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Hands Down (album)

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Released
  
1982

Length
  
34:51

Release date
  
1982

Label
  
Tappan Zee Records

Recorded
  
1982

Artist
  
Bob James

Producer
  
Bob James

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Hands Down (1982)
  
Two of a Kind With Earl Klugh (1982)

Genres
  
Jazz fusion, Smooth jazz, Nu jazz

Similar
  
Lucky Seven, Sign of the Times, All Around the Town, Heads, Foxie

Hands Down is the eleventh album by Bob James (10th studio album as reflected by the title and cover), released in 1982. This was a turning point in James career, with the tracks "It's Only Me" and "Spunky" being early exponents of electronic jazz at a time electronica was transforming popular music in reaction to the big orchestrations of the late 1970s (prevalent on James' previous works). The minimalist tastes of the era were also reflected in "Roberta", which mostly featured James in a piano solo.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Bob James, unless where noted.

  1. Spunky (6:59)
  2. Macumba (Rod Temperton, Bob James) (5:11)
  3. Shamboozie (5:17)
  4. Janus (5:51)
  5. Roberta (Mike Lawrence) (6:53)
  6. It's Only Me (5:24)

Personnel

  • Bob James - Electric Piano (tracks 1 to 3), Acoustic Piano (tracks 4 to 6), Synthesizers (except track 5), Bass and Drum Programming (tracks 2 and 6)
  • Gary King - Bass (tracks 1, 2 and 5)
  • Marcus Miller - Bass (track 3)
  • Doug Stegmeyer - Bass (track 4)
  • Harvey Mason - Drum Programming (track 1), Drums (track 5)
  • John Robinson - Drums (tracks 2 and 3)
  • Liberty DeVitto - Drums (track 4)
  • Steve Khan - Guitar (tracks 2 and 3)
  • David Brown - Guitar (track 4)
  • Leonard 'Doc' Gibbs, Jr. - Percussion (tracks 1 to 4)
  • Jay Beckenstein - Alto Saxophone (track 2)
  • Eddie Daniels - Tenor Saxophone (tracks 2 to 4)
  • Wally Kane, Whit Sidener, Mike Colby, George Marge - Woodwinds
  • Mike Lawrence, Ron Tooley, Dave Taylor, John Frosk, Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis - Trumpet
  • Wayne Andre, Jim Pugh, Dave Taylor - Trombone
  • Luther Vandross, Milt Grayson, Patti Austin, Vivian Cherry, Yvonne Lewis, Zach Sanders - Vocals (track 2)
  • Rob Zante - Lyricon (track 2)
  • Alfred Brown, Barry Finclair, Charles McCracken, Elena Barere, Emanuel Vardi, Gerald Tarack, Jan Mullen, John Pintavalle, Jonathan Abramowitz, Joseph Rubushka, LaMar Alsop, Lewis Eley, Marvin Morgenstern, Matthew Riamondi, Max Ellen, Richard Locker, Richard Sortomme, Theodore Israel, Warren Lash - Strings (track 5)
  • David Nadien - Concertmaster (track 5)

    • Credits

  • Produced, Arranged and Conducted by Bob James
  • Co-Produced, Recorded and Mixed By Joe Jorgensen
  • Vocal Arrangements by Rod Temperton
  • Engineered by Bruce Robbins, Chaz Clifton, Marc Chusid, Nancy Byers, Wayne Warnecke
  • Mastered by Vlad Meller

    • Songs

    1Spunky7:01
    2Macumba5:14
    3Shamboozie5:19

    References

    Hands Down (album) Wikipedia
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