Listen to music by Bob James on Pandora. Discover new music you'll love, listen to free personalized radio. Well, that's practically what it is! While Bob James has usually included covers and adaptations of other peoples' music in his repetoire, Heads is unusual because. View the profiles of professionals named Bob James on LinkedIn. There are 2,069 professionals named Bob James, who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and. Bob James Track Listings 1. We're All Alone 06:40 3. Night Crawler 19:03 5. You Are So Beautiful 25:23 6. Amazon. com: Bob James: Songs, Albums, Pictures, Bios. Bob James (musician) - Wikipedia. Bob James. Background information. Birth name. Robert Mc. Elhiney James. Born(1. December 2. 5, 1. He is recognized as one of the original founders of smooth jazz, is renowned for the complexity of his arrangements and instrumentals, and his work is frequently sampled. Biography. He started playing the piano at the early age of 4. His first piano teacher, Sister Mary Elizabeth, who taught at Mercy Academy, a local Catholic school, discovered that he had perfect pitch. At age seven, James began to study with Mrs. Dufford, a teacher at Missouri Valley College. Apart from the piano, James can also play trumpet, timpani and percussion. From 1. 95. 0 to 5. James competed at the Missouri State Fair piano competitions and walked away with several Blue Ribbons. It was during this time that he penned his first dance band arrangement, . A year later, he attended the University of Michigan and began his journey towards receiving his Bachelor's and his master's degree in Music.
During the first semester of his sophomore year, James transferred to Berklee College of Music, in Boston, Massachusetts. James's roommate was Nick Brignola, who has become one of the great baritone sax jazz artists. James dated Heric throughout the remainder of his time at University of Michigan until they were married in September 1. In 1. 96. 2, James began recording a bop- ish trio set for Mercury. After a period with Sarah Vaughan (1. That same year, he became the main arranger for CTI Records collaborating with producer/ label owner Creed Taylor, later working as a producer. James was closely associated with Grover Washington, Jr. In 1. 97. 4, James recorded One, his first purely commercial effort as a leader. After leaving CTI in 1. Tappan Zee label, Columbia, and Warner Bros., including collaborations with Earl Klugh and David Sanborn. James produced Maynard Ferguson's 1. Primal Scream and executive produced Ferguson's highly- successful 1. Conquistador. He is also well known for the smooth jazz classics . In the Philippines, his biggest solo hit was . James is the founding member of contemporary jazzsupergroup. Fourplay. In 1. 97. Bob James' artistic director Peter Paul came up with a suggestion for Bob to take his music on the road playing venues in New York. With Bob's work heavily emphasizing much of the New York contemporary jazz scene, this seemed an excellent idea. It was a busy time as Bob's own record label, Tappen Zee, was in its infancy. Also Bob was working with Earl Klugh on the One on One sessions. However, not to be deterred, the live- on- the- road- venture started to be planned and venues were booked. The result was a series of concerts in December 1. Bob at the wheel of a New York yellow cab - the irony being that his most commercial hit and most radio played recording was Angela (The theme from the hit TV series Taxi, starring Danny De. Vito). The campaign and subsequent radio slots throughout New York led to venues being sold out. In the autumn of 1. James released, on Tappen Zee, the live double- album All Around the Town, which featured the best recordings from the December 1. Bottom Line, Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. Among the musicians touring with James were Earl Klugh, Steve Gadd, Gary King, Richard Tee and Tom Browne. With the original vinyl double- album becoming collectible and being deleted in the 1. CD version of the album was released. By the summer of 2. CD version was starting to become rare especially in the UK. The original Live double album and subsequent single CD consisted of . The recordings were produced by Joe Jorgensen and Peter Paul with James himself undertaking all the on- stage arrangements and conducting. Other recordings are likely to exist from the live shows. For the original album and CD release, Marion Orr's sleeve notes dated September 1. New York City. James also received a Grammy award for his collaboration with David Sanborn on the 1. Double Vision. The new release featured session musicians Steve Gadd and James Genus. His music has also been sampled often in hip hop music. According to whosampled. In addition, James is mentioned in a verse by Andr. Bach: Concertos For 2 & 3 Keyboards (Out Of Print)As arranger. Johnson and Kai Winding. With Hubert Laws. With Don Sebesky. With G. Retrieved May 2. Monterey International. Retrieved May 2. 2, 2. Retrieved December 1. Retrieved April 3. Retrieved April 3.
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