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fiammee · 5 days

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Album covers matching the "floating in the void" vibe

#pink floyd #whitesnake #black sabbath #kraftwerk #deep purple #goblin band #bob james #megadeth #billy cobham

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zef-zef · 5 months

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Extremely experimental for 1965, especialy the second half of the track

Bob James Trio - Wolfman from: Bob James Trio - Explosions (ESP Disk, 1965)

#1960s #Bob James Trio #Bob James #Barre Phillips #Robert Pozar #Jazz #Free Jazz #Electroacoustic #Experimental #Tape Music #Avant-Garde Jazz #ESP Disk #1965 #week 45 2023 #Youtube

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doppleganger-rental · 9 months

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#bob james #taxi #Youtube

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ourladyofomega · 4 months

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If you're a fan of The Notorious B.I.G., then you should know. This is whom he and DJ Premier (!!!) sampled from for "The Ten Crack Commandments": Les McCann's "Vallarta". Now, listen to the rest of the original. It's pure magic.

Sure, J.G. Geils' Band's "(Angel Is A) Centerfold" and The Cars' "Shake It Up" became my very first two music memories living in Borough Park. But, records like these are truly the music of my childhood. I'm discontented to say that I had to wait years later to discover this stuff, when two of WUSB's hip-hop dee-jays had a sampling war and played this along with Bob James ('Taxi'), Richard 'Groove' Holmes', Galt McDermott, The Crusaders, and three Lonnie Liston Smith songs that forever changed me. That was during one Summer when I quit my toxic retail job, and plans to meet someone in Ocean City fell through at the last minute.

I can also credit Layers and River High River Low as other albums of his that were there for me when I was going through some pretty rough and decisive moments in life - both also during the Summer months.

R.I.P. Les McCann.

#Les McCann #jazz #fusion #soul #personal #hip-hop #rap #sampling #vinyl #records #DJ Premier #Notorious B.I.G.#omega #our lady omega #Bob James #Galt McDermott

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djevilninja · 9 months

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Bob James - Take Me to the Mardi Gras

*Samples!

#50 years of hip hop #bob james #music #jazz #fusion #70s #classic #instrumental #groove #break beat #take me to the mardi gras

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musicollage · 1 year

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Quincy Jones — Walking In Space. 1969 : A&M.

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coloursteelsexappeal · 11 months

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Bob James - Angela (1978)

#70s #70s music #1978 #Bob James #Taxi #smooth jazz #jazz fusion #Spotify

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top-the-cat · 11 months

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Picked up a couple of new records in a reclamation yard the other day, whilst picking up bits for my tiki bar.. and to be honest, it was all a bit hit and miss!

Start with two misses:

I'm quite partial to a bit of Carlos Santana occasionally. Some of the more spiritual jazz licks he plays can be quite funky. I mean, this was dog shit though. Whiney, watered down, 80's pop ballad dog shit too. The opening break on the second B-side track starts off OK, with lots of bongos rhythms, and i'm thinking "yeah, this is going somewhere. This is going to be one of those hidden gems that i go digging for" but that also soon descends in to the same plastic bag of dog shit hanging from a tree on a hot summer day.

Well All Right by Santana (Souvenir Limited 12" Edition)

So i know Bob James from tracks like Nautilus and generally getting sampled a lot, so figured i would give this a go. Plus it had a few names on the back that i vaguely recognised as half-known decent session players. But it was that bad, that i have pretty much just blocked it out. I remember it being all a bit soft-pop synth shit, and like the wrong side of bad lounge jazz. Which done well, is right up my alley. But yeah, this is was lounge jazz played in a Travel Lodge outside the the arse end of a grotty housing estate, next to a motorway junction and not close enough to the airport to actually get any passing customers. Yeah, i'm alright ta.

H by Bob James

Now were talking! Lairy as fuck, Tina Turner with the full orchestrated Phil Spector Wall of Sound, and Ike sitting in the background drinking whiskey, sniffing coke, and getting pissed off to fuck!

I remember watching that scene in the Tina Turner movie with Angela Bassett and watching Ike screwing and pacing up and down because he wasn't allowed to get involved. And as much as i respect Ike's sound on the other Ike & Tina records i've got, he was a wife beating prick, so fuck him and he couldn't have made this album. Only Phil Spector, in his prime, could have made this record. (To be fair, i'm sure he turned out to be a piece of shit too, didn't he?)

But yeah, this is all orchestral pomp, big 70's soulful sounds, and Tina's voice blowing hard through it. Its a fucking masterpiece! Love it!

River Deep - Mountain High by Ike & Tina Turner

#more for the vinyl collection #ike & tina turner #phil spector #bob james #carlos santana #vinyl night

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fuchinobe · 2 years

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(1995, Section 5, SECTION 11)

Slick sample from Bob James - Westchester Lady (1972)

#Adam F #bob James #DnB #Jungle

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h01vd4l · 1 year

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#large professor #pete rock #talib kweli #statik selektah #dj premier #bob james

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radiomaxmusic · 9 months

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Monday, July 31, 2023 8pm ET: Feature LP: Bob James & David Sanborn - Double Vision (1986)

Double Vision is a 1986 album by Bob James and David Sanborn. The album was a successful smooth jazz release receiving frequent airplay. The original album was released in the US on May 19, 1986, Warner Bros, Cat No: 25393. It was released a week later in the UK. “Maputo” 6:50“More Than Friends” 6:18“Moon Tune” 7:06“Since I Fell for You” (Vocal by Al Jarreau) 5:52“It’s You” 5:16“Never Enough”…