Jose James

Jose James – No Beginning No End (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:05:14 minutes | 709 MB | Genre: R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

No Beginning No End is Jose James’ exhilarating debut for Blue Note Records. The album is a seamless musical experience that moves between genres and styles with effortless fluidity, bound together by James’ transcendent vocals. It marks a new chapter in the artistic journey of this renowned singer-songwriter. It is his most personal statement yet. James has recruited a mighty team of collaborators including Pino Palladino, Robert Glasper, Emily King, Hindi Zahra and Kris Bowers. On No Beginning No End, James shows an even deeper regard for pop song structures while retaining the “element of surprise” associated with jazz. It draws inspiration from the music of Flack, Hathaway and Gaye.

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José James – Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music Of Billie Holiday (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:31 minutes | 984 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Acclaimed vocalist José James has released Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday, a tribute to the legendary singer in honor of Holiday’s 100th birthday. The stunning set of 9 songs written or popularized by Holiday was produced by Blue Note president Don Was and features a stellar band including pianist Jason Moran, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Eric Harland.
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José James – While You Were Sleeping (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 50:45 minutes | 570 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

Singer-songwriter José James has always been on the quest for new musical horizons; constantly evolving and blurring the lines between genres in the process. Now on the heels of his critically acclaimed Blue Note Records debut No Beginning No End, José returns with his dynamic and daring fifth album While You Were Sleeping. While keeping his trademark soulful baritone at the forefront, Jose adeptly weaves elements of indie rock, folk, funk, blues, hip hop and R&B into an experience journeying from desire to introspection and spiritual epiphany.
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José James – The Dreamer (10th Anniversary Edition) (2008/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:18:22 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Jazz
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José James is the jazz singer from Brooklyn who doesn’t want to rework the American Songbook, turn himself into a cabaret show, or scat at a million notes a minute, as if he were a saxophone. His debut album finds the gracefully soulful James supported by an acoustic jazz group. This newly remastered, The 10th Anniversary edition of the José James first album, features 4 additional tracks.
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Jose James – Love In A Time of Madness (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:46 minutes | 918 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul, Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

Modern jazz fans have a right to feel possessive about the singer José James. In the last decade, he’s been one of the suavest vocal improvisers on the scene. His 2015 album devoted to songs made popular by Billie Holiday, Yesterday I Had the Blues, sounded to me like the most soulful tribute to come out during Lady Day’s centennial. Steeped as he is in jazz, James has also shown a restlessness with strict genre categorization. He’s described his love of funk, R&B and hip-hop in interviews. And when Blue Note announced his new album, the label’s press release bore a striking quote from the artist: “I could make jazz albums the rest of my life, but I want to reach people, man. I like Jamie xx as much as I like Miles Davis, you know?”

You could practically hear the well-drilled corps of Jazz Defenders grinding their teeth in response. But on this new record, James doesn’t discard his old skill set. He’s merely doing his part to underline the music’s flexibility in relation to new pop trends much as Louis Armstrong and Davis himself did in decades past.
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José James – Lean On Me (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:26 minutes | 599 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

Singer, songwriter and lifelong fan José James honors the great Bill Withers with the September 28 release of Lean On Me (Blue Note), a loving tribute album that features 12 of the legendary singer and songwriter’s most undeniable and soulful songs in honor of his 80th birthday year. Lean On Me was produced by Blue Note president Don Was and recorded in Capitol’s legendary Studio B with a dream team band: Pino Palladino (bass), Kris Bowers (keys), Brad Allen Williams (guitar), and Nate Smith (drums), along with special guests including vocalist Lalah Hathaway, saxophonist Marcus Strickland, and trumpeter Takuya Kuroda.
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