Two

Performer: Bob James
Artist: Grover Washington, Jr.; Hubert Laws; Jon Faddis; Patti Austin; Eddie Daniels; Wayne Andre; Eric Gale; Steve Gadd
Producer: Creed Taylor
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Bob James (electric piano, Clavinet); Lani Groves, Patti Austin, Zachary Sanders, Frank Floyd (vocals); Eric Gale (guitar, bass instrument); Richie Resnicoff (guitar); Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, David Nadien, Matthew Raimondi, Gene Orloff, Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin (violin); Seymour Barab, Alla Goldenberg, Warren Lash, Jesse Levy, Alan Shulman, George Ricci, Anthony Sophos (cello); Hubert Laws (flute, electric flute); Eddie Daniels (clarinet); Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker, Victor Paz, John Frosk (trumpet, flugelhorn); Peter Gordon , Jim Buffington, Albert Richmond (French horn); Eddie Bert, Tom Mitchell , Wayne Andre, Tony Studd (trombone); Gary King (bass instrument); Andrew Smith, Steve Gadd (drums); Ralph MacDonald, Arthur Jenkins (percussion). Recorded during a period when Bob James did some of his finest work, TWO is a classic mid-'70s jazz fusion album. James arranged all six tracks and conducted a cast of stellar musicians on this album including Steve Gadd, Hubert Laws, Randy Brecker and Eddie Daniels. One of the highlights is the opening cut, "Take Me to the Mardi Gras," which demands attention from the very first note. The song will even sound familiar to hip-hop fans, as James' tune was sampled many years later on RUN-DMC's "Peter Piper." TWO displays James' extraordinary talent as a conductor, the orchestral tracks beautifully performed by his 17-piece string section.

Keyboardist Bob James is a man who has worn many musical hats. He began as a progressive-jazz pianist in the early 1960s (he even recorded for famed underground avant-garde label ESP). By the '70s, however, he'd incorporated electric keyboards and become a star in the burgeoning fusion genre, making records which would later be sampled by countless hip-hop artists. Along the way, he was also involved in the soundtracks for everything from SERPICO to the TV show TAXI, and worked as arranger and producer for Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, and others. In the '90s, James became even more popular as a member of the smooth-jazz supergroup Fourplay.

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