Touching Lives With the Music with Bob James

Bob James is a keyboardist, arranger, and record producer who plays Jazz in America. He created the band Fourplay and composed "Angela," the tune that serves as the anthem for the TV program Taxi. His first seven albums' music has frequently been sampled, helping to create hip hop.Bob James discusses his life experiences, the process he uses to create music, the music that has influenced him, working with other artists, and a lot more. Bob expresses his viewpoints in the segment "Bout it or Doubt it" with the topic of Travel and Leisure. Highlights: 02:02 Discovering that they're listening to my music or that they heard some song from one of my recordings that I almost forgot about just reminds me of the amazing aspect of recorded music.08:34 Improvised, so such a kind of a free concept from the very beginning and when I first fell in love with the idea of this music, my favorite aspect was not totally planned.11:46 The company's called Evolution. I've really had a wonderful new friendship with them and I love the way they've treated my work with quality.28:27 I do love the unknown aspect of new music. I love to come into my studio with a blank sheet of music paper and no plan about what I'm going to do.36:28  I still believe to this day that the bulk or the meat, the most organic deepest aspects of the Jazz art come out of the black community.ContactFresh Coast Jazz FestivalConnect with Bob JamesWebsite