José James‘s new single is finally out, called “Trouble” off his upcoming album “No Beginning, No End“. It was released today. You can purchase it on itunes. First time I’ve listened to it was the Oh No remix on Lefto’s radio show #480 and listened to it on repeat. The single is really dope and groovy, and that Pino Palladino’s bass… !
Trouble (Oh No Remix) by josejamesworldwide
José James was in Paris in March, here are some videos from the show. Hope you enjoy.
You may all know now that I love José James’s voice and music a lot and this song is the reason why I like him a lot as an artist, his voice, his vibe, his energy. I like him in Jazz and “blues” music better than on an album like Blackmagic (that was well done tho). I think it’s where his voice reveals its beauty the best. Jef Neve is a great pianist as well, I’ve seen him on stage, he is amazing.
By the way I will post the videos of José James on stage, live in Paris, soon.
Vous devez tous savoir maintenant à quel point j’adore José James et cette chanson est clairement l’une des raisons pour lesquelles j’adore cet artiste. Cette énergie, cette voix, cette puissance. Je le préfère largement dans un répertoire jazz ou un brin “blues” que dans son registre nu soul de Blackmagic (qui est très réussi mais je ne retrouvais pas cette puissance). Je pense que ce répertoire est celui qui révèle le mieux la beauté de sa voix. De plus Jef Neve est un très bon pianiste, j’ai eu la chance de le voir sur scène, il est excellent.
Ceci me fait penser, je posterai bientôt les videos que j’ai prise lors du dernier concert de José James à Paris, très bientôt.
Enjoy.
José James & Jef Neve – Gee Baby Ain’t I good to you (Impulse! Records, Spring 2010 release date)
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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 [...].
NEWS : Here is a podcast of José James’s songs by Gilles Peterson. Here is the tracklist of this podcast with new songs : The Dreamer, Save your Love For me, Vijay Iver Trio : Mystic Brew (only song that is not from JJ – great tho!!), Touch, Blackmagic, Warrior and Dretoit Love Letter.
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Here is the tracklisting of the upcoming album (January 2010) “Blackmagic“:
1 CODE (prod. by Flying Lotus)
2 TOUCH
3 LAY YOU DOWN (prod. by BILO)
4 PROMISE IN LOVE (prod. by DJ Mitsu the Beats)
5 WARRIOR
6 MADE FOR LOVE (prod. by Flying Lotus)
7 SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR ME
8 THE GREATER GOOD
9 BLACKMAGIC (prod. by Flying Lotus)
10 DETROIT LOVELETTER (prod. by Moodymann)
11 LOVE CONVERSATION feat. Jordana de Lovely (prod. by Taylor McFerrin)
12 BEAUTY
13 NO TELLIN’ (I NEED YOU)
I just realized that the website schememag.com wasn’t working anymore. I had done an interview of José James for this mag in early 2008 so I just wanted to put it back here.
I’ve seen José James for the first time in Paris in 2007 for a free show at La Flèche D’or. It was an amazing night with Soil and Pimp after José James’s show. The music was beautiful, the energy unique. When I was living in NYC in 2008, I’ve decided to contact again José James to do an interview of him, he nicely accepted it. We’ve met in NYC, at this time I didn’t really know the city as I was new there. If my memory is well, we’ve met in West 4 with his drummer at this time Steve Lyman and had a nice walk until we found an empty place to sit, eat and do the interview. I really like the energy of JJ, on stage and as a human being, it’s all about positive energy without avoiding the reality. Rare and unique artist, I am truly waiting for his new album in January “BlackMagic”.
Hope you will enjoy the reading.
Can you tell me more about your debuts? How did you start playing Jazz?
José James : One day I was listening to the Radio, I was like fourteen, « taking the A train » , and I’ve never really listened to big band’s stuff. All the Jazz I knew was very confusing, I didn’t understand it. And I heard this very powerful song, I got very excited. It was so much different from the hip hop of the 90′s that I was use to. And I really liked this thing it made me very happy. And then I heard Duke Elligton, Chalie Parker, so I bought those people. And I just listened to it over and over, for like a summer. And I said « whoah, i really like this music, it‘s interesting». But I didn’t think I wanted to do Jazz. I just liked to listen to it. Then, I just bought more and more album of everything, but a lot of jazz stuff, like Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and I just sort of work my way through Nate King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Wes Montgomery, un till I got to John Coltrane, and when I heard that song « Equinox », I felt very passionate about it. And I was trying to find singers who are like sort of complementing the instrumentals too, like Lester Young and Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker. But when I heard John Coltrane, I couldn’t find any singer who could sing the same stuff. You have Betty Carter but she wasn’t as avant-garde. So I felt like there was something missing, and I couldn’t find any recording like « central park west », so I started writing lyrics to it because I started singing in high school a little bit. It was just for fun, not professionally, but then I started showing that to the people and they were very impressed. So I started performing really at seventeen and became very serious about jazz and John Coltrane, I would do « equinox », I would do « Mingus » just stuff like that. But also « Blackeyesusan , “summertime”. So that’s how I started it.
Why did you choose to do a jazz album as a first musical project? Knowing that you told us 2 months ago you were planning on doing a soul record? Did you want to introduce yourself as a jazz singer? Read more
José James blessed the New Morning (Paris) Tuesday September 29th. He was with a great band composed of Michael Campagna (tenor, soprano and flute), Jef Neve (piano), Neville Malcolm (bass) and Richard Spaven (drums). It’s hard to give a quick review because it was a 2 hours show with a lot of beautiful moments. José James is, we knew it, a big fan of the Coltrane, Alice and John and I think it’s one of the best thing he could do to celebrate their music and spirituality. JJ began with a “Om” that surprised most of us, at this time I was afraid that the show would be too experimental for me but it wasn’t the case at all. It was the perfect show to introduce jazz to newcomer, a mix between vocal jazz and instrumental jazz. Yes, José james gave a lot of space to the amazing band- I recorded a beautiful solo by Neville Malcolm that I will post soon. I saw him on stage several time and I believe it was the time he and the band took the most pleasure on stage. The spirit, music and beauty of the Coltrane were remarkable celebrate this night.
José James live in Paris from Loveonthebeat.net on Vimeo.
José James is coming back next week, Sept 29th @ New Morning for the Coltrane Project… So I wanted to share with you this video from his last show in Paris even his show next week will be really different from this one.
Enjoy.
José James revient la semaine prochaine, Mardi 29 Septembre au Nouveau Morning pour son project Coltrane. Donc je voulais partager avec vous cette video prise lors de son dernier concert à la Bellevilloise bien que mardi le concert sera vraiment différent de celui-ci.
Enjoy.
Did I talk to you about José James? Joke… I know I talk a lot about him but he deserves it! José James just put some news songs on his myspace page. Since this weekend I listen to “Love Conversation” again and again. José James invited Jordana De Lovely to joint him on a song produced by Taylor Mcferrin! The bad new is that José James had change the release date of Blackmagic and the album will not longer be release on oct 26th but in January! By then, José might have put every songs on his myspace as he did with The Dreamer!
For the picture, I just had some fun this weekend doing this simple thing, nothing serious!
José James feat Jordana De Lovely – Love Conversation produced by Taylor Mcferrin
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José James – Lay You Down
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José James – BlackMagic produit par Flying Lotus
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José James – Beauty feat Jordana de Lovely
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José James – Lay You Down
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BlackMagic est le nom du prochain album de José James officiellement (il était temps) annoncé pour le 26 Octobre. José James ne s’est pas contenté de nous informer de la date de sorti mais a aussi proposé deux nouveaux morceaux en écoute (l’un par son producteur favori actuel et vivant, Flying Lotus), plus un descriptif de ce prochain album. (more…)
Ceux qui me connaissent un peu, savent mon “amour” pour la musique de José James. Alors, bien entendu, je ne pouvais pas rater ce concert avec SOIL AND PIMP, un groupe déganté de jazz.
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Jazz Attitudes est un concept très plaisant, une soirée consacrée à la musique Jazz et ses dérivés pour vous faire danser. (more…)