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DVDS. Bob James: Live - From the Queen Mary Jazz Festival

On Angels of Shanghai , pianist, composer and producer Bob James and his band -- drummer/percussionist Harvey Mason, guitarist Jack Lee, bassist/vocalist Nathan East -- team with China' best and brightest playing traditional instruments to create a meld of Western smooth jazz and Asian folk music that relies on improvisation as much as it does composition and arrangement to produce what will undoubtedly become a touchstone in his long career. Fans of James' intensely lyrical and light music shouldn...

On most of these selections, pianist Bob James is in the spotlight, playing with a rhythm section and occasionally a guitar or a sax. The opener, "Choose Me," has James jamming over the chord changes of the blues and gives one hope that this will be one of his more substantial jazz dates. But no such luck. Most of the selections rarely rise above the level of lightly funky background music. Guitarist Earl Klugh drops by for "Fresh Start" and there is a pop vocal feature apiece for Hilary James...

As one review once put it, James was putting the "smooth" into "jazz" long before the genre had its formal name, and it was fun to take stock of his lengthy quarter-century-plus recording career with 2001's double CD Restoration: The Best of Bob James . Hardly about to rest on his laurels, he's chugging ahead in 2002 with a new Fourplay album ( Heartfelt ) and this likeable, diverse effort. The idea seems to be to return to the spirit and groove of his classic albums of the '70s and early '80s, but...

Keyboardist-composer-arranger- producer Bob James cherry-picked the 28 selections on Restoration, and the double set is no ordinary career highlight overview. Drawn from 20 albums recorded over 27 years, the program -- marked by consistent devotion to craft and the imperative of finding refreshing contexts for old messages -- is a de facto seminar in the evolution of the genre now known as "contemporary jazz." Spanning 1974-1982, the tunes on the first half of Disc 1 ("Nautilus," "Westchester Lady...

By Three , Bob James -- the pianist, composer, and arranger -- was deep into jazz-funk. The five tracks here reflect his obsession with hard, danceable grooves that take as much from the soul-jazz book as they do his years with CTI. Using many of the same session players he bonded with at his former label -- including Eric Gale, Hugh McCracken, Hubert Laws, Will Lee, and Harvey Mason -- and a large host of stellar horn players (among them Lew Soloff and Jon Faddis), James offers five selections of...

Description: Hold on - here's MORE hot JAZZ-ROCK from the U.S.A.! You'll have your own kickin' back-up band behind you as you jam on some super-hip fusion, R&B, and hip-hop tunes. And while you're at it, you'll learn a thing or two to help you develop as a musician. So grab your ax, kick back, play along, or just listen – it's ALL good! Chris Vadala is the featured soloist on the alto saxophone/tenor saxophone book. Get ready to have some fun!