post deemed the album a "made-for-background batch of West Coast fake funk and fusion." [4] On AllMusic, Jason Elias wrote: "Obsession displays the often chilly sounds of period synthesizers.
Bold Conceptions is the debut album by Bob James. The album was recorded between August 13–15, 1962. The cover features a drawing of Bob James at the piano. Track listing. Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane, Ernie Wilkins) – 3:09 "Nardis" (Miles Davis) – 5:30 "The Night We Call It a Day" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 3:10 "Trilogy" (James ...
Bob James chronology. Explosions. (1965) One. (1974) Two. (1975) One is the third solo album by jazz keyboardist Bob James. It was an important album in the early smooth jazz genre and is famous for its end track, "Nautilus", which became important to hip hop as one of the most sampled tracks in American music.