I had this great news by Gilles Peterson the other day when he came djing to a Free Your Funk Party, José James is on Verve Records now! I was really happy about this news and José James just sent a email saying he was now sign on Verve Records. To be clear, José James is releasing “Blackmagic” on Brownswood on Feb 1st. I have the album and I highly recommend it! It’s soul, hip hop and a bit jazz with some good Flying Lotus’s productions. In May, he will release what seem to be a pure Jazz album “For All We Know“, on Verve, his new label.

I wanted to share with you the news that last month I signed to Verve Records.
[...] The first album will be out around May 2010 – an album of standards in duet with pianist Jef Neve called “For All We Know,” released on the historic Impulse imprint [...].