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Notably, he has recorded tracks for Italian musician and producer Nicola Conte on albums \"Rituals\" (2008) and \"Free Souls\" (2014), as well as Jazzanova on their album \"Of All the Things\" (2008), and Goldie on his album \"The Journey Man\" (2017), among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar Artists: Nu Frequency, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Jef Neve, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone,\nAretha Franklin Duke Ellington James Brown Marvin Gaye Frank Sinatra Robert Glasper Louis Armstrong Sarah Vaughan Gil Scott-Heron Johnny Hartman J Dilla\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"while-you-were-sleeping","title":"While You Were Sleeping","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the heels of his critically acclaimed Blue Note Records debut 'No Beginning No End', Jose returns with his dynamic and daring fifth album 'While You Were Sleeping'. 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Even for an artist as creatively restless as James, \u003ci\u003eLove in a Time of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e is something new: an R\u0026amp;B focused foray into moody soul, electronic pop, and trap-addled beats, with the occasional influence of African folk, American gospel and Minneapolitan funk. And though James' voice is no less agile and his ear no less adventurous, this is also his most relatable, daresay sexiest work yet, detailing love's ups and downs without holding back an ounce of emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - Housed in Gatefold Sleeve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50462296342859,"sku":"1004285","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50462297817419,"sku":"1004284","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/47ab2b1c-6bfe-4bcd-a97b-4d901c7c7279_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727256313"},{"product_id":"yesterday-i-had-the-blues-the-music-of-billie-holiday","title":"Yesterday I Had The Blues - The Music of Billie Holiday","description":"\u003cp\u003eNext month sees what would have been Billie Holiday's 100th birthday, and this is a faithful interpretation of nine classic Holiday songs from the fine New York vocalist Jose James. James calls this set a tribute to his 'musical mother', and it partners him with that most constructively supportive of jazz pianists, Jason Moran, and the bass \/ drums pairing of John Patitucci and Eric Harland. Without striving for big payoffs, James lets the timeless materials of 'Good Morning Heartache', 'Body and Soul' and 'Strange Fruit' speak for themselves, but his precisely crafted phrasing and occasional improviser's digressions reinvent this material by the lightest of touches. Moran's remarkable piano solos are both dramatically independent tributes, and at one with the prevailing mood. James's silky purr and unsettling calmness bring a scary resignation to Good Morning Heartache; Lover Man emerges over a slow bass vamp and sounds wistful, until the singer unexpectedly fires off \"no-one here to love me\" as an anguished yelp; and Strange Fruit achingly rises over deep-choral hums and a baleful slow handclap. 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James throws down the gauntlet and takes a soulful journey into the history of black music, skillfully connecting the dots between soul, R\u0026amp;B hip-hop and Londons brokenbeat and dubstep movements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rainbow Blonde","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50473195536715,"sku":"1099503","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9fde2bf6-5fe0-4426-967c-cee98389a995_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727427329"},{"product_id":"on-and-on-jose-james-sings-badu","title":"On and On: Jose James Sings Badu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn \u0026amp; On\u003c\/i\u003e: Jose James Sings Badu finds James throwing down the gauntlet on the past 100 years of jazz singing while charting a path forward for the culture. The album, produced by James, features all-star band Big Yuki (A Tribe Called Quest), Ben Williams (Kamasi Washington) and Jharis Yokley (My Brightest Diamond) and investigates the breadth of Erykah Badu's iconic catalogue, from her groundbreaking debut album \u003ci\u003eBaduizm\u003c\/i\u003e to her contemporary masterpieces \u003ci\u003eNew Amerykah Pt. 1 and 2\u003c\/i\u003e. But make no mistake: this is thoroughly a jazz album. Conceived in the spirit of Herbie Hancock's \u003ci\u003eRiver: The Joni Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, James artfully draws upon his experiences with modern masters McCoy Tyner, Robert Glasper and Flying Lotus to create a new sonic landscape through an improvisatory lens. James also builds on his reputation as a modern jazz tastemaker by introducing featured horn players Ebban Dorsey and Diana Dzhabbar. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracks: On \u0026amp; On \/ Didn't Cha Know \/ Green Eyes \/ The Healer \/ Gone Baby, Don't Be Long \/ Out My Mind, Just In Time \/ Bag Lady\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rainbow Blonde","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50477316833611,"sku":"2005383","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/On__On_fde1c6b5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727468953"},{"product_id":"no-beginning-no-end-2","title":"No Beginning No End 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eJosé James spent a decade reshaping jazz with the genre-blurring verve of a crate-digging beat guru, before becoming a solo R\u0026amp;B star. The last couple years he lived in Bill Wither's shoes — recording and touring his legendary songbook for the Lean On Me project. Now, the satin-voiced songwriter's latest is No Beginning No End 2, a sequel to his 2013 album that resurrects the bold eclecticism audiences first fell in love with. After the Bill Withers tour, James recalls: “I wrote a thing on Instagram saying I was thinking about No Beginning No End 2 and people went insane. They wrote thousands of comments about how the first one changed their life. I don't sit around and think 'my work is so important' so that was kinda nice.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThings are a little different this time around. For one, while the prequel was James' Blue Note debut, this is his first set of new music for his own label\/collective Rainbow Blonde Records. Secondly, the album is full of collaborators who are auteurs in their own right: Laura Mvula, Aloe Blacc, Ledisi, Lizz Wright, Erik Truffaz, and Hindi Zahra, to name a few. 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