Professing love for Bob James' music can yield a side-eye in some circles. Jazz purists routinely view the keyboardist's 1970s period as a progenitor to smooth jazz — an idiom they frequently react to ...

Bob James' Tiny Desk concert is a manifestation of freedom and collaboration. "I have youth represented here," he says before introducing his band. "I don't have that myself, but I can hire it." The ...

Let us groove into a H.G. Wells mode and ride a time machine back to 1979 and revisit One On One (Tappan Zee), pianist Bob James' collaboration with guitarist Earl Klugh. The disc won a Grammy Award ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With more than 50 solo albums and 15 collaborative records with renowned jazz group Fourplay, and a musical footprint stretching from the classical concert halls of the Midwest to ...

Legendary jazz pianist Bob James has called northern Michigan home for some time now, playing a large role in the booming music scene in the Traverse City area. To celebrate the opening of the ...

On January 11, longtime music exec Dante Ross said it was about time James did some graveling, especially to Hieroglyphics, who sampled “Nautilus” in the song “Cab Fare.” “From my standpoint, I had to ...