Bob James - H (1980) Japanese Remastered Reissue 2015

Posted By: Designol

Date: April 20, 2024

Bob James H was released in 1980 on his Tappan Zee imprint during his great run that began with Touchdown in 1978. Its immediate predecessor is the One on One duet album with Earl Klugh. James recorded it in the same way he'd been making records since joining CTI in the early 1970s: with a large, all-star studio group paired with a couple of top-flight soloists. The former group included trumpeter Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, and Eddie Daniels; the latter features Grover Washington, Jr., Hiram Bullock, Airto Moreira, and Buddy Williams. Of course, hovering over everything is James' trademark piano, full of lovely if rote grooves and fills. The music revolves around breezy, easy themes and colorations, where the new contemporary (later, "smooth") jazz met lithe cinematic-style orchestral themes with some neat and tidy funk overtones. "Brighton by the Sea," with a tough soprano solo by Washington is a great example. Airto's hand percussion plays counterpoint to Williams drums, Gary King's deep, fretless, funk bassline holds the groove and Grover moves right into it, and then soars above it. James' solo comes at it from the other side and doesn't hit the actual groove until later. Other notables are the Caribbean-kissed, Latin-flavored "Snowbird Fantasy," where the body of the tune swells to include the large horn section. The gorgeous "Shepherd's Song" follows it with James playing Rhodes and an Oberheim, to whisper in the balladic melody before his acoustic piano enters to articulate it fully. But what makes the tune are the strings and a truly lovely acoustic guitar solo by David Brown. The stone classic from this set though, is the synth driven "Walkman's Song." In solid 4/4 time, it's all dancefloor, albeit with some ambient head space: there's percolating bassline, James' layers of funky dancefloor keyboards, and his high register acoustic piano solo. The track is given added dimension by Bullock's tidy but utterly funky guitar fills, and played and sung solo (à la George Benson). This is all adorned with carefully arranged woodwinds and strings as the cherry on the sundae. H may be typical James from this period, but that doesn't mean the music isn't thoroughly enjoyable. Add to this that it holds up to repeated listening over three decades later, and you've got a stone-cold winner.

Review by Thom Jurek, Allmusic.com

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Performers:

Bob James - piano, Fender Rhodes, Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, arranger, conductor
Gary King, Doug Stegmeyer (#2,5) - bass
Buddy Williams - drums
Hiram Bullock - electric guitar, guitar solo, vocals (#4)
Bruce Dunlap (#6, solo #1), David Brown (#5, solo #2) - acoustic guitar
Grover Washington, Jr. - soprano saxophone, tin whistle
Airto Moreira (#1,6), Leonard "Dr." Gibbs (#4), Ralph MacDonald (#5) - percussion
Liberty DeVitto - drums (#2,5)

Recorded at Mediasound, New York.

Tracklist:

01. Snowbird Fantasy (07:05)
02. Shepherd's Song (From Haute-Auvergne) (06:42)
03. Brighton by the Sea (05:37)
04. The Walkman (06:18)
05. Thoroughbred (07:22)
06. Reunited (05:44)
07. Sparkling New York (03:09)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 8. февраля 2016, 23:17

Bob James / H

Дисковод: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203S Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Режим чтения : Достоверность
Использование точного потока : Да
Отключение кэша аудио : Да
Использование указателей C2 : Нет

Коррекция смещения при чтении : 48
Способность читать области Lead-in и Lead-out : Нет
Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Встроенный Win32-интерфейс для Win NT/2000

Выходной формат : Пользовательский кодировщик
Выбранный битрейт : 128 kBit/s
Качество : Высокий
Добавление ID3-тега : Нет
Утилита сжатия : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Дополнительные параметры : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%

TOC извлечённого CD

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Характеристики диапазона извлечения и сообщения об ошибках

Выбранный диапазон

Имя файла D:\Music\_Egor from PTZ_03_1\Bob James\Bob James - H (1979)\Bob James - H (1979).wav

Пиковый уровень 97.9 %
Скорость извлечения 3.6 X
Качество диапазона 100.0 %
CRC теста 9D5B6CB6
CRC копии 9D5B6CB6
Копирование… OK

Ошибок не произошло

AccurateRip: сводка

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Все треки извлечены точно

Конец отчёта

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DR log

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2016-04-12 19:14:14

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Analyzed: Bob James / H
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -0.18 dB -13.12 dB 7:06 01-Snowbird Fantasy
DR15 -0.18 dB -17.57 dB 6:42 02-Shepherd's Song (From Haute-Auvergne)
DR13 -0.18 dB -15.11 dB 5:37 03-Brighton by the Sea
DR12 -0.18 dB -14.40 dB 6:18 04-The Walkman
DR11 -0.18 dB -14.08 dB 7:22 05-Thoroughbred
DR13 -0.18 dB -16.73 dB 5:45 06-Reunited
DR13 -0.18 dB -14.74 dB 3:10 07-Sparkling New York
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 775 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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