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Heads (Bob James album)

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Released
  
October 14, 1977

Heads (1977)
  
Touchdown (1978)

Release date
  
14 October 1977

Label
  
Tappan Zee Records

Length
  
37:57

Artist
  
Bob James

Producer
  
Bob James

Genres
  
Smooth jazz, Jazz fusion

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Recorded
  
May-September 1977 Media Sound, Sound Mixers and A&R Studios, New York City

Similar
  
Bob James albums, Smooth jazz albums

Heads is the fifth album by jazz musician Bob James. It was his first album released on his newly formed Tappan Zee label, which was distributed at the time by Columbia Records. All of his Tappan Zee albums (which includes his CTI back-catalog) are now distributed by E1 Music.

Contents

Bob james heads


Reception

Released in Winter of 1977, the album charted at number one on the Jazz Album Charts.

Track listing

  1. "Heads" (Bob James) – 6:40
  2. "We're All Alone" (Boz Scaggs) – 5:33
  3. "I'm in You" (Peter Frampton) – 6:48
  4. "Night Crawler" (Bob James) – 6:20
  5. "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 6:48
  6. "One Loving Night" (Henry Purcell) – 5:48

Personnel

  • Bob James - Arp Odyssey, Arranger, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Oberheim, Piano, Arranger, Conductor
  • Eric Gale - Guitar, Electric Guitar
  • Steve Khan, Jeff Layton, Jeff Mironov - Guitar
  • Steve Gadd, Idris Muhammad, Allan Schwartzberg, Andy Newmark - Drums
  • Gary King, Alphonso Johnson, Will Lee - Bass
  • Ed Walsh - Synthesizer Programming
  • Richard Tee - Keyboards
  • Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
  • Hubert Laws - Flute
  • David Sanborn - Alto Saxophone
  • Grover Washington, Jr., Michael Brecker - Tenor & Soprano Saxophone
  • Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, John Frosk - Flugelhorn, Horn, Trumpet
  • Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
  • Wayne Andre, David Taylor, Tom Mitchell Jr. - Trombone
  • Peter Gordon, Brooks Tillotson, James Buffington - French Horn, Horn
  • Jim Buffington - French Horn
  • Phil Bodner - Bass Clarinet, Alto Flute, Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Viola, Wind
  • George Marge - Flute, English Horn, Oboe, Recorder, Soprano Recorder, Baritone Saxophone, Sopranino Recorder, Wind
  • Eddie Daniels - Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Viola, Wind
  • Gerry Niewood - Alto Flute, Alto & Tenor Saxophone, Wind
  • Michael Mainieri, Jr. - Vibraphone, Backing Vocals
  • Gloria Agostini - Harp
  • Jonathan Abramowitz, Charles McCracken, Alan Shulman - Celli, Cello
  • Al Brown and His Tunetoppers, Lamar Alsop, The Manny Vardi Strings - Viola
  • Max Ellen, Concert Master, Harry Cykman, Barry Finclair, Paul Gershman, Harold Kohon, Diana Halprin, Marvin Morgenstern, John Pintavalle, Max Pollikoff, Matthew Raimondi - Violin
  • David Nadien - Concertmaster, Violin
  • Patti Austin, Vivian Cherry, Gwen Guthrie, Lani Groves - Lead and Backing Vocals

    • Songs

    1Heads6:40
    2We're All Alone6:32
    3I'm in You6:47

    References

    Heads (Bob James album) Wikipedia
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