by Thom Jurek
Hot on the heels of his commercial breakthrough Touchdown, which contained the monster hit &Angela (Theme from Taxi),& Bob James teamed up with acoustic guitarist Earl Klugh for the first of two hit duet albums. One on One is not strictly a duet side, however. The pair is accompanied by a band of crack studio types that includes James' former CTI mates acoustic bassist Ron Carter and drummer Harvey Mason and a host of others as well as string and woodwinds sections. The fare is light, breezy, and barely there in places. Out of these sessions came &The Afterglow,& which lit up the charts right after &Angela& did, making James the hottest jazz commodity on the scene.