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Location: Traverse City, Michigan
Country: United States United States
Last Login: Jun 20, 2008 (79 days back)
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About Me



Highlights from recent gigs:

recording guest vocalist Esperanza Spalding on the song "Prelude for Lovers" for Fourplay's new CD "Energy" in NYC at Sear Sound June 2008

In North Hollywood, CA Entourage Studio Apr. 9, 2008 for Masato Honda recording sessions. Harvey Mason, drums; Mike Miller, guitar; Masato Honda, sax and flute; me, Nathan East, bass.

New York City, Sear Sound, March 31, 2008 recording session for a new Christmas album. with Hilary James, Ava Marie DiSimone, James Genus, Kevin DiSimone, Billy Kilson & Chuck Loeb

an inspiring conversation with Ravi Shankar at his music Institute in New Delhi, India 1/29/2008

The Thelonius Monk Institute all-star ensemble that toured India January 22-29, 2008--with Al Hampton-bass, Earl Klugh-guitar, Helen Sung-piano, Otis Browne-drums, Bobby Watson-alto sax, and Patti Austin-vocals

in Barbados 01/14/08 with the Urban Flamingo band...Perry Hughes, Dave McMurray, Al Turner & Ron Otis

with Jeremy Cohen & Kayo Miki-violins, Louis Levitt-bass, composer Michael Colina, Emily Onderdonk, viola & Joel Cohen-cello at rehearsal for the Nov. 21 performance of Colina's "The Shadow of Urbano"

performing at Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA --11/10/2007 with Dave McMurray & Al Turner (photo by Bob Stehouwer)

backstage at Jazz Alley with Max Risenhoover (co-composer of 'Far From Turtle') & his wife Kate, & John 'thumbs up' Mantel)

backstage at WLOQ 30th Anniversary concert, Winter Park, FL with Ryan Shaw, Gerald Albright, Nestor Torres, Mindi Abair, & Chuck Loeb

backstage at the Tokyo Blue Note with Joe Sample

backstage at the Tokyo Jazz Festival 2007 with Keiko Matsui

waiting for the bullet train...Japan tour...Nagoya

backstage after a performance on EBS TV in Seoul, Korea Sept 12, 2007, with Tetsuo Sakurai, Younee, Jack Lee & Lewis Pragasam

with Doc Gibbs, Al Turner, Ron Otis & Earl Klugh at Liberty Jazz Festival, NYC Sept. 09, 2007

backstage with Joshua Redman & Earl

with Branford Marsalis & Earl

sitting in for some four-hand piano blues with the great Marcus Roberts & his trio at the Sutton's Bay Jazz Festival 7/28/07
thanks to Kathy Kelly Kelton for these photos

with Frederic Chiu after our four-hand piano performance of Beethoven's 6th Symphony in Westport, CT, July 13, 2007

backstage with Dave Sanborn & Earl Klugh @ the Capitol Jazz Fest, June 2, 2007

Angels of Shanghai troupe at the IMAC theater, Huntington L.I. the last night of the U.S. tour.

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go to this website to see the article: http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?secti..29&storycode =18752

sitting in with the Howard Paul Quartet at The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC 3/5/07

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Below is a new MUSIC PLAYER that I've loaded up with some of my favorites for you to check out. (be sure to pause the Myspace Standalone music player--unless you want to hear 2 tunes at once!!) (and let me know if there's something you don't see that you'd especially like to hear)

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My Zen garden (summer/fall/winter/spring)

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Check out the newest recordings!!--"Urban Flamingo" "Angels of Shanghai" (Universal Korea release & VideoArts Japanese release)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/19/2006
Band Website: bobjames.com
Band Members: NEW MUSIC PLAYER added 10/22/06



Four-Hand Japan Concert Tour with Keiko Matsui

Urban Flamingo Band---Dave McMurray, Al Turner, Ron Otis, Perry Hughes

Angels of Shanghai band

Bob James HipHop Trio at Motion Blue Yokohama 2003

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the first face-to-face encounter with friends I met thru myspace---backstage at the Tower of London Fourplay concert. ------Akin, Geetha, Rosabella & Tommy



with Guher & Suher Pekinel, during sessions for Bach: Concerti for 2 & 3 keyboards (Columbia Masterworks)
(soon to be reissued on Koch)

with the Urban Flamingo band in Pittsburgh

with Hiromi & Jack Lee

Fourplay on tour in Japan 2002

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guesting with the Kay Nakayama & Akira Jimbo group "Intelligent Jazz" @ Motion Blue Yokohama

with the Angels of Shanghai at the Bangkok Jazz Festival Dec. 2005

with Keiko Matsui

with Chinese actress Bai Ling backstage after Fourplay Cerritos concert

ridin' in the Maybach with Earl Klugh at the Broadmoor, Colorado March 2004

with Francois & Louis Moutin at the Milan, Italy Blue Note--October 2004

with Masato Nakamura & Miwa Yoshida of "Dreams Come True" at recording session Feb. 2003 for Miwa's solo project

Jakarta, Indonesia concert w/Michael Colina, Hilary James, James Genus, Fareed Haque & Max Risenhoover

Two unforgettables.....Gary King & Yogi Horton !!!

Sarah Vaughan with the Bob James Trio (Herbie Mickman, bass; Omar Clay drums) performing at the White House for President Lyndon Johnson, LadyBird Johnson, Prime Minister Sato of Japan on Jan. 12, 1965 (note the gold eagle piano leg)

members of the 70th Division US Army Reserve Band, Livonia, MI 1966 (note sergeant stripes)

playing trumpet in Albany, NY with Nick Brignola (my nickname was "Inches")

CTI All Stars performing in Europe 1970's (from left Frankie Crocker(WBLS DJ) Hank Crawford, Grover Washington Jr., Joe Farrell, Jack DeJohnette, BJ, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Hubert Laws, Jackie Cain & Roy Kral (note striped sport coat)

Tom Scott, BJ, Steve Gadd & Ralph MacDonald at rehearsal for All Around the Town-- Carnegie Hall concert 1981

four-hands with Richard Tee

with guess who, at Warner Bros. vacation retreat Acapulco

recording "Since I Fell for You" with Dave Sanborn & Al Jarreau (Double Vision-1985)

one of my touring bands in the 80's ..Mike Lawrence (tpt), Mark Colby (sax), Harvey Mason (drms), Doc Gibbs (perc), Bruce Dunlap (gtr), Gary King (bass)

at the studio with the "Joined at the Hip" band---Jeff Golub, me, Chris Walker, Billy Kilson & my collaborator-Kirk Whalum
with Fourplay in Taipei at the National Concert Hall 8/11/06

Fourplay in South Africa

Fourplay at Bangkok Jazz Festival



Influences:

VARIOUS VIDEOS:

performing "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" with Sarah Vaughan (Omar Clay-drums, Larry Rockwell-bass)

with the Angels of Shanghai performing "Celebration" in concert at JavaJazz 2006, Jakarta Indonesia

with Dave McMurray, Nathan East & Lewis Pragasam at Java Jazz Festival 2006

"Chant" --- An Evening with Fourplay

"Mind Games" with Billy Kilson & James Genus

"Moonjogger" ---Fourplay in Baden-Baden Germany

State of Clarity feat. Common ....used my song Nightcrawler

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Record Label: Tappan Zee
Type of Label: Major

My Background and Lifestyle

Occupation: Music Artist (Jazz)

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Artists who have sampled me

Here's a list of Hip Hop/Rap Artists who have used samples from my recordings:Am I missing any????One: (CTI 1974)* Valley of the Shadows DJ Shadows DJ Shadow's Theme DJ Shadows Entropy Gro...
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