And it continued intermittently even into their 1982 album "Naturally" no surprise there
I remember that Alpine series--my buddy and I frequented a couple of audio stores that also sold car audio.
If it were today, he'd be checking his phone...
There ya Go Very Spot on.
Her album is what led me to Santi Debriano, as hers was in a new release queue from several weeks ago. I'm into the piano trio thing, so naturally I'm drawn to it.
That's a Good one my favorite track on that one is " Castles in the Air"
I'll admit I'm hot and cold on Bob James, but in one of the demo rooms today, I heard a song that sounded slightly familiar. If you're familiar with Grover Washington Jr.'s "Mister Magic" (it may be one of his best-known songs, from the Kudu label), that's what this song turned out to be.
Only, it's a record by the Bob James Trio, Feel Like Making LIVE!.
Very nice sound (demo quality for sure), and James sounds like he's having a lot of fun just unwinding and playing pure, straight-ahead jazz. I have it streaming on Qobuz in high-res at the moment, just poking around a few of the tracks. It's a mix of tracks he's written and/or performed, others he's probably performed on or arranged for (like "Mister Magic"), a couple of standards (everything from "Misty" and Miles Davis's "Nardis to an arguably "modern-day" in Elton John's "Rocket Man") and of course two of his own best-known songs "Angela" and "Westchester Lady." I see "Maputo" in the track list (which was from his record with David Sanborn) and while I don't follow the group, I would bet there's one here from the Fourplay group he was part of.
With a few I bought at the show this past weekend, and some scores on a few used records I'd been seeking for a while, I'm set. I couldn't find a single thing on the RSD list that was appealing enough to spend money on, so I'll pass on it.
Records are begging to be played.
All my friends say that it's...funky. (At 45 RPM!) And that, there, is a hint.He has his fans, for sure. But it was a surprise hearing this record, as he puts a new arrangement on his familiar songs, states the melody, then heads off into some soloing. Feels like an "I don't care if it sells--this is what I want to play" album. "Maputo" for example is in 6/8, vs. the straight-up 4/4 that Marcus Miller wrote it as for the James/Sanborn album.
Both of these appeared over the weekend while I was at the show, and I'm spinning the Debriano record right now. A very good sounding recording, on top of the music being top notch. I think I'll save Watanabe's for my after-dinner listening.
I for one Love Bob James music I lost track after his 3rd collaboration with Earl klugh the 1993 "Cool" album but I have every CD from Bob James "One" until the aforementioned duet album I consider those albums to be My Best Of Bob James but I'm glad to know he's doing covers of his own stuff updating them a bit.I'll admit I'm hot and cold on Bob James, but in one of the demo rooms today, I heard a song that sounded slightly familiar. If you're familiar with Grover Washington Jr.'s "Mister Magic" (it may be one of his best-known songs, from the Kudu label), that's what this song turned out to be.
Only, it's a record by the Bob James Trio, Feel Like Making LIVE!.
Very nice sound (demo quality for sure), and James sounds like he's having a lot of fun just unwinding and playing pure, straight-ahead jazz. I have it streaming on Qobuz in high-res at the moment, just poking around a few of the tracks. It's a mix of tracks he's written and/or performed, others he's probably performed on or arranged for (like "Mister Magic"), a couple of standards (everything from "Misty" and Miles Davis's "Nardis to an arguably "modern-day" in Elton John's "Rocket Man") and of course two of his own best-known songs "Angela" and "Westchester Lady." I see "Maputo" in the track list (which was from his record with David Sanborn) and while I don't follow the group, I would bet there's one here from the Fourplay group he was part of.
