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Posts Tagged Bob James

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November 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber): Human Spirit

Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber) Human Spirit Autumn Hill Records Michael Silverman has been a jobbing composer and player of TV themes (Two And A Half Men, The Good Wife) and he and composing partner Jeff Lorber have dabbled in smooth jazz and light pop orchestrations as well as making music separately. Here they combine […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Autumn Hill Records, Bob James, Composer, David Benoit, Human Spirit, Instrumental, Jeff Lorber, Michael Silverman, Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber), Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber): Human Spirit, Piano, Smooth Jazz, The Good Wife, TV, Two And A Half Men, Vinnie Colaiuta, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Bob James: Once Upon A Time – The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions

Bob James Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions Resonance Records For all that has been awful about and in 2020 let’s pause for a moment to think of how lucky we have been to receive so many great archival jazz projects. Lost albums suddenly found. I guess that happens when […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1965, 20/20, Album Review, Archive, Bob James, Bob James: Once Upon A Time - The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions, Jazz, Once Upon A Time, Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions, Resonance Records, The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions, Trio, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

John Carroll Kirby: My Garden

John Carroll Kirby My Garden Stones Throw John Carroll Kirby is a keyboardist. He’s always made solo records that hover between new age and lite-jazz, a bit of ambient-meets-elevator; some dinner accompaniment or a soundtrack to induce somnolence.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bob James, Frank Ocean, Harry Styles, John Carroll Kirby, John Carroll Kirby: My Garden, Moby, My Garden, Solange, Stones Throw, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 92

Phoebe Snow, Phoebe Snow (1974) Was Phoebe Snow underrated? Certainly by me! Every time I’ve heard her I’ve loved her – that Paul McCartney cover. Singing with Paul Simon. I used to have that single-disc Best of Phoebe Snow (on CD – though I thought I had the record too, apparently not). So I picked […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, Bob James, Every Night, I Don't Want The Night To End, LP, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Phoebe Snow, Poetry Man, Record, S/T, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 92, Vinyl ·

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February 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 170

Bob James, Three (1976) The truth is I was into Bob James before I knew I was into Bob James; before I knew who he was. The TV show Taxi had such an impact on me – its theme tune continues to – and then of course all the hip-hop and dance tracks that have […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1976, Angela, Angela (Theme From Taxi), Bob James, LP, Record, Taxi, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 170, Three, Vinyl, Westchester Lady ·

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December 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Tight But Loose

Playing along to Babylon Sisters on the drums. And Angela- the Theme from Taxi. Man, Bernard Purdie and Idris Muhammad. Beautiful. There’s a philosophy to their playing. They know the magic is in holding back. I never knew how to hold back, so I just dropped out. That’s how it’s usually been. Coming back to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Pretty" Purdie, Angela, Babylon Sisters, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Bernard Purdie, Bob James, Drum, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Idris Muhammad, Poem, Poem: Tight But Loose, Steely Dan, Taxi, Tight But Loose ·

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November 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Kenny Pore: A Place Across Town

Kenny Pore A Place Across Town Kenny Pore Sessions Smooth Jazz, Light Jazz, Dinner Jazz…it goes by many names and it’s usually awful to all but hi-fi nuts and sessions musicians (usually just the cats that played on that actual session).
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Place Across Town, Album Review, Bob James, Earl Klugh, Fourplay, Hank Crawford, Instrumental, Jazz, Kenny Pore, Kenny Pore Sessions, Kenny Pore: A Place Across Town, Light Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Vinnie Colaiuta, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Taxi

he’s in the back of the car, as usual, and i’m his taxi driver. my son asks me if the day he was born was the best day of my life. and i say“yes. of course”.  “what about when you and mum got married?”, he quizzed. “second. nearly as good. can’t have one without the  other”. he nods. and i didn’t […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Angela, Angela (Theme From Taxi), Bob James, Poem, Poem: Taxi, Taxi, Theme From Taxi ·

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May 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Bob James Trio: Espresso 

Bob James Trio Espresso Evosound  Returning to the trio format after a recent lovely foray into duo work with Nathan East, here the master player and composer stretches his fingers across jazz, his first love. Small combo playing has been a huge part of James’ career whether polite (Fourplay) or deep and funky (the classic early 70s albums now […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bass, Billy Kilson, Bob James, Bob James Trio, Bob James Trio: Espresso, Drums, Espresso, Fourplay, Michael Palazzolo, Nathan East, Piano, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Bob James & Nancy Stagnitta: In The Chapel In The Moonlight

Bob James & Nancy Stagnitta In The Chapel In The Moonlight Tappan Zee Records Bob James follows on from 2015’s set of duos with Nathan East – the best kind of dinner-jazz going, don’t let that term put you off, it’s a wonderful record – with another set of duos, this time light-classical with flautist […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bob James, Bob James & Nancy Stagnitta, Bob James & Nancy Stagnitta: In The Chapel In The Moonlight, Classical, Duets, Duo, Duos, Flute, In The Chapel In The Moonlight, Instrumental, Jazz, Light, Nancy Stagnitta, Piano ·

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April 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Radio on the TV: My Top 10 All-Time Favourite TV Themes

The other day I was listening to Carl Stalling for the first time in a while – his bonkers-brilliant cartoon music puts you right there. You no longer need the images. The same is true of any great soundtrack composer, for film or TV. I regularly give Danny Elfman’s Music For A Darkened Theatre a spin […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Alabama 3, Alf, Bob James, Carl Stalling, Charles In Charge, Cheers, Composer, Danny Elfman, Diff'rent Strokes, Family Ties, Hill Street Blues, Laverne & Shirley, Magnum P.I., MASH, Mike Post, Music for TV, My Top 10 All-Time Favourite TV Themes, Night Court, Perfect Strangers, Radio on the TV, Radio on the TV: My Top 10 All-Time Favourite TV Themes, Soundtrack, Taxi, Television, The A-Team, The Facts of Life, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Greatest American Hero, The Muppet Show, The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Three's Company, TV, TV Music, TV Theme, TV Themes, Without Us, Woke Up This Morning ·

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April 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Trading: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

I often see posts on Facebook complaining/warning people to be careful when buying records from TradeMe auctions. The warning/complaint usually suggests that – essentially – things aren’t always what they seem. This is part of buying goods when you can’t see/test them first. You can view pictures, sure, but with something as tactile as vinyl […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2nd-Hand, Angela, Angela (Theme From Taxi), Bob James, Condition, eBay, Facebook, KFC, LP, Music, Ok Computer, Quarter Pack, Radiohead, Records, Remain In Light, Scratches, Social Media, Spotlight On The Kinks, Swap, Talking Heads, Taxi, The Bad and The Ugly, The Good, The Kinks, Touchdown, TradeMe, Trades, Trading, Trading: The Good, Vinyl, Vol. 1 ·
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