José James
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José James (born January 20, 1978 in Minneapolis ) is an American jazz singer .
Live and act
James has ancestors from Panama and Ireland and grew up in Brooklyn . Grown up with hip-hop and soul, he felt drawn to jazz in his own words about Nat King Cole and especially John Coltrane , whose Equinox he interpreted. He moved between New York and England, where he caught the attention of producer and disc jockey Gilles Peterson at the 2006 Jazz Competition in London. His debut album The Dreamer with Junior Mance on piano was released in 2008 on his label Brownswood . James sings mostly his own compositions on it and uses different styles from classic scat singing to hip-hop ( Park Bench People from Freestyle Fellowship ). The title should be reminiscent of Martin Luther King . He plays with different rhythm groups and with Gideon van Gelder on the piano. In 2010 his second album Blackmagic was also released by Brownswood. For his Billie Holiday homage Yesterday I Had The Blues he was awarded an ECHO Jazz in 2016. In 2018 he published a homage to Bill Withers for his 80th birthday under the title Lean on Me .
Discographic notes
- 2008: The Dreamer
- 2010: Blackmagic
- 2010: For All We Know
- 2013: No Beginning No End ( Blue Note )
- 2014: While You Were Sleeping (Blue Note)
- 2015: Yesterday I Had the Blues (Blue Note)
- 2017: Love in a Time of Madness (Blue Note)
- 2018: Lean on Me (Blue Note)
- 2020: No Beginning No End 2 (Rainbow Blonde)
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- ↑ José James in the Austrian charts
Web links
- José James at Discogs (English)
- José James at laut.de
- Official website
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SURNAME | James, José |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis , United States |