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Released
  
February 24, 1977

BJ4 (1977)
  
Heads (1977)

Release date
  
24 February 1977

Label
  
CTI Records

Length
  
36:20

Artist
  
Bob James

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genres
  
Jazz fusion, Smooth jazz

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Recorded
  
November-December 1976 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
Bob James albums, Smooth jazz albums, Other albums

BJ4 is the fourth album by jazz musician Bob James.

Contents

Reception & Legacy

Released in 1977, the album charted at number three on the Jazz Album Charts. This would be his last CTI album before starting his own label Tappan Zee Records, named for one of the tracks on this album. Also, James would later obtain the rights to his CTI catalog as a result of a lawsuit against Creed Taylor pertaining to the infamous three-volume CTI All-Stars at the Hollywood Bowl albums.

Track listing

  1. "Pure Imagination" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 5:20
  2. "Where the Wind Blows Free" (Bob James) – 6:43
  3. "Tappan Zee" (Bob James) – 6:49
  4. "Nights Are Forever Without You" (Parker McGee) – 6:23
  5. "Treasure Island" (Bob James) – 6:10
  6. "El Verano" (Bob James) – 4:55

Personnel

  • Bob James - Electric Piano (Fender Rhodes), Acoustic Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer (Arp Odyssey, Oberheim Polyphonic), Arranger, Conductor
  • Eric Gale - Guitar
  • Steve Gadd - Drums
  • Gary King - Bass
  • Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
  • Hubert Laws - Flute, Alto Flute
  • Art Farmer - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
  • Romeo Penque - Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
  • Eddie Daniels - Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet
  • John Frosk, John Gatchell - Trumpet
  • Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken - Cello
  • Sidney Weinberg - Oboe, English Horn
  • Emanuel Vardi, Lamar Alsop - Viola
  • Charles Libove, David Nadien, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Glickman, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman - Violin

    • Songs

    1Pure Imagination5:21
    2Where The Wind Blows Free6:43
    3Tappan Zee6:49

    References

    BJ4 Wikipedia
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