José James’s new album, “Blackmagic” will be released on January 30th. I had the great surprise to have it last December when we received (Free Your Funk Event) Gilles Peterson for a party, he discovered I was a fan of José James and so gave me a copy of the album, great christmas gift! Since I keep listening to it in the car and I can tell you “It’s a MUST-HAVE”! My favorite so far is “Code”, a song produced by Flying Lotus. The production goes perfectly with José James’s flow and words (you can find the lyrics after the jump). His flow on it is just so right, so perfect, so tight. This song really touch me deep inside, it has this feeling really deep, it’s almost like if a preacher where talking, you just want to stand up, drink every words he says and say yes. It’s deep music you can danse on, it’s just perfect.

José James – Code

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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 [...].

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Robert Glasper is a pianist that plays a lot with Bilal (signed now on Plug research) during his show (Also with Q-Tip or Maxwell). As they both live in New York and they went in the same jazz school, they play a lot together + often with Chris Dave on drums. I’ve seen them a lot when I was in New York and I really miss it, going to a Robert Glasper and Chris Dave show or to a Bilal show with a great band.
They were in London for the London Jazz Festival and so Gilles Peterson interviewed them, funny interview, very natural.

Bilal & Glasper in Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide show

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Robert Glasper – All Matter Featuring Bilal

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+ Go buy Robert Glasper album, he is such a great artist.

Robert Glasper est un pianist originaire de NY qui est souvent le pianiste de Bilal lors de ses concerts + Chris Dave à la batterie. Robert Glasper joue aussi en live avec Maxwell ou Q-Tip. J’ai vu Robert Glasper très souvent à New York que ce soit pour des concerts de Jazz en trio basse, piano et batterie ou comme musicien pour Bilal. Ils étaient donc au London Jazz Festinal, Gilles Peterson en a profité pour une interview.

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