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BOB JAMES 可算得上是位成功的作曲家,也极力推动JAZZ,FUNK音乐的先驱,他对於这类音乐的贡献远过於技术上的表现。他早期曾为SARAH VEUGHAN 担任KEYBOARD伴奏,工作之余积极参与录音的工作,并和当时颇负盛名的QUINCY JONES、DIONNE WARWICK、ROBERT FLACK 等共事,1973年他加入了一间叫CTI 的音乐工作室,并为ERIC GALE、GROVER WASHIN GTON等JAZZ乐的好手监制唱片发行。

1976年他发表了他个人首张专辑唱片《ONE》,深获好评,从那时起在从事音乐工作的十年间终於有了爆炸性的转变,几年内又陆续地发表了TWO、THREE、FOUR三张唱片,慢慢的他开始与一些JAZZ顶尖好手接触,吸收他们在音乐上的理念,融合他们音乐上的技巧,更充实了他日後作品的内涵性,创造性与技术性,我们在他的专辑中常常可见到有一流的高手出现,如HARVY MARSON (DRUMS)、STEVE GADD(BASS)、DAVID SANBORN( SAX)等,无形中也成唱片卖座的本钱。

FUSION JAZZ 在这类音乐的领域里日益受到肯定和重视,如此成果JAMES 实功不可没。基本上来说,FUSION就是融和多种音乐的综合体,也较为一般人接受,JAMES 的音乐在作曲、编曲上十分用心,录音和制作也很严谨,给人有清爽脱俗的感觉。1977年他自开始使用属於他个人唱片的MARK,这就是为何在他制作发行的唱片中有TAPPEN ZEE的字样出现,以前所灌制的专辑皆委CBS 发行,这两年才由W.B.代为发行,在录音上的效果提升不少。为了提高唱片的可听性,JAMES 开始纲罗一流JAZZ乐手,为他录音演奏,并提拔後继新人担纲。自1975年灌制第一张唱片开始,十几年中共发行了近二十张专辑,其中有几张是与他共同灌录,像79年和82年和EARL KLUGH(GUITAR)成功地发行两张唱片《ONE ON ONE》、《TWO OF A KIND》,86年又与DAVID SANBORN合录了一张《DOUBLE VISION》,这表示JAMES不但有自我诠释音乐的才华,也能和其他乐手合作表达。

by Scott Yanow

Bob James recordings have practically defined pop/jazz and crossover during the past few decades. Very influenced by pop and movie music, James has often featured R&B-ish soloists (most notably Grover Washington, Jr.) who add a jazz touch to what is essentially an instrumental pop set. He actually started out in music going with a much different direction. In 1962, James recorded a bop-ish trio set for Mercury, and three years later his album for ESP was quite avant-garde, with electronic tapes used for effects. After a period with Sarah Vaughan (1965-1968), he became a studio musician, and by 1973 was arranging and working as a producer for CTI. In 1974, James recorded his first purely commercial effort as a leader; he later made big-selling albums for his own Tappan Zee label, Columbia, and Warner Bros., including collaborations with Earl Klugh and David Sanborn. James remains relatively busy in the studio and since 2000 has released several albums including Dancing on the Water in 2001, That Steamin Feelin in 2002, Hi-Fi in 2003, and Urban Flamingo in 2006, among others.


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