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Touchdown is the sixth album by Bob James, released in 1978 on his Tappan Zee label thru Columbia.. The album's title is a reference to this being James' sixth solo album (a touchdown being worth six points in American football), a pattern also followed by his previous album Heads (featuring a five cent coin on its cover) and next album Lucky Seven.
One is the first solo album, and third album overall, by jazz keyboardist Bob James.It was an important album in the early smooth jazz genre and is famous for its end track, "Nautilus", which became important to hip hop as one of the most sampled tracks in American music.
The album spent 63 weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at No. 16 on the R&B albums [2] chart and No. 50 on the Top Pop Albums chart. [3] In 1987, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental [4] and the song "Since I Fell for You" earned a nomination for Al Jarreau in the category Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.
James's 1981 song "Sign of the Times" was sampled by Warren G and Nate Dogg in their 1994 single "Regulate". His 1980 song "Snowbird Fantasy" was sampled by French house musician and Le Knight Club member Eric Chedeville , also Known as "Rico the Wizard", in his 2009 single "Spell of Love", which was remixed later by DJ Sneak .
Hands Down is the tenth studio album by Bob James), 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 the time electronica was transforming popular music in reaction to the big orchestrations of the late 1970s (prevalent on James' previous works).
The album is the second of a series of jazz-funk classics (along with One, Three and BJ4).Released in 1975, the album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts.
Fourplay. Bob James – Yamaha C7 MIDI grand piano, keyboards, synthesizers, programming; Lee Ritenour – electric guitars, classical guitars, guitar synthesizer; Nathan East – 5-string bass, 6-string bass, backing vocals (6)
Song by Bob James; from the album One; Released: 1974: Genre: Smooth jazz ... "Nautilus" is the sixth and final track on the 1974 album One, by the jazz keyboardist ...