I'm not easily impressed, and become very skeptical when I hear so many people touting a person's talents. I've heard so many people praise the piano skills of Bob James. Finally, I saw and heard this video. Alas, it's all true. I'm very impressed by his touch sensitivities and precision attacks. Yes indeed, Mr. James is a very splendid professional jazz pianist. Zane Lee
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Bob James ha captado perfectamente el espíritu de la composición de Horace Silver.
as only bob james can execute such a blues piece! arranging - wise bj beats them all. . composing - wise he is head and shoulders above the second best. his popular songs are not his best, but the hidden gems of profound musicality known only to album owners not radio listeners, are. songs that can be deeply introspective, or scholarly yet unpretentious, or just downright prodigious. bob James is an erudite thinker, with chord progressions out of nowhere and so original yet musically sensible , and harmonies so broken yet so intact that the listener finds himself elevated to transcendent levels of jazz appreciation . so as composer and arranger he is so prolific and unparalleled on these two areas he garnered reputations that overshadowed his playing during the 70s 80s 90s. thats why peoples'' jaws drop seeing him play like this live. they never figured him to be a player. check out his other later piano solos and u will marvel at this guy's unbelievable genius, uniquness, the accuracy, the touch, the classical spartan training, to produce jazz improv thats always in a class on its own, and almost always, fast or slow, strong or gentle, unequaled in its elegance. this guy will hold his own if he played live piano duos across even my idol chick corea, or herbie hancock or dave grusin. he may even introduce a new measuring stick to great jazz playing which he was never considered for in the minds of listeners too mired in the same favorite A players for decades.
@deanolsen Not sure what this comment could mean... Firstly, jazz as a concept already implies a creative art form...so what could creative jazz mean? Otherwise, could you be implying that Bob James as an artiste has not often played "creatively" in your estimation?
as only bob james can execute! arranging - wise bj beats them all. . composing - wise he is head and shoulders above the second best. so prolific and unparalleled on these two areas he garnered reputations that overshadowed his playing during the 70s 80s 90s. thats why peoples'' jaws drop seeing him play like this live. they never figured him to be a player. check out his other later piano solos and u will marvel at this guy's unbelievable genius, uniquness, the accuracy, the touch, the classical spartan training, to produce jazz improv thats always a class of its own, and almost always, fast or slow, abrasive or not, unequaled in its elegance. this guy will hold his own if he played live piano duos across even my idol chick corea, or herbie hancock or dave grusin. he may even introduce a new measuring stick to great jazz playing which he was never considered for in the minds of listeners too mired in the popular favourites for decades.
You should hear the original composer and creator/Godfather of the Hard Bop genre play it..."The Jody Grind" from the LP of the same name had Horace's classic quintet and this time a sextet on this great LP. Horace was a prolific composer of classics covered by numerous musicians like James.
Bob James is really quite a fine piano player, but his albums from the seventies are such schlock. He plays a nutty great solo on Quincy Jones' Walking in Space, which is a fab record, highly recommended. The definitive version of Killer Joe is on there too.
This is indeed The Jody Grind folks; also check out a very different but no less excellent version of this by Manteca (not to be confused with the Dizzy Gillespie track - although I do wonder why a band would call themselves 'lard'?)
I can't f----- believe this isn't "Hockney." I mean "The Jody Grind," that just doesn't make any sense. Now, "Hockney," that is a good sensible title. Even for Bebop, which this is clearly NOT. This more what some boring bastards would call "Hard Bop." And what about that crazy song by Horace Silver with Andy Bey singing about having a "little talk with his stomach" and other organs? Madness, I say with a Hockney inflect.
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what delicate treatment of the melody! (bob james is one of my favorites).
Whaouh sa demenage! Superbe
I'm not easily impressed, and become very skeptical when I hear so many people touting a person's talents. I've heard so many people praise the piano skills of Bob James. Finally, I saw and heard this video. Alas, it's all true. I'm very impressed by his touch sensitivities and precision attacks. Yes indeed, Mr. James is a very splendid professional jazz pianist. Zane Lee
Bob James ha captado perfectamente el espíritu de la composición de Horace Silver.
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very nice ! ですね.
as only bob james can execute such a blues piece! arranging - wise bj beats them all. . composing - wise he is head and shoulders above the second best. his popular songs are not his best, but the hidden gems of profound musicality known only to album owners not radio listeners, are. songs that can be deeply introspective, or scholarly yet unpretentious, or just downright prodigious. bob James is an erudite thinker, with chord progressions out of nowhere and so original yet musically sensible , and harmonies so broken yet so intact that the listener finds himself elevated to transcendent levels of jazz appreciation . so as composer and arranger he is so prolific and unparalleled on these two areas he garnered reputations that overshadowed his playing during the 70s 80s 90s. thats why peoples'' jaws drop seeing him play like this live. they never figured him to be a player. check out his other later piano solos and u will marvel at this guy's unbelievable genius, uniquness, the accuracy, the touch, the classical spartan training, to produce jazz improv thats always in a class on its own, and almost always, fast or slow, strong or gentle, unequaled in its elegance. this guy will hold his own if he played live piano duos across even my idol chick corea, or herbie hancock or dave grusin. he may even introduce a new measuring stick to great jazz playing which he was never considered for in the minds of listeners too mired in the same favorite A players for decades.
All are fantastic!
Fantastic!
Nice to see Bob playing creative jazz! I'm quite impressed!
@deanolsen Not sure what this comment could mean...
Firstly, jazz as a concept already implies a creative art form...so what could creative jazz mean?
Otherwise, could you be implying that Bob James as an artiste has not often played "creatively" in your estimation?
@@chibuezengozi Moronic comment - who could give a fuck?
Great trio.
as only bob james can execute! arranging - wise bj beats them all. . composing - wise he is head and shoulders above the second best. so prolific and unparalleled on these two areas he garnered reputations that overshadowed his playing during the 70s 80s 90s. thats why peoples'' jaws drop seeing him play like this live. they never figured him to be a player. check out his other later piano solos and u will marvel at this guy's unbelievable genius, uniquness, the accuracy, the touch, the classical spartan training, to produce jazz improv thats always a class of its own, and almost always, fast or slow, abrasive or not, unequaled in its elegance. this guy will hold his own if he played live piano duos across even my idol chick corea, or herbie hancock or dave grusin. he may even introduce a new measuring stick to great jazz playing which he was never considered for in the minds of listeners too mired in the popular favourites for decades.
this is not "Hockney" ...(mislabeled) it's "The Jody Grind" composed by Horace Silver
You should hear the original composer and creator/Godfather of the Hard Bop genre play it..."The Jody Grind" from the LP of the same name had Horace's classic quintet and this time a sextet on this great LP. Horace was a prolific composer of classics covered by numerous musicians like James.
So funky
I love his take on this classic! What a groove!
@george0t my mistake it's the "Jody Grind" as bjrestless correctly mentioned it
Wow!!
Bob James is really quite a fine piano player, but his albums from the seventies are such schlock. He plays a nutty great solo on Quincy Jones' Walking in Space, which is a fab record, highly recommended. The definitive version of Killer Joe is on there too.
THE JODY GRIND
This is indeed The Jody Grind folks; also check out a very different but no less excellent version of this by Manteca (not to be confused with the Dizzy Gillespie track - although I do wonder why a band would call themselves 'lard'?)
@bjrestless
You're absolutely right...
It's The Jody Grind of course
The best....
So, is it the "jody" grind or the "joy" grind?
I can't f----- believe this isn't "Hockney." I mean "The Jody Grind," that just doesn't make any sense. Now, "Hockney," that is a good sensible title. Even for Bebop, which this is clearly NOT. This more what some boring bastards would call "Hard Bop." And what about that crazy song by Horace Silver with Andy Bey singing about having a "little talk with his stomach" and other organs? Madness, I say with a Hockney inflect.
Yawn........zzzzzzzzzzzzz.............