Bob James [jazz piano] - scroll xuống bài viết thứ 5 !

Bob James [jazz piano] - scroll xuống bài viết thứ 5 !

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úi trời mấy chỗ đấy thì mình biết hết rôi.nhung kô có đủ.chán thật o VN cái j cũng thiếu.mình thich nghe bodjame quá.ma kô mua đuơc thêm đĩa.bod jame đánh hoa thanh đơn giản nhưng cách xếp hoà thanh thì thôi rồi.quá phê.bác nào biết thì chỉ em vói nào.xin cảm ơn các bác

Được hornet250 sửa chữa / chuyển vào 07:50 ngày 20/04/2006

mình post lại bài vào đây cho bạn :
Hàng Bông có mấy hàng mua được ! Một cái là Tự Lập, còn một cái ở cuối phố (phía gần Cửa Nam, mình không nhớ tên và địa chỉ vì cũng dễ thấy - chủ quán đều là hai ông cụ khá khó tính nhưng biết nhiều về âm nhạc lắm )
Phố Bảo Khánh cũng nhiều nhưng đắt hơn và nình như chất lượng không ngon lành lắm
Góc ngã tư chỗ Hàng Bạc giao với Tạ Hiện cũng có một hàng. Trên đoạn phố cổ nhiều hàng lắm,nhưng không biết chính xác địa chỉ, chất lượng cũng tạm ổn .
( Bọn tây toàn sang mình mua đĩa vì quá rẻ . Lần trước có chú bạn Pháp sang sách cả bị nhạc jazz về, nó hỏi thích ko, nó cho vài cái. Hic, hồi đó đang chiến Rock nên chẳng hiểu jazz là cái quái gì, ko lấy ==> . Xong rồi nó bảo, thường thì những người thích jazz thì trước đó đã nghe Rock. Ngẫm lại thấy nó nói chí lý , và ngẫm lại thấy mình dại, ko xin bừa vài cái đĩa có phải bây giờ tha hồ share cho anh em ko )
Nguyễn Thượng Hiền ( nối giữa Khâm Thiên và Yết Kiêu ) cũng có một hàng khá nhiều jazz, nhưng cũng đắt ( lâu không tới, không biết có rẻ hơn không)
Còn Digital Music Hà Nội ở đương Quang Trung, mình chưa vào bao giờ nhưng biết chắc là ở đó nhiều lắm ! Giá cũng chát !
Chúc may mắn ! ( có gì nhớ share cho cả nhà mình nhé )

mình post lại bài vào đây cho bạn :
Hàng Bông có mấy hàng mua được ! Một cái là Tự Lập, còn một cái ở cuối phố (phía gần Cửa Nam, mình không nhớ tên và địa chỉ vì cũng dễ thấy - chủ quán đều là hai ông cụ khá khó tính nhưng biết nhiều về âm nhạc lắm )
Phố Bảo Khánh cũng nhiều nhưng đắt hơn và nình như chất lượng không ngon lành lắm
Góc ngã tư chỗ Hàng Bạc giao với Tạ Hiện cũng có một hàng. Trên đoạn phố cổ nhiều hàng lắm,nhưng không biết chính xác địa chỉ, chất lượng cũng tạm ổn .
( Bọn tây toàn sang mình mua đĩa vì quá rẻ . Lần trước có chú bạn Pháp sang sách cả bị nhạc jazz về, nó hỏi thích ko, nó cho vài cái. Hic, hồi đó đang chiến Rock nên chẳng hiểu jazz là cái quái gì, ko lấy ==> . Xong rồi nó bảo, thường thì những người thích jazz thì trước đó đã nghe Rock. Ngẫm lại thấy nó nói chí lý , và ngẫm lại thấy mình dại, ko xin bừa vài cái đĩa có phải bây giờ tha hồ share cho anh em ko )
Nguyễn Thượng Hiền ( nối giữa Khâm Thiên và Yết Kiêu ) cũng có một hàng khá nhiều jazz, nhưng cũng đắt ( lâu không tới, không biết có rẻ hơn không)
Còn Digital Music Hà Nội ở đương Quang Trung, mình chưa vào bao giờ nhưng biết chắc là ở đó nhiều lắm ! Giá cũng chát !
Chúc may mắn ! ( có gì nhớ share cho cả nhà mình nhé )
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cám ơn bác nhiều nhưng ơ chõ đấy kô có đâu.mấy chỗ đấy em biết hết rôi.chán quá tim mua mãi kô đươc.hic.bodjame đánh đơn giản .hoà thanh đơn giản,nhưng lài có nhưng các xếp hoà thanh thì thôi rôi.hay lắm các bác ạ.thôi ai biêt thì bảo cho em vớihoac có thi có thẻ bán lại cho em đươc kô

Bob James phải không bạn
Mình nghe cũng thích, nhạc đơn giản nhưng đúng là sự kết hợp rất tuyệt. Nghe cảm thấy rất thanh thoát, nhẹ nhàng, vui tươi
Tại sao bạn lại không mở một tpic về Bob James nhỉ.
Mình tin rằng với sự góp sức của cả box thì việc kiếm được các album về nghệ sĩ này là không khó . Và bạn và mọi người lại cùng có thêm kiến thức !!!
PS: mình đang down mấy album của Bob James về, sẽ sớm uo lên topic của bạn nhé

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BIO
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IIt''s Christmas Day, 19xx*. (* info not available . The place is Marshall, Missouri. And so starts the story of Robert McElhiney James. Born to Albert Lamkin "Buddy" and Alice McElhiney James, Bob is the youngest of two, having a sister named Katherine (Katie).
Bob first started playing the piano at the age of 4. His first piano teacher was Sister Mary Elizabeth, who taught Bob at Mercy Academy, a local Catholic school in Marshall. She quickly discovered he had "perfect pitch". At age 7, Bob began to study with Mrs. R. T. Dufford, a teacher at Missouri Valley College. Bob cre***s her as "an excellent teacher who also taught fundamentals of theory & harmony". His first professional music job was when he was approximately 8 years old when he played for a tap dance class at Mercy Academy. "As I recall, I was paid 25Â, but was eventually let go because my inability to keep the beat over the noise of the tapping."
At age 15, Bob continued his studies with Franklin Launer, a teacher at Christian College in Columbia, Mo. More music instruction during high school from Harold Lickey, conductor of the Marshall High School Band & Orchestra. Bob also played trumpet, tympani, and percussion.

Bob about 2 yrs. of age
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From around 1950 - 1956, Bob would compete at the Missouri State Fair piano competitions and walk away with several Blue Ribbons. Bob remembers that "cows were being judged at adjacent buildings." Other early jobs included being a member of the Earle Parsons Dance Band (circa 1952- 1955) which played various engagements around the Marshall area. It was during this time that Bob penned his first dance band arrangement, "Once in a While".
During the summer of 1955, at Lake of the Ozarks, MO, Bob played for dancing and occasional jam sessions with the Bob Falkenhainer quartet on the Governor McClurg Excursion Boat in the evenings. He recalls that "during the day we had free time and I became a proficient waterskier that summer!"
At age 16, a solo engagement followed in the summer of 1956 when Bob travelled with good friend Ben Swinger to Colorado and ended up with a job in the Piano Bar at the Steads Ranch resort, in Estes Park. "I would sing ''Route 66'' nightly. Tips were sparse and I stopped singing professionally shortly thereafter."

Cowboy Bob captures the big one!​

In 1957, Bob attended the University of Michigan and began his journey towards receiving his Bachelor''s and his Master''s degrees in Music. During the first semester of his sophmore year, Bob transferred to Berklee College of Music, in Boston, Ma.. Bob''s roommate was Nick Brignola, who has become one of the great baritone sax jazz artists.
(The following summer found the two of them working together at a jazz club in Albany, NY when Bob joined the Nick Brignola Quartet.)
"The first original composition of mine to be recorded, ''Blue Beau'', was included on an album produced by the Berklee School in 1958-9 and performed by the Berklee School big band, which included Charlie Mariano on alto sax."
He returned to the U Of M. for the second semester of his sophmore year.

Bob age 16
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While playing piano in the orchestra of a campus production of "Carousel", Bob met two people who have since figured prominently in his life; Judy Heric, who was playing the role of Carrie Pipperidge, & Jack O''Brien, who was Mr. Snow. Bob dated Judy throughout the remainder of his time at University of Michigan and they were married in September of 1963. Jack was their best man. He and Jack had collaborated on two original musical theatre productions; "Land Ho" (based on Christopher Columbus) & "Bartholomew Fair" (based on the play by Ben Johnson), which were produced by the campus theatre organization MUSKET.
In the Land Ho production, Jack also starred as Christopher Columbus and the cast included Judy''s sister Linda Heric. The show was honored by BMI as the best college musical of the year. "It was my first opportunity to really learn what it was like to meet deadlines as an orchestrater. The show ran 3 hours, and it was almost continual music. We used a 30 piece orchestra. Fortunately I was able to find one other student, David Schwartz, who was able to assist me in copying the individual orchestra parts, as I was totally naive about what a massive undertaking that was going to be."
As a result of the success of Land Ho, the first student-written musical to ever be premiered at Michigan, Jack & Bob followed up the next year with "Bartholomew Fair". Judy Heric and Tom Jennings, another close friend, were in the starring roles.
Bob graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor''s Dregree in Music (1961) and a Master''s Degree in Music Composition (1962).
After serving six months of active duty in the Army Reserves, Judy and Bob were married in Ann Arbor, and moved to New York City in October of 1964.
Bob''s big break came when he made an appearance at the 1962 Notre Dame Jazz Festival with his trio. The group won in every category and he caught the eye of Quincy Jones. Soon after moving to New York he became an in-demand session pianist and a well-respected composer and arranger. His first recording contract was with Mercury where he recorded what were to be his first, but not his last trio albums: Bold Conceptions (Mercury, ''62) and Explosions (ESP, ''65). Bob recalls, "I came to New York with the idea of performing in a trio setting, but after the first two records, I worked more as a behind-the-scenes arranger and instrumentalist, including doing a stint as Sarah Vaughan''s musical director." That "stint" lasted four years.
In 1973, Quincy introduced Bob to Creed Taylor and Bob''s career began to reach a wider audience. Originally brought to Creed''s CTI label as an arranger, Bob wound-up writing charts and playing keyboard for : Ron Carter, Hank Crawford, Eric Gale, Johnny Hammond, Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws, Stanley Turrentine and Grover Washington, Jr. In 1974, Bob''s solo career took off with the first of four albums for CTI.
He joined CBS Records in 1976 as director of progressive A&R, where he worked with Paul Simon, Neil Diamond, Kenny Loggins & Blood Sweat & Tears. In 1977, Bob formed his own label , Tappan Zee, inaugurating a string of solo recordings & productions with artists he signed including, Mark Colby, Wilbert Longmire, Joanne Brackeen, Mongo Santamaria & Richard Tee.
At the suggestion of Bruce Lundvall, then head of Columbia Records at the time, Bob made his first collaboration album, the 1979 LP, "One On One," with Earl Klugh, which captured the 1980 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. In that same year, he was named Jazz Artist Of The Year by Cashbox and continued his musical adventures with Hands Down, Foxie and Two Of A Kind (another duet with Earl Klugh) followed. Cashbox also named Bob, "Jazz Producer of the Decade".
But one of Bob''s most famous recordings is the theme music for the TV hit program, "Taxi." Beginning with basic cues, Bob enhanced and elaborated upon them; the music was then heard on every subsequent episode. It''s since become one of the most instantly recognizable theme songs in television history.
He also branched out to record a series of classical albums; Rameau, The Scarlatti Dialogues and Bach Concertos For Two & Three Keyboards which established the scope of Bob''s musical abilities and his continual need to challenge himself as a musician and move in many directions.
In 1986, Bob captured another Grammy in yet another category, this time for "Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental" , with Double Vision, his duet with saxophonist David Sanborn. Then came Ivory Coast, Obsession, and his 1990 solo project, Grand Piano Canyon.

In 1991, Bob set out on a parallel career as member of the super-group Fourplay (that also included Lee Ritenour, Nathan East and Harvey Mason). The idea for the group Fourplay came during the recording session of "Restoration" (Grand Piano Canyon). Fourplay''s debut album, "Fourplay", reached Number 1 on Billboard''s jazz chart and stayed there for a record 34 weeks, and ultimately garnered the group a gold record. This was followed by another Klugh collaboration, "Cool", and in ''93, a second RIAA gold-certified Fourplay project, "Between The Sheets", plus the re-release of his Classic "One On One" with Earl Klugh.

The original Fourplay​

Bob returned to solo endeavors in 1994 with "Restless", an album that featured a vocal track with Bob''s daughter Hilary, and foreshadowed the 1995 release of [b]"Flesh And Blood", a father-and-daughter collaboration. Bob recalls, "I was so busy arranging, performing and recording, the time just slipped away; but people would keep asking , ''when are you going to do another solo project?''" Restless is a journey into Bob''s heart and soul. "Restless is re-establishing my own separate artist identity, and that was a big motivation".
1995 also saw the re-issue (on Warner Bros.) of 15 of Bob''s earlier albums and the release of Fourplay''s third album, "Elixir", which was presented with the "Jazz Album Of The Year" award at the 1996 Soul Train Awards.
All of which is a great prelude to his clean, lean but not mean offering, "Straight Up".
"It was [producer] Matt Pierson''s idea to put me in a different setting and challenge me to play in a different way. I did, but perhaps not the different way he expected or I expected. When people look at the title, they may say, ''Oh, Bob James is making a straight ahead album,'' and that will mean something different to everyone. It has a few less people. I''m stuck out in the open a little bit more than I have been before-a down-to-the-nitty-gritty approach. It''s very different from any album I''ve made in twenty years, but it''s still me."
1996 also produced Grammy nominated, "Joined at the Hip", a collaboration project with saxophonist, Kirk Whalum. Bob & Kirk have been friends for many years and together they combine pop, rock, R&B, funk, urban, Memphis Blues, world beat, classical and jazz influences into their own private reserve of melody and mood. As Bob says, "This was one I had wanted to do for a long, long time."
Jazziz magazine''s 1997 Readers'' Poll voted Bob #1 Best Acoustic Pianist, #1 Best Jazz Composer, #2 Best Jazz Producer, #2 Best Electronic Keyboardist and #3 Best Overall Jazz Musician.
In the fall of 1997, Bob released "Playin'' Hooky", a sort of vacation-in-a-jewel-box. "I was trying to create a mood of escape. In fact the whole album has that feeling for me. This music should provide a place where one can go to and relax and relieve the tension."
January 1998 arrived with Bob going back into the studio with Fourplay, after more than 2 years, to record their fifth album; but this time, Larry Carlton stepped in for Lee Ritenour on guitar.
"A major highlight of January was having the opportunity to work in the studio with Larry Carlton for the first time. What a soulful and inspiring musician he is! With his warm, easy-going personality, positive attitude and direct approach to getting at the meat of the music, it was impossible not to have a good time collaborating with him."
The new album, entitled "4"[/b], will be released June 9, 1998.
Restless seems to be a word that encompasses Bob''s career. He''s constantly adding to and incorporating new dynamics and expression to his music. His career unfailingly moves in many directions and he does what he does best and loves to do most: play the piano!
Được bluebeach sửa chữa / chuyển vào 12:19 ngày 24/04/2006

Được bluebeach sửa chữa / chuyển vào 12:25 ngày 24/04/2006

Bob James - One


1. Valley Of The Shadows
2. In The Garden
3. Soulero
4. Night On Bald Mountain
5. Feel Like Making Love
6. Nautilus
Reviewer:

Although he had had some success dating back to the early 1960s, keyboardist and arranger Bob James really came into his own during the jazz-pop explosion of the early 1970s while on the CTI label, the label run by jazz aficionado Creed Taylor that also gave us Eumir Deodato. James'''''''' 1974 album ONE is a fine example of his talents.
Although there are only six tracks on ONE, this is a minor drawback, because what IS on there is very intricately done. "Valley Of The Shadows" has a positively dramatic and intense opening, with its closing measures utilizing, as a past reviewer has mentioned, the celebrated Lutheran chorale "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God." "Soulero" is James'''''''' own variation on Maurice Ravel''''''''s celebrated "Bolero", but not an actual adaptation of it, only utilizing certain aspects of the Ravel piece; and "Nautilus" is eerie jazz-funk whose title obviously brings to mind the memory of Jules Verne. There''''''''s also his take on Roberta Flack''''''''s hit "Feel Like Making Love", and a chillingly massive version of Moussorgsky''''''''s celebrated nightmare piece "Night On Bald Mountain." The most unusual track on ONE is "In The Garden." Utilizing Hugh McCracken on harmonica and Eric Weissberg on pedal steel, James comes up with a somewhat C&W-inspired version of Johann Pachelbel''''''''s celebrated "Canon In D Major"; the familiar melody of the Canon can be heard in the background performed by the string section, against James'''''''' unusual arrangement.
James would continue to expand his talents and success in the jazz-pop and "smooth jazz" fields over the ensuing quarter century; and while his may not have been blockbuster hits, he certainly came up with more than a few gems in his time. ONE was the true beginning of a remarkable career.

Bob James - Two
1. Take Me To The Mardi Gras
2. I Feel A Song (In My Heart)
3. The Golden Apple
4. Farandole (L''Arlesienne Suite #2)
5. You''re As Right As Rain
6. Dream Journey

Reviews
I was just talking on the phone to a very good friend of mine as we recall the music that we both loved in the ''70s and ''80s and still enjoy listening to this day. Bob James, whom we both watched at a live concert years ago, was one of the subjects of our conversation, and we both agreed that of all Bob James'' recordings, "Bob James Two" is our top favorite. Likewise, we both agreed to JAZZIZ Magazine''s 1997 Readers'' Poll which voted Mr. James as the #1 Best Acoustic Pianist and #1 Best Jazz Composer. Our phone conversation prompted me to write this review.
I have loved the music of Mr. James ever since I heard the albums he collaborated with a gifted guitarist, Earl Klugh, on "One On One" and a follow-up "Two Of A Kind," which my friend and I both own in LP formats. This wonderful CD consists of six tracks (I wish there were more) superbly arranged and conducted by the very talented Mr. James himself, who also plays electric piano and organ magnificently.
The opening and one of the best tracks, "TAKE ME TO THE MARDI GRAS" was composed by another famous artist, Paul Simon, and it was a jazz staple in the ''70s/''80s and everyone I know loves this dynamic tune. The mixed ensemble of various instruments blended perfectly in harmony to produce this awesome recording. I especially like the solo clarinet by Eddie Daniels as well as Eric Gale on guitar.
"I FEEL A SONG IN MY HEART" is a standout! This song has straight-to-the-point lyrics and sung by one of the finest divas in the jazz scene and my favorite jazz vocalist, Patti Austin. Hers is a kind of voice that is really meant to sing jazz/blues songs. Her interpretation is heartfelt and moving, not to mention the flawless arrangement. Some of my favorite songs that she recorded are "How Do You Keep The Music Playing," "Say You Love Me" and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."
Another highlight to me is the track that I never get tired listening to all these years.... "YOU''RE AS RIGHT AS RAIN," which was originally recorded by the Stylistics in the ''70s. Remember the famous and best-loved Rhythm & Blues group back then? Their most notable songs are "You''ll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart," "I''m Stone In Love With You," "Stop Look And Listen To Your Heart" and "You Are Everything."
The track that has a classical touch is "Farandole:"L'' Arlesienne Suite No. 2." It was arranged and adapted from the great master Georges Bizet''s composition. It features a fine jazz musician, Hubert Laws, on flute. The rest of the tracks are Bob James'' original compositions "The Golden Apple" and a very remarkable tune, "Dream Journey."
Superb recording! Will never get tired listening to it especially "I Feel A Song In My Heart."

Bob James - Three
1. One Mint Julep
2. Women Of Ireland
3. Westchester Lady
4. Storm King
5. Jamaica Farewell

Reviews

This session was unique in every way, and different from any other BJ album. Here is a darkly cooler (temperature, not style-wise), seriously detached electric-fusion soundtrackish sound that will bring you back to the post-Watergate, pre-disco era. Complete and non-gimmicky from an orchestral and instrumental perspective. Long solos, plenty of chops. Every track is nice, particularly the haunting "Women of Ireland". (After this, Bob tipped over the edge into a much more commercial and predictable sound.) Yes it''s dated. Wonderfully so. Trivia fans note: This album served as the soundtrack for the low budget kung fu film, "Bruce Lee: The Man and the Myth".

Mọi người nên nghe thử !
Đúng như hornet nhận xét, cách hoà thanh của Bob James đúng là rất tuyệt.
Từng nốt nhạc cứ uyển chuyển, nhảy nhót và tuôn trào một cách rất tự nhiên. Thảo nào mà Bob James mấy lần được chọn là nghệ sĩ jazz suất sắc nhất của năm, bao nhiêu là giải thưởng và có đến vài giải Grammy .
Chúc một tuần vui vẻ và hiệu quả đến cả nhà !
PS: pass của các file của mình đổi lại theo bác tdev là "ttvnol" mọi người nhé
Tìm hiểu thêm về Bob James tại đây
( hì hì, bác tdev đổi tên topic rồi đấy àh, thanks bác nhé )
Được bluebeach sửa chữa / chuyển vào 13:39 ngày 24/04/2006