Restless

Performer: Bob James
Artist: Luther Vandross; Michael Colina; Andy Snitzer; Ron Carter; Harvey Mason; Lisa Fischer; Michael Brecker; Fareed Haque
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Bob James (keyboards); Ila Schloss, Hilary James (vocals); Andy Snitzer (alto saxophone); Michael Brecker (saxophone, EWI, digeridoo); Michael Colina (synthesizer); Jeff Miranov, Nick Moroch, Dean Brown, Fareed Haque (guitar); Ron Carter (acoustic & electric bass); Max Risenhoover (bass, synthesizer, drums, percussion); Nathan East, Pino Palladino (bass); Harvey Mason, Steve Ferrone (drums); Lisa Fischer, Fonzi Thornton, Tawatha Agee, Luther Vandross (background vocals). Producers: Max Risenhoover, Ray Bardani, Michael Colina. Engineers include: Ken Freeman, Max Risenhoover, Bill Schnee. This appropriately titled album reflects Bob James' mood in 1994, and offers a little bit of everything for fans. For those that crave the Bob James of the '70s, there is the track "Animal Dreams." James explores big band jazz with "Into the Light." His daughter, Hillary, lends her youthful vocal talent on the ballad "Storm Warning" and joins Lisa Fischer in backing up Luther Vandross on "Under Me." Other tracks such as "Lotus Leaves," "Back to Bali," and "Restless" cater to the contemporary jazz lover, with the title cut being the most pop track on the album. James is joined by a who's who in the jazz world including Nathan East, Michael Brecker, saxophonist Andy Snitzer, Ron Carter, Fareed Haque and Harvey Mason.

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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