Bob James

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.a collaboration with guitarist Jack Lee, & featuring Nathan East.



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Started the New Year with a tour to one of my favorite places, Japan, performing with one of my favorite musicians, Earl Klugh, supported by one of my favorite rhythm sections.Al Turner on bass & Ron Otis on drums!



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chatting with M.J. at a recording session for Frank Sinatra's "L.A. is My Lady" album. (a few years ago!) He told me he had listened to my "One on One" album and liked it!

An amazing talent, with so much more to give the world. At least I got to meet him once!



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On November 13, 2008 I was the recipient of the International Achievement award at the Governor's Awards for Arts & Culture on Nov. 13th at the Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI. The award was presented by Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm. The joint recipient of the award this year is my long time friend and collaborator Jack O'Brien, best known for having received many Tony awards on Broadway as a director, most recently for directing Hairspray. I've composed music for many of his plays. We are very honored to receive such prestigious recognition by the state of Michigan.



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Highlights from recent gigs:



I composed & performed incidental music for the Michael Jacobs Broadway play "Impressionism", directed by Jack O'Brien, which opened March 24, '09.



with Jeremy Irons



with Joan Allen



with Jack Leitenberg, director Jack O'Brien, & my manager Marion Orr



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A conversation with the great Hank Jones -- Tokyo, Feb. '09. We compared memories from the '60s. Him playing with Ella Fitzgerald, me with Sarah Vaughan.



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guesting with the Masato Honda band at the Tokyo Blue Note Feb. 25-28, 2009



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from 2008



Fourplay at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo. We were invited by Taka & Moko Nanri to a private dinner prepared by Executive chef Joseph Budde, the night before our Tokyo Jazz Festival performance. Nice wines!!!



recording guest vocalist Esperanza Spalding on the song "Prelude for Lovers" for Fourplay's new CD "Energy" in NYC at Sear Sound June 2008



In North Hollywood, CA Entourage Studio Apr. 9, 2008 for Masato Honda recording sessions. Harvey Mason, drums; Mike Miller, guitar; Masato Honda, sax and flute; me, Nathan East, bass.



New York City, Sear Sound, March 31, 2008 recording session for a new Christmas album.

with Hilary James, Ava Marie DiSimone, James Genus, Kevin DiSimone, Billy Kilson & Chuck Loeb



an inspiring conversation with Ravi Shankar at his music Institute in New Delhi, India 1/29/2008



The Thelonius Monk Institute all-star ensemble that toured India January 22-29, 2008--with Al Hampton-bass, Earl Klugh-guitar, Helen Sung-piano, Otis Browne-drums, Bobby Watson-alto sax, and Patti Austin-vocals



in Barbados 01/14/08 with the Urban Flamingo band.Perry Hughes, Dave McMurray, Al Turner & Ron Otis



with Jeremy Cohen & Kayo Miki-violins, Louis Levitt-bass, composer Michael Colina, Emily Onderdonk, viola & Joel Cohen-cello at rehearsal for the Nov. 21 performance of Colina's "The Shadow of Urbano"



performing at Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA --11/10/2007 with Dave McMurray & Al Turner (photo by Bob Stehouwer)



backstage at Jazz Alley with Max Risenhoover (co-composer of 'Far From Turtle') & his wife Kate, & John 'thumbs up' Mantel)



backstage at WLOQ 30th Anniversary concert, Winter Park, FL with Ryan Shaw, Gerald Albright, Nestor Torres, Mindi Abair, & Chuck Loeb



backstage at the Tokyo Blue Note with Joe Sample



backstage at the Tokyo Jazz Festival 2007 with Keiko Matsui



waiting for the bullet train.Japan tour.Nagoya



backstage after a performance on EBS TV in Seoul, Korea Sept 12, 2007, with Tetsuo Sakurai, Younee, Jack Lee & Lewis Pragasam



with Doc Gibbs, Al Turner, Ron Otis & Earl Klugh at Liberty Jazz Festival, NYC Sept. 09, 2007



backstage with Joshua Redman & Earl



with Branford Marsalis & Earl



sitting in for some four-hand piano blues with the great Marcus Roberts & his trio at the Sutton's Bay Jazz Festival 7/28/07



thanks to Kathy Kelly Kelton for these photos



with Frederic Chiu after our four-hand piano performance of Beethoven's 6th Symphony in Westport, CT, July 13, 2007



backstage with Dave Sanborn & Earl Klugh @ the Capitol Jazz Fest, June 2, 2007



Angels of Shanghai troupe at the IMAC theater, Huntington L.I. the last night of the U.S. tour.



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The cover of the latest issue of Keyboard Magazine:



go to this website to see the article:

http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?secti29&storycode=18752



sitting in with the Howard Paul Quartet at The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC 3/5/07



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My Zen garden (summer/fall/winter/spring)



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Check out the newest recordings!!--"Urban Flamingo" "Angels of Shanghai" (Universal Korea release & VideoArts Japanese release)