Bob James
American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer
Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. According to VICE, music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and believed to have contributed to the formation of hip hop. Among his most well known recordings are "Nautilus", "Westchester Lady", "Tappan Zee", and his version of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras".
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Works
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- A Personal Statement
- Am I Five?
- Am I Six?
- Angela
- Avalabop
- Ballade
- Black Frost
- Blue Lick
- Boss Lady
- Brooklyn Heights Boogie
- Bulgogi
- Celebrate Me Home
- Chant
- Circles
- Dangerous Animals
- Deep in the Weeds
- Dream Journey
- Earth Tones
- Elixir
- Explosions
- Farandole
- Feeding Time
- Final Pitch
- Follow Me
- Fontaine d’Alice
- From Day One
- Gentle Giant (For Hank)
- Golden Faders
- Groove for Julie
- Gulliver
- Hapgood Overture
- Heads
- Hello Nardo
- I'll Never See You Smile Again
- I'm Here to Be Told
- Il Boccalone
- In the Garden
- Intro
- Iridescence
- Kari
- Last Chance
- Let’s Touch the Sky
- Licorice
- Love Lips
- Mallorca
- Math in the Cathedral
- Mojito Ride
- Montezuma
- Moodswing
- Nautilus
- New York Mellow
- Night Crawler
- Night Moods
- Night on Bald Mountain
- One Afternoon
- Open the Box
- Peasant Boy
- Photo Shoot
- Piece of Mind
- Play Lady Play
- Promenade
- Protea
- Runaground
- Rush Hour
- Shadow Dance
- Shepherd's Song
- Sho Is Funky
- Skidaway
- Sommation
- Soulero
- Spunky
- Storm King
- Submarine
- Sugoi
- T W O
- Tappan Zee
- Target Practice
- Taxi
- The Afterglow
- The Game Is Over
- The Genie
- The Golden Apple
- The Marilu
- The Mousetrap
- The Riddle
- The Sea Lion
- Topside
- Touch Me Baby
- Touchdown
- Transylvania Boogie
- Untitled Mixes
- Valley of the Shadows
- Variations
- Variations on a Meet
- Westchester Lady
- Whisper in My Ear
- Winding River
- Wolfman
- You Better Not Go to College
- You're the Juice