Bob James (musician)

Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. According to VICE, music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and believed to have contributed to the formation of hip hop. Among his most well known recordings are "Nautilus", "Westchester Lady", "Tappan Zee", and his version of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras".

Early life and family

James was born on Christmas Day of 1939 in Marshall, Missouri, United States. To the trio's surprise, they won the competition. Not long after, Jones signed James to an album deal with Mercury Records. Mercury released James's first album, Bold Conceptions (1963), a somewhat free jazz exploration that was produced by Quincy Jones and that differed from the smooth jazz for which he would later become known. Among the songs on the album was "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. James provided all the music for Taxi and collected some of its music, including "Angela", on The Genie: Themes & Variations from the TV Series Taxi (1983). When he toured in 1979, he was supported by a marketing campaign that included posters of him at the wheel of a New York yellow cab. The performances were documented on the album All Around the Town (Tappan Zee, 1980), with a cover of James at the wheel of a taxi.

James turned from smooth jazz to classical music to record Rameau (1984), his interpretations of Baroque-period composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. In later albums, he interpreted the work of two more Baroque composers, J. S. Bach and Domenico Scarlatti.

A year after Rameau, he moved to Warner Bros. Records and collaborated with David Sanborn on Double Vision (Warner Bros., 1986); the album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance. He would record albums for Warner Bros. (which also reissued Bob James' CTI and Tappan Zee/Columbia back catalog in the mid-1990s) for the next seventeen years. His collaboration with Earl Klugh, One on One, won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1980 and has sold over one million copies. Another collaboration with Klugh, Cool, (Warner Bros., 1992) was nominated for a Grammy, as was Joined at the Hip (Warner Bros., 1996) with Kirk Whalum. He also recorded Flesh and Bone in 1995 with his daughter, Hillary James, and another solo album, Joy Ride (Warner Bros., 1999). Joined at the Hip was reissued with a 2019 Remaster on evosound.

Fourplay

James was looking for a bass player while recording the album Grand Piano Canyon (Warner Bros., 1990) with drummer Harvey Mason and guitarist Lee Ritenour. Mason and Ritenour suggested Nathan East. After working with them for a while, James suggested they form a band, which resulted in the contemporary jazz quartet Fourplay. The band has recorded over ten albums and has seen a couple of personnel changes, with guitarist Larry Carlton replacing Ritenour and then Chuck Loeb replacing Carlton.

Influence in hip hop

James's music, especially his early albums, has been sampled often, with his songs "Nautilus" and "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" leading the field.

Selected songs that use James’s music

"Nautilus" was sampled by Eric B. & Rakim in "Let the Rhythm Hit 'em", Run-D.M.C.'s "Beats to the Rhyme", Ghostface Killah's "Daytona 500", DJ Jazzy Jeff's "Jazzie's Groove", Jeru the Damaja's "My Mind Spray", Freddie Gibbs's "Extradite", and "Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2)". It appears on the Funcrusher Plus LP from Company Flow and Nangdo's "Nikes". The bassline from "Nautilus" appears in "Children's Story" by Slick Rick.

"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" incorporates in its first four measures a bell-and-drum pattern that is one of hip hop's basic break beats. It has been sampled by Crash Crew's "Breaking Bells (Take Me to the Mardi Gras)", Run-D.M.C.'s "Peter Piper", the Beastie Boys' "Hold it Now, Hit it", Missy Elliott's "Work It", will.i.am's "I Got it from My Mama", "This Is Me (Urban Remix)" by Dream, "I Want You" by Common, and "Take It Back" by Wu-Tang Clan.

"Westchester Lady" was sampled by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince in "Here We Go Again", as well as by DJ T-Rock and Squashy Nice in their song "Evolution".

James's 1981 song "Sign of the Times" was sampled by De La Soul in their 1991 single "Keepin' the Faith" from the album De La Soul is Dead and Warren G and Nate Dogg in their 1994 single "Regulate".

His 1980 song "Snowbird Fantasy" was sampled by French house musician and Le Knight Club member Eric Chedeville, also Known as "Rico the Wizard", in his 2009 single "Spell of Love", which was remixed later by DJ Sneak.

The track "Tappan Zee", named after the bridge over a wide section of the Hudson River that James regularly crossed on his way to the studio, was sampled in Arrested Development's "People Everyday (Metamorphis Remix)".

Digable Planets song Jettin contains a sample from "Blue Lick" by Bob James.

In the past, James has stated that he had "a lot of respect" for the creative process of hip hop production, only being unhappy when his music was plagiarized or illegally sampled. James has begun to sample his own music, as shown on the composition "Submarine". He has also been collaborating in recent years with DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ghostface Killah, 9th Wonder, and Slick Rick.

Awards and honors

Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, with Earl Klugh, One on One (1979)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental, with David Sanborn, Double Vision (1986)
Grammy nomination, Cool with Earl Klugh (1992)
Grammy nomination, Joined at the Hip with Kirk Whalum (1996)
Grammy nomination, Joyride (1999)
George Benson Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)
Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental, "Fortune Teller" by Fourplay (2008)
International Achievement Award, State of Michigan (2008)
Best Group of the Year nomination, American Smooth Jazz Awards, Fourplay (2010)
Grammy nomination for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, "Ghost of a Chance" (2016)
Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, "Just Us".

Discography

The discography of Bob James includes 53 albums.

Studio albums

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Album

! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Label

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:50px;"|US 200

! style="width:50px;"|US Top Sales

! style="width:50px;"|US Jazz

! style="width:50px;"|US Con. Jazz

! style="width:50px;"|US R&B /HH

! style="width:50px;"|US Trad Jazz

! style="width:50px;"|US Top Cur

! style="width:50px;"|US Ind

! style="width:50px;"|US Indie Store

! style="width:50px;"|US Vinyl

| 1963

| align="left"| Bold Conceptions

| —

| Mercury

| 1965

| align="left"| Explosions

| —

| ESP Disk

| 1974

| align="left"| One

| 85

| —

| 48

| —

| rowspan="4"| CTI

| 1975

| align="left"| Two

| 75

| —

| 28

| —

| 1976

| align="left"| Three

| 49

| —

| 23

| —

| rowspan="2"| 1977

| align="left"| BJ4

| 38

| —

| 33

| —

| align="left"| Heads

| 47

| —

| rowspan="7"| Tappan Zee/Columbia

| 1978

| align="left"| Touchdown

| 37

| —

| rowspan="2"| 1979

| align="left"| Lucky Seven

| 42

| —

| align="left"| One on One

| 23

| —

| 26

| —

| 1980

| align="left"| H

| 47

| —

| 1981

| align="left"| Sign of the Times

| 56

| —

| 27

| —

| rowspan="2"| 1982

| align="left"| Hands Down

| 72

| —

| align="left"| Two of a Kind

| —

| 37

| —

| Capitol

| rowspan="2"| 1983

| align="left"| The Genie: Themes & Variations from the TV Series "Taxi" – ("Angela")

| 77

| —

| 43

| 47

| —

| rowspan="2"| Tappan Zee/Columbia

| align="left"| Foxie

| 106

| —

| 45

| 3

| 108

| —

| rowspan="3"| 1984

| align="left"| Rameau

| —

| CBS Masterworks

| align="left"| 12

| 136

| —

| 67

| 5

| 136

| —

| Tappan Zee/Columbia

| align="left"| The Swan

| —

| Tappan Zee/CBS/Sony [JPN]

| rowspan="2"| 1986

| align="left"| Double Vision

| —

| rowspan="2"| Warner Bros.

| align="left"| Obsession

| 142

| —

| 8

| 49

| 3

| 142

| —

| rowspan="2"| 1988

| align="left"| The Scarlatti Dialogues

| —

| CBS Masterworks

| align="left"| Ivory Coast

| 196

| —

| 4

| 99

| —

| 196

| —

| Warner Bros.

| 1989

| align="left"| Concertos for Two & Three Keyboards

| —

| CBS Masterworks

| 1990

| align="left"| Grand Piano Canyon

| —

| 4

| —

| rowspan="10"| Warner Bros.

| 1992

| align="left"| Cool

| 170

| —

| 1

| 88

| —

| 170

| —

| 1994

| align="left"| Restless

| 168

| 4

| —

| 168

| —

| 1995

| align="left"| Flesh and Blood

| —

| rowspan="2"| 1996

| align="left"| Straight Up –

| —

| 20

| —

| 6

| —

| align="left"| Joined at the Hip

| —

| 11

| 10

| —

| 1997

| align="left"| Playin' Hooky

| —

| 5

| 4

| —

| 1999

| align="left"| Joy Ride

| —

| 10

| 7

| —

| 2001

| align="left"| Dancing on the Water

| —

| 22

| —

| 12

| —

| 2002

| align="left"| Morning, Noon & Night

| —

| 14

| 10

| —

| rowspan="2"| 2004

| align="left"| Portrait of Bill Evans – [2 tracks]

| —

| JVC

| align="left"| Take It from the Top –

| —

| 46

| —

| 17

| —

| rowspan="5"| Koch

| 2006

| align="left"| Urban Flamingo

| —

| 18

| 7

| —

| rowspan="2"| 2007

| align="left"| Angels of Shanghai

| —

| 24

| 10

| —

| align="left"| Ataraxis

| —

| 2008

| align="left"| Christmas Eyes

| —

| 2009

| align="left"| Botero

| —

| VideoArts [JPN]

| rowspan="2"| 2011

| align="left"| Just Friends

| —

| BJHP Music

| align="left"| Altair & Vega

| —

| 17

| 7

| —

| eOne Music

| rowspan="2"| 2013

| align="left"| Quartette Humaine

| —

| 5

| —

| 2

| —

| OKeh/Sony Masterworks

| align="left"| Alone: Kaleidoscope by Solo Piano

| —

| Red River

| rowspan="2"| 2015

| align="left"| The New Cool

| —

| 5

| 2

| —

| Yamaha

| align="left"| Live at Milliken Auditorium

| —

| rowspan="2"| Tappan Zee

| 2017

| align="left"| In the Chapel In the Moonlight

| —

| 2018

| align="left"| Espresso –

| —

| 2

| —

| 2

| —

| 46

| —

| Evosound

| rowspan="3"| 2020

| align="left"| Once Upon a Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions

| —

| 8

| —

| 6

| 71

| —

| Resonance

| align="left"| On Vacation

| —

| Sony Masterworks

| align="left"| Stonebone

| —

| 37

| 6

| 1

| —

| 31

| —

| 11

| 15

| A&M/CTI

| 2022

| align="left"| Feel Like Making Live! –

| —

| 14

| —

| rowspan="2"| Evosound

| 2023

| align="left"| Jazz Hands

| —

| 2025

| align="left"| Just Us

| —

| 7

| —

| Just Koz

| colspan="13" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Live albums

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Album

! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Label

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:50px;"|US 200

| rowspan="2"| 1981

| align="left"| All Around the Town – (live double-album)

| 66

| rowspan="7"| Tappan Zee/Columbia

Compilation albums

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! Year

! Album

! Label

| 2001

| Anthology

| Castle

| 2001

| Restoration

| Warner Bros.

| 2002

| The Essential Jazz Collection

| Metro Doubles

| 2003

| Bob James in Hi Fi

| Audio Fidelity

| 2009

| The Very Best of Bob James

| Salvo

Singles

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center";

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Title

! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:50px;"| Hot 100

! style="width:50px;"| Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop Songs

! style="width:50px;"| R&B/ Hip-Hop Airplay

! style="width:50px;"| Smooth Jazz Airplay

! style="width:50px;"| Adult R&B Airplay

| rowspan="3"| 1974

| align="left"| "Night on Bald Mountain"

| —

| rowspan="3"| One

| align="left"| "In the Garden"

| —

| align="left"| "Feel Like Making Love"

| 88

| —

| 1975

| align="left"| "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)"

| 105

| —

| Two

| 1976

| align="left"| "Westchester Lady"

| —

| Three

| rowspan="2"| 1977

| align="left"| "Where the Wind Blows Free"

| —

| BJ4

| align="left"| "Heads"

| —

| rowspan="2"| Heads

| rowspan="2"| 1978

| align="left"| "Night Crawler"

| —

| align="left"| "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" –

| —

| Two

| rowspan="5"| 1979

| align="left"| "Theme from Taxi (Angela)"

| —

| rowspan="2"| Touchdown

| align="left"| "Touchdown"

| —

| align="left"| "Friends"

| —

| Lucky Seven

| align="left"| "Kari"

| —

| One on One

| align="left"| "Main Theme from Star Trek – The Motion Picture"

| —

| rowspan="2"| 1980

| align="left"| "Snowbird Fantasy"

| —

| H

| align="left"| "Sparkling New York" –

| —

| H –

| rowspan="2"| 1981

| align="left"| "Sign of the Times"

| —

| rowspan="2"| Sign of the Times

| align="left"| "The Steamin' Feelin' "

| —

| rowspan="3"| 1982

| align="left"| "Spunky"

| —

| Hands Down

| align="left"| "Whiplash"

| —

| Two of a Kind

| "Shepherds Song (from Haute-Auvergne) –

| —

| Reflections –

| 1983

| align="left"| "Marco Polo" –

| —

| Foxie

| 1984

| align="left"| "Courtship"

| —

| 12

| 1986

| align="left"| "Maputo"

| —

| Double Vision

| rowspan="2"| 1987

| align="left"| "Rousseau"

| —

| rowspan="2"| Obsession

| align="left"| "3 A.M."

| —

| 1988

| align="left"| "Ashanti"

| —

| Ivory Coast

| rowspan="2"| 1998

| align="left"| "Do It Again"

| —

| 35

| Playin' Hooky

| align="left"| "I'm Only Human"

| —

| 57

| 42

| 10

| Luther Vandross – I Know

| 2012

| align="left"| "Backstage Pass"

| —

| 1

| —

| Paul Brown – The Funky Joint

| 2013

| align="left"| "Deep in the Weeds"

| —

| 1

| —

| Quartette Humaine

| 2015

| align="left"| "Sign of the Times"

| —

| 17

| CeeLo – Heart Blanche

| 2018

| align="left"| "Submarine"

| —

| 4

| —

| rowspan="2"| Espresso

| 2019

| align="left"| "Topside"

| —

| 1

| —

| 2020

| align="left"| "Nautilus" (remix) / "Submarine" (remix)

| —

| rowspan="2"| 2021

| align="left"| "Hope for Tomorrow"

| —

| 15

| —

| Tom Braxton – Lookin' Up

| align="left"| "Hispanica"

| —

| 1

| —

| Christian de Mesones – They Call Me Big New York

| 2023

| align="left"| "The Secret Drawer"

| —

| 4

| —

| Jazz Hands

| 2025

| align="left"| "New Hope"

| —

| 17

| —

| Just Us

| colspan="8" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

With Fourplay

Fourplay (Warner Bros., 1991) – rec. 1990–91
Between the Sheets (Warner Bros., 1993)
Elixir (Warner Bros., 1995)
4 (Warner Bros., 1998)
Snowbound (Warner Bros., 1999)
Yes, Please! (Warner Bros., 2000)
Heartfelt (Bluebird/RCA Victor/BMG, 2002)
Journey (Bluebird/RCA Victor/BMG, 2004)
X (Bluebird/RCA Victor/BMG, 2006)
Energy (Heads Up, 2008)
Let's Touch the Sky (Heads Up, 2010)
Esprit De Four (Heads Up, 2012)
Silver (Heads Up, 2015)

As sideman

With Patti Austin

Every Home Should Have One (Qwest, 1981)
That Secret Place (GRP, 1994)

With Chet Baker

Baby Breeze (Limelight, 1964)
I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965) – rec. 1964–65
She Was Too Good to Me (CTI, 1974)
Carnegie Hall Concert (CTI, 1975) – live rec. 1974

With George Benson

The Other Side of Abbey Road (A&M, 1970)
Love Remembers (Warner Bros., 1993)

With Alessandro Bertozzi

Talkin'back (Level49, 2003)

With Ron Carter

Blues Farm (CTI, 1973)
Empire Jazz (RSO, 1980)

With Hank Crawford

We Got a Good Thing Going (Kudu, 1972)
Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing (Kudu, 1974)

With Maynard Ferguson

Primal Scream (Columbia, 1976)
Conquistador (Columbia, 1977)

With Michael Franks

Abandoned Garden (Warner Bros., 1995)
Barefoot on the Beach (Windham Hill, 1999)

With Eric Gale

Forecast (Kudu, 1973)
Ginseng Woman (Columbia, 1977)
Multiplication (Columbia, 1977)
Island Breeze (Elektra Musician, 1983)

With Jeff Golub and Avenue Blue

Naked City (Bluemoon Mesa, 1996)
Nightlife (Bluemoon Mesa, 1997)

With Quincy Jones

Walking in Space (A&M, 1969)
Gula Matari (A&M, 1970)
Smackwater Jack (A&M, 1971)
You've Got It Bad Girl (A&M, 1973)
Body Heat (A&M, 1974)
I Heard That!! (A&M, 1976)[2LP] – rec. 1969–76

With Hubert Laws

Crying Song (CTI, 1969)
Afro-Classic (CTI, 1970)
Morning Star (CTI, 1972)
The Rite of Spring (CTI, 1972)
Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1973)
In the Beginning (CTI, 1974)
Then There Was Light (CTI, 1974)
The Chicago Theme (CTI, 1975)
Romeo & Juliet (Columbia, 1976)
The San Francisco Concert (CTI, 1977)

With Harvey Mason

Funk in a Mason Jar (Arista, 1977)
Groovin' You (Arista, 1979)
Stone Mason (Alfa, 1982)
Ratamacue (Atlantic, 1996)
Chameleon (Columbia, 2014)

With Ralph MacDonald

Sound of a Drum (Marlin, 1976)
The Path (Marlin, 1978)

With Idris Muhammad

Power of Soul (Kudu, 1974)
My Turn (Lipstick, 1991)

With Doc Powell

Inner City Blues (101 South, 1995)
Life Changes (Gold Circle, 2001)

With Lee Ritenour

Festival (GRP, 1988)
Wes Bound (GRP, 1993)
This Is Love (i.e. Music/Polygram, 1998)

With Gabor Szabo

Mizrab (CTI, 1973)
Rambler (CTI, 1974)
Macho (Salvation, 1975)

With Stanley Turrentine

Cherry (CTI, 1972)
Don't Mess with Mister T. (CTI, 1973)
The Baddest Turrentine (CTI, 1973)
The Sugar Man (CTI, 1979)

With Grover Washington Jr.

Inner City Blues (Kudu, 1971)
All the King's Horses (Kudu, 1972)
Soul Box (Kudu, 1973)
Feels So Good (Kudu, 1975)
Mister Magic (Kudu, 1975)

With Kirk Whalum

Floppy Disk (Tappan Zee/Columbia, 1985)
And You Know That (Columbia, 1988)
The Promise (Columbia, 1989)
Caché (Columbia, 1993)

With John Zorn

The Big Gundown (Nonesuch, 1986)
Cobra (Hat Hut, 1987)
Spillane (Nonesuch, 1987)

With others

Amerie, Because I Love It (Columbia, 2007)
Randy Bernsen, Music for Planets, People & Washing Machines (Zebra/MCA, 1985)
Blood, Sweat & Tears, More Than Ever (Columbia, 1976)
Chris Botti, Slowing Down the World (GRP, 1999)
Eddie Brigati, Lost in the Wilderness (Elektra, 1976)
Gary Burton, Cool Nights (GRP, 1991)
Karen Carpenter, Karen Carpenter (A&M, 1996) – rec. 1979–80
The Carpenters, Lovelines (A&M, 1989) – rec. 1978–80
David Chesky, Rush Hour (Columbia, 1980)
Merry Clayton, Keep Your Eye On the Sparrow (Ode, 1975)
Natalie Cole, Stardust (Elektra, 1996)
Eddie Daniels, Beautiful Love (Shanachie, 1997)
Eumir Deodato & Airto Moreira, In Concert (CTI, 1974)
Paul Desmond, Skylark (CTI, 1974)
Neil Diamond, Beautiful Noise (Columbia, 1976)
Eric Dolphy, Other Aspects (Blue Note, 1987)
Nathan East, Nathan East (Yamaha, 2014)
Bill Evans, Push (Lipstick, 1994)
Fania All-Stars, Rhythm Machine (Fania, 1977)
Sam Franz, 2080 (Eight Islands, 2022)
Roberta Flack, Feel Like Makin' Love (Atlantic, 1975)
Aretha Franklin, Let Me in Your Life (Atlantic, 1974)
Russ Freeman, Holiday (GRP, 1995)
Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Higher Ground (Kudu, 1974)
Terumasa Hino, Daydream (Flying Disk, 1980)
Freddie Hubbard, Windjammer (Columbia, 1976)
Jackie and Roy, Time & Love (CTI, 1972)
Boney James & Rick Braun, Shake It Up (Warner Bros., 2000)
Jazz Corners All Stars feat. Bob James (GMM Grammy, 2010)
J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding, Stonebone (A&M, 1970)
Steve Khan, Tightrope (Tappan Zee/Columbia, 1977)
Steve Khan, The Blue Man (Tappan Zee/Columbia, 1978)
Morgana King, New Beginnings (Paramount, 1973)
Dave Koz, A New Day (Just Koz Entertainment, 2020)
Chuck Loeb, The Moon, the Stars and the Setting Sun (Shanachie, 1998)
Kenny Loggins, Celebrate Me Home (Columbia, 1977)
Kevin Mahogany, My Romance (Warner Bros., 1998)
Keiko Matsui, Whisper from the Mirror (Countdown/Unity, 2000)
Amanda McBroom, Midnight Matinee (Analogue, 1991)
Gene McDaniels, Natural Juices (Ode, 1975)
Michael McDonald, Motown (Motown, 2003)
Dave McMurray, Peace of Mind (Hip Bop, 1999)
Melba Moore, Peach Melba (Buddah, 1975)
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker, Carnegie Hall Concert (CTI, 1975)
Esther Phillips, Performance (Kudu, 1974)
The Rippingtons, Life in the Tropics (Peak, 2000)
Luis Salinas, Rosario (Universal, 2001)
Mongo Santamaria, Red Hot (Tappan Zee/Columbia, 1979)
Marilyn Scott, Take Me with You (Warner Bros., 1996)
Tom Scott, New York Connection (Ode, 1975)
Don Sebesky, Giant Box (CTI, 1973)
Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (Columbia, 1973)
Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years (Columbia, 1975)
Frank Sinatra, L.A. Is My Lady (Qwest/WB, 1984)
Phoebe Snow, Phoebe Snow (Shelter, 1974)
Chris Standring, Sunlight (Ultimate Vibe, 2018)
Wayman Tisdale, Way Up! (Platinum/Rendezvous 2007)
John Tropea, Something Old New Borrowed and Blues (VideoArts [jp], 1999)
Phil Upchurch, Upchurch/Tennyson (Kudu, 1975)
Luther Vandross, I Know (Virgin, 1998)
Sarah Vaughan, Vol. 1: Night Song (Mercury, 1964)
Dionne Warwick, Friends Can Be Lovers (Arista, 1993)
Peter White, Playin' Favorites (Columbia, 2006) – live
Alexander Zonjic, Romance with You (Inner City, 1988)

Filmography

2005 Live at Montreux
2005 Bob James: An Evening of Fourplay Vol 1 & 2
2006 Bob James Live

Bob James (musician)

Early life and family

Fourplay

Influence in hip hop

Selected songs that use James’s music

Awards and honors

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

With Fourplay

As sideman

Filmography

References

External links