THE JAZZ CHILL CORNER JAVON JACKSON - EXPRESSION FEAT. ORRIN EVANS / CORCORAN HOLT / MCCLENTY HUNTER |  |
- JAVON JACKSON - EXPRESSION FEAT. ORRIN EVANS / CORCORAN HOLT / MCCLENTY HUNTER
- COMPOSER/BASSIST ALEXIS CUADRADO PRESENTS POETICA AT SEEDS BROOKLYN
- NEW RELEASES: NICOLA CONTE - FREE SOULS; SHEILA E - ICON; THE OMAR HAKIM EXPERIENCE - WE ARE ONE
- VINCENT HERRING - THE UPTOWN SHUFFLE FEAT. CYRUS CHESTNUT / BRANDI DISTERHEFT / JOE FARNSWORTH
- BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL 2014: OVER 150 PERFORMANCE AT MORE THAN 15 VENUES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY
- SARA SERPA & ANDRE MATOS - PRIMAVERA
- HAROLD MABERN - RIGHT ON TIME FEATURING JOHN WEBBER / JOE FARNSWORTH
- JOSE JAMES READYING NEW ALBUM "WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING" SET FOR JUNE RELEASE
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 11:38 AM PDT
In 25 years as a recording artist, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson had never made a live record as a leader...until now. With his new Smoke Sessions title Expression, the wait is finally over. To an instinctive perfectionist like Jackson, live recording presents a different set of challenges from a studio session, but he did learn first-hand from none other than Art Blakey, after all, to prepare, prepare, prepare and then leave it all on the stage. In fact, Jackson opens the record with Wayne Shorter's "One by One" which famously appeared 50 years ago on one of Blakey's many live recordings, Ugetsu. The results have a natural energy and relaxed quality that are difficult to capture in the studio. This record documents some of Jackson's personal favorites and he credits the live atmosphere for delivering what he feels are his definitive versions.
He includes modern classics like Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing," Donnie Hathaway and Roberta Flack's hit "Where is the Love," and the timeless "When I Fall in Love," that are trademark Javon-accessible but enlightening.
The quartet, called the Javon Jackson Band, features bassist Corcoran Holt, drummer McClenty Hunter and, for the first time, Orrin Evans. One of the busiest pianists in Philadelphia or in New York, Evans fit in with the group instantly and Jackson valued the fresh approach and playing that he brought to the music. A striking example of their rapport is the groove they strike on George Cable's '70s classic "Think on Me." It's a certifiable hit but there is simply a lot of great music on Expression. With a record this good, it's a safe bet that Jackson won't wait another 25 years to make the sequel.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 11:28 AM PDT
POETICA is a multi-disciplinary new work by Alexis Cuadrado crossing languages and poetry in collaboration with authors/poets Rowan Ricardo Philips and Melcion Mateu - In Residency at SEEDS: Brooklyn - April 30 & May 1, 2, 3, 2014 - Located at 617 Vanderbilt Ave (Bergen & St. Marks) Ground floor, Brooklyn, NY 11238. Featuring: Alexis Cuadrado - Composer & double bass, Rowan Ricardo Philips - Poetry, Melcion Mateu - Poetry, Miles Okazaki - Guitar, Andy Milne - Keyboards, Tyshawn Sorey - Drums
POETICA is the new work by Barcelona-born and Brooklyn-based jazz composer and bassist Alexis Cuadrado, in collaboration with poets Rowan Ricardo Philips and Melcion Mateu. With POETICA Cuadrado continues to explore the relationship between Iberian and New York culture, following his critically acclaimed works, Noneto Ibérico and A Lorca Soundscape.
POETICA is a multi-lingual and multi-disciplinary live presentation in which Cuadrado's compositions are intertwined with live poetry reading by its authors. Here, the audience is taken through different sonic spaces, composed or freely improvised, built around the poems. The voices of Melcion Mateu and Rowan Ricardo Philips, the de-facto front line of this jazz sextet, create a moving performance that translates the sincere emotion of their poetry into a unique experience for the listener.
Cuadrado's POETICA also includes the extraordinary talents of guitarist Miles Okazaki, keyboardist Andy Milne and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, three artists who rank among the most forward thinking creative forces in jazz today.
While Cuadrado's music work embodies the confluence of Jazz, Flamenco and New Music, Philips and Mateu are two of the most critically acclaimed contemporary poets who create vivid images and rhythms with a fully present, personal voice, and lightning-bolt expression.
Alexis Cuadrado is a Barcelona-born and Brooklyn-based composer, bassist and educator. His most recent critically acclaimed works A Lorca Soundscape, Noneto Ibérico and Jazz Miniatures for Double Quartet explore the confluence of Spanish and American music and present a unique voice that draws from the crossover of jazz, flamenco and new music. NPR Music states "Listen to Cuadrado's compositions and you'll find every reason to take him seriously."
Rowan Ricardo Phillips is a poet, literary and art critic, and translator. He is the author of The Ground: poems, (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2012) and is the recipient of a 2013 Whiting Writers' Award, the 2013 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award and the 2013 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for Poetry. Dalkey Archive published a book of his criticism in 2010, When Blackness Rhymes with Blackness and he has translated extensively from Catalan.
Melcion Mateu is the author of three poetry books in Catalan: Vida evident (Octavio Paz Award 1998); Ningú, petit (2002), inspired by Winsor McCay's classic comic strips, Little Nemo in Slumberland; and Jardí amb cangurs (2005). An anthology of his poetry in a bilingual edition, Catalan-Spanish, is forthcoming this year, Habitaciones y canguros (translated by José Luis Rey). Mateu has translated works by Siri Hustvedt, Michael Ondaatje, and John Ashbery, among others, and written articles for newspapers such as El País, La Vanguardia, and Avui.
www.seedsbrooklyn.org
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 11:16 AM PDT
NICOLA CONTE - FREE SOULS
A brilliantly soulful set from Nicola Conte – a record that's got all the tight jazzy instrumentation we love in his other records, but one that's also got some wonderful vocal work as well! Singers are a perfectly-chosen batch of the best of the underground – and include Jose James, Marvin Parks, Bridgette Amofa, Melanie Charles, Tasha's World, and others – all of whom really help give the record a sense of variety and voice that goes way beyond any of Conte's other records! And the vocals are hardly a commercializing element, either – as the whole thing's got that full, rich, stone classic sound that we can always trust from Conte – a deeply jazzy approach that's rooted in older modal and spiritual jazz styles. Till Bronner plays guest trumpet on one track – and titles include "Shades Of Joy", "Ahmad's Blues", "Soul Revelation", "Baltimore Oriole", "Astral Rivers", "Uhuru", "Sunrise", "A Prayer For Yusef", and "Goddess Of The Sea". (SHM CD pressing.) ~ Dusty Groove
 World-class drummer and percussionist Sheila Escovedo is scheduled to release her first solo album in twelve years, "Icon," on March 25 as part of the celebration of her 40th anniversary in the music business. According to her Manager Gilbert Davison. "We are excited about the release, particularly of the multi-genre format that reflects Sheila E.'s broad artistry and experience," Davison expresses. All songs on the album were written and composed by Sheila E., unless otherwise noted, while "Leader of the Band" was co-written by Prince. "I can't believe it's been 40 years since I began my career in the music business. I have been blessed to make music with some of the most incredible artists in the world," stated Sheila. "The past year has been very introspective for me. I have a book coming out in September, 'The Beat Of My Own Drum' and while writing it I was inspired to begin work on what has become 'Icon.' This album represents my musical journey and the different paths I have been blessed to travel. I'm excited and proud of this music." Tracklist: Butterfly (Interlude); Mona Lisa ft. Gisa Vatcky and Lucia Parker; Lovely Day; I'll Give You That; Rockstar ft. Bobby G.; Samba (Interlude); Nasty Thang ft. MC Lyte; Leader of The Band ft. The E. Family, Prince; Turn It Around (Interlude); Girl Like Me ft. Ledisi; Who Am I?; Old Skool ft. Eddie M, J.A.i.' Tha Profit; and Now Is The Hour (Interlude) ft. Moms Escovedo. 
Produced, Arranged and Engineered by Omar in his OZmosis recording studios, each song is meticulously crafted and engineered to create deep sonic landscapes that lend a panoramic and cinematic quality to the listening experience. All the while, this musical journey through Hakim's mind and heart, soothes the soul while rocking your body with exploratory funk, rock and jazz, world and odd time rhythms...Textural & Colorful…"We Are One" is on the cusp of innovations in electronic music sound design and mixing possibilities. Omar's self-engineered CD is aurally infused with the entire musical color wheel! Hakim successfully travels through a pastel palette of sonic landscapes and sing-able pastoral and expressive melodies, which create cascading 3D sonic ear candy. This innocently prepares the listener for the inevitable hi energy outbursts of fiery fuchsia infused burning jams! 8 years in the making, the album features passionate performances by a supportive cast of long time friends and musical collaborators... Jerry Brooks, Scott Tibbs, Chieli Minucci, Abdul Zuhri, Bobby Francheschini, Gregoire Maret, Angel Rogers, Jimi Tunnell and Rachel Z. "With Omar composing all the tunes as well as arranging and playing on every track, and also engineering a bulk of the album, We Are One stands as the great drummer's magnum opus in a long and illustrious career." ~ Bill Milkowski
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:57 AM PDT
Vincent Herring's M.O. is well known-he means business. Not that you can tell from the pure joy that emanates from his horn, but like Bird, Cannonball, and Stitt, there is purpose, meaning, and, yes, a little gravity in every note he plays. Herring describes his time spent studying with bebop master Phil Woods as a pivotal moment in his development. It instilled in him a sense of responsibility to assume the mantle of a vital artistic tradition, which, for the past quarter century, is exactly what he's done. With his no-holds-barred solos and unerring aesthetic compass, he's made more than a few great records during that time, but his latest release on Smoke Sessions, The Uptown Shuffle might just be the best one yet.
Like so many classic jazz records, The Uptown Shuffle arrives with a rousing opener, Herring's aptly titled "Elation." He explains that he wrote this theme over 20 years ago to express a feeling of just pure joy. It was never exactly how he wanted it though, until just recently. It might also be the perfect introduction to his quartet. Soulful pianist Cyrus Chestnut, Canadian bass newcomer Brandi Disterheft and the reliably swinging drummer Joe Farnsworth have real chemistry from start to finish. Even when this band slows things down, as they do on timeless favorites like "Love Walked In" and "Tenderly," their intensity and passion never waver. Herring frequently talks about choosing personnel and material based "on a feeling" and that he used that approach to put together this date. He said he knew going in that he had the band he wanted and that when they ran down tunes in rehearsal, the ones included here were the ones that "just clicked."
The Uptown Shuffle was recorded live "uptown" at Smoke Jazz Club in front of a packed house of admirers. There is certainly energy and elation present in these performances and they do capture the spirit and excitement of a night out in New York.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:52 AM PDT
 With over 150 performances at more than 15 venues throughout New York City, the 2014 Blue Note Jazz Festival will be held Sun., June 1 through Monday, June 30. Ticket information and a current schedule of events/locations is available on the official website, www.BlueNoteJazzFestival.com. Additional performances and venues for the Fourth Annual festival will be announced in the coming weeks.
Highlights for the city's largest jazz festival include a special appearance by cultural icon Aretha Franklin; rare collaborations between Bobby McFerrin & Questlove (following their recent performance together on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"), Ramsey Lewis with Earth, Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey, André Previn & Christian McBride, Monty Alexander's 70th Birthday (with various reggae and jazz guests, to be announced), and the "Children Of The Light Trio" featuring Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade (all whom are current members of the Wayne Shorter Quartet, making their official U.S. debut as a trio); crossover vocalists Michael McDonald, Michael Bolton, and Dee Dee Bridgewater, as well as album release performances by José James and Sérgio Mendes respectively; multi-faceted entertainer Reggie Watts; renowned bassist/producer Marcus Miller; and tenor saxophone legend Gato Barbieri, among others. Please visit www.BlueNoteJazzFestival.com for dates and venue information.
In addition to Blue Note Jazz Club, festival venues include B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, Highline Ballroom, The Town Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Central Park SummerStage, Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Rockwood Music Hall, Smalls Jazz Club, The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, IFC Center, Brooklyn Bowl, and Lucille's Bar & Grill at B.B. King Blues Club, among others. Festival co-presenters include Jill Newman Productions, MSG Entertainment, Bowery Presents, CEG/Nolafunk, Jazz Forum Arts, Jazz Journalists Association, and JazzReach.
"This year's festival puts a prime focus on distinctive collaborations," says Steven Bensusan, President of Blue Note Entertainment Group. "Shows such as Bobby McFerrin teaming up with Questlove and André Previn working with Christian McBride are rare opportunities for fans to hear world class artists perform together in unique musical settings."
Other jazz headliners include a rare U.S. performance by renowned bassist Avishai Cohen (his first New York City appearance in over two years, as leader or sideman); The Dizzy Gillespie™ Afro Cuban Experience featuring Machito Jr; tenor saxophone titans Joe Lovano and Eric Alexander as well up-and-comer Marcus Strickland; vocal masters Diane Schuur, Allan Harris, and Curtis Stigers; versatile pianists Michel Camilo, Hiromi, and Harold Mabern; as well as fusion-centric performances by keyboardist Jeff Lorber and Australian guitarist Albare; among others.
"We also continue to emphasize styles that are more broadly connected to jazz, to include everything from R&B, soul, and hip-hop to reggae, rock and Americana," adds Bensusan.
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill and Highline Ballroom will present a wide range of performances, including R&B/soul-centric artists such as Lalah Hathaway & Ruben Studdard, and Oleta Adams; reggae shows by Sly & Robbie and Tarrus Riley (in addition to Monty Alexander's birthday celebration); Americana/singer-songwriter artists Brandy Clark and the Beth Hart Band; eclectic global-centric acts Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Los Lobos and Yemen Blues (in addition to the legendary Sérgio Mendes); guitarists Tommy Emmanuel and Eric Gales; and jazz/rock drummer Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion; among others. Additionally, Blue Note Jazz Club will showcase several nu-jazz centric projects, including a special one-night collaboration featuring Beka & DJ Logic with Victor Bailey (and late night shows featuring crossover soul/funk saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, as well as BIGYUKI).
Other special partner events include the 2014 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards on June 11 at Blue Note Jazz Club; the New York City premiere of The Case of the Three Sided Dream, a documentary on jazz legend Rahsaan Roland Kirk, on June 11 at IFC Center; the National Jazz Museum in Harlem Benefit Concert on June 9 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College; and Jazz Forum @ 35! on June 28 at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts; among others.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 08:21 AM PDT
Warmth, freshness, color, growth, new beginnings - these aspects of spring inspired and resonate in Primavera, the first duo album from vocalist Sara Serpa and guitarist André Matos. It's an album they started last spring and are releasing this spring, with the arc of its making also following the gestation and birth of their first child. To be released April 25, 2014 via Inner Circle Music, Primavera is a creation of verve and atmosphere, melody and poetry. The album also sees Serpa and Matos take a different, multi-layered tack from their usual jazz-honed method; they play multiple acoustic and electric instruments and use the studio as an instrument. Several musical friends help enrich Primavera, including Greg Osby, who adds soprano saxophone to a track.
The material ranges from the duo's artfully inventive originals to a classic tune by pianist Ran Blake & vocalist Jeanne Lee ("Vanguard") and a song by Argentine composer-pianist Guillermo Klein ("Se Me La Va Voz"). Along with Serpa's signature wordless vocalese and her lyrics in Portuguese and English, there are songs that use words by two great poets: the American e.e. cummings and Portuguese Fernando Pessoa (via his heteronym Alberto Caeiro). Inventive and inviting throughout, Primavera is as irresistible as the season for which it's named.
JazzTimes has called Serpa "a rising star," while All About Jazz has said: "Her unique style of vocalese allows her to utilize the full range of her exquisite and clear voice with the agility of an instrumentalist, standing out of the crowd as a sublime interpreter and a bold improviser." The New York Times has described Matos as a guitarist who "advances a pointedly contemporary air." Both born and bred in Portugal but based in New York City for half a decade-plus, Serpa and Matos met through music in Boston, where they both studied at the Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory. Primavera is an album of connections, musical and personal. The song "Vanguard" reflects the close relationship Serpa has had with Ran Blake since she studied with the iconic pianist at NEC. She and Blake have recorded two albums together, 2010's Camera Obscura (which also included a version of "Vanguard") and 2012's Aurora. "We wanted to pay tribute to Ran, who is a dear friend," Serpa says. "I love the melody of that song and Jeanne Lee's lyrics, which were inspired by Dostoevsky's Dream of a Ridiculous Man." Composer Guillermo Klein is another friend and influence to the duo - his "Se Me La Va Voz" got "stuck in my mind after I heard him playing it at the Village Vanguard," Serpa recalls. "It's sad and deep."
The appearance of Osby on Primavera reflects the fruitful association Serpa and Matos have with the sax star, who has "been very important to us since we've been in New York," says the guitarist. Serpa joined Osby's band right out of school in 2008, performing with the group at such hallowed venues as the Village Vanguard and contributing to his album 9 Levels. Osby's Inner Circle Music label released Serpa's debut album as a leader, Praia (2008), and her quintet album Mobile (2011), along with Camera Obscura. Inner Circle also released Matos's third album, Quare (2010). On Primavera, Osby's serpentine saxophone darts between Serpa's vocalese and Matos' six-string on the guitarist's tune "Choro." Matos has known Leo Genovese - a pianist who plays everything from piano and melodica to exotic percussion and toy guitar on the album - since their Berklee days together. "He adds color and spontaneity to the mix," Matos says. Pete Rende, who contributes keyboard atmosphere to the background of Matos' "Caminho" is a "special voice in music, a piano player we admire a lot," the guitarist says. "He did a great job mixing the album for us and sitting in on Prophet for 'Caminho.'"
The original compositions by Serpa and Matos glow with a kind of magical lyricism. On an album full of highlights, the joyous title song and reflective "Tempo" stand out, as does "Caminho" with its luminous ambience and quietly dramatic guitar solo. The stately, lovely "A Realidade das Coisas" is one of the album's two settings of verses by the great poet of Lisbon, Fernando Pessoa, writing as Alberto Caeiro, one of his many literary alter egos. These are part of a larger cycle of Pessoa/Caeiro settings by Matos. Then there is the impossibly catchy "Kubana," rhythmically demonstrative and melodically sighing by turns.
"This album came out very different from what we initially expected - we had planned a straightforward acoustic duo record at first," Serpa says. "But as we became more and more involved in the music, we experimented and got excited about the process and what we were creating, with new songs being born in that process of discovery." Any listener can hear that the final result, Primavera, radiates with that excitement of experimentation and the joy of creative communion.
Sara Serpa & André Matos: Primavera
1. "Primavera" (Serpa)
2. "Tempo" (Matos)
3. "Rios" (Matos)
4. "Choro" (Matos)
5. "Kubana" (Matos/Serpa)
6. "Song for a Sister" (Serpa)
7. "Caminho" (Matos)
8. "O Guardador de Rebanhos" (Matos/Caeiro)
9. "A Realidade das Coisas" (Matos/Caeiro)
10. "Nuvem" (Serpa)
11. "Vanguard" (Ran Blake/Jeanne Lee)
12. "Gardening" (Matos)
13. "Se Me Va La Voz" (Guillermo Klein)
14. "Earth" (Serpa/Cummings)
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 08:18 AM PDT
"He blends the soul of Memphis with the madness of Manhattan and a life experience as
one of the music's outstanding pianists to create musical muscle that immediately
draws you in and a sensitivity that keeps you there. Anytime is the right time for Harold Mabern!" - WBGO
The label's first title, Right On Time, is by the jazz piano eminence Harold Mabern. It's a fitting debut for Smoke Sessions as Mabern's frequent presence at Smoke over the years was instrumental in making it a major jazz destination. While most people his age are enjoying retirement, Mabern is still happily in the trenches in the sixth decade of his illustrious career. Clearly, he still has a lot to say.
Recorded over the weekend of his 77th birthday celebration in March 2013, Right on Time--which he dedicates to his idol, and fellow Memphis piano giant, Phineas Newborn, Jr.--captures all of the highlights of his two nights at Smoke with bassist John Webber and drummer Joe Farnsworth, one of his two working trios. Mabern knows a thing or two about putting together a balanced musical program and he draws on an extensive repertoire for this title including classic blues, swinging standards, moving ballads, and modal tempests.
Always on the lookout for material from outside the jazz box, Mabern opens Right on Time with Peter Brown's disco hit "Dance with Me." He finds another surprising gem in plain sight with the well-known Theme to Laverne and Shirley "Making our Dreams Come True." He also includes some of his favorite composers-Richard Rodgers, Thad Jones, Henry Mancini, and Hoagy Carmichael-and delivers an unusually melancholy and particularly beautiful rendition of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore." There is a blistering, bebop reading of "Cherokee," as well as "Seven Steps to Heaven" conceived during his time with Miles in the '60s and his own beloved original, "Edward Lee" dedicated to trumpeter Lee Morgan. Finally, he builds the ebulliently swinging "Blues for Frank 'n' Paul 'n' All" from another unlikely source-the outgoing message on his answering machine. It was a melodic fragment that proved so popular with fellow musicians that he "finished it" with an ending and now dedicates it to the entire Smoke family.
Many consider Mabern the very definition of a "jazz master," and Right On Time is just the most recent evidence that it's high time that the National Endowment for the Arts officially makes him a Jazz Master, too.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 08:15 AM PDT
José James has announced a June 10 release date for his new album, While You Were Sleeping, his fifth studio album and his second album for Blue Note Records. While You Were Sleeping is the follow-up to his widely acclaimed R&B and jazz steeped No Beginning No End, and signals a new creative direction for the versatile singer-songwriter. The album was recorded in Brooklyn, NY, and was produced by José and Brian Bender.
That creative shift is heard in the rock edge of tracks like "EveryLittleThing" and "Anywhere U Go" and is evidenced in a change in José's band which adds guitarist Brad Allen Williams to the stellar line-up of keyboardist Kris Bowers, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Richard Spaven. The influence of Jimi Hendrix can be heard throughout the album as much as R&B forefathers like Al Green. Special guests on While You Were Sleeping include vocalist Becca Stevens who duets with James on her song "Dragon," as well as trumpeter Takuya Kuroda who is featured on the cover of Green's classic "Simply Beautiful" that closes the album.
"This album is a synthesis of everything I love about music," says José, "from contemporary artists like Frank Ocean, James Blake, and Junip to groundbreaking artists I grew up with like Nirvana, Radiohead, and Madlib. It's also a love letter to many late nights spent in East London clubs like Plastic People and Cargo, watching new movements unfold in electronic music. I want people to feel the joy of discovery that I experience night after night onstage, reaching for something new."
NPR Music raved about No Beginning No End, proclaiming "James makes utterly contemporary music," adding that he "skirts categories with ease, fitting in with current R&B innovators like Frank Ocean or Miguel, yet maintaining a strong awareness of a lineage that stretches from Ray Charles to Marvin Gaye to Lou Rawls to Maxwell."
Pitchfork noted that "While he's always been one to try stuff out – he successfully collaborated with Flying Lotus on Blackmagic – on No Beginning No End he finds a way to make an eclectic approach feel unified and whole. With previous releases, he's earned his heroic acclaim in the tough, tried-and-trusted lanes of contemporary jazz. With No Beginning No End, he's built his own road out."
José has also announced a short run of April U.S. tour dates to preview songs from While You Were Sleeping. The tour kicks off April 15 in Philadelphia and makes stops in Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco. He has also announced album release shows in New York (Highline Ballroom, June 12) and Los Angeles (Playboy Jazz Festival, June 15). More dates will be announced shortly. See a full list of currently confirmed tour dates below.
The tracklisting for While You Were Sleeping is as follows:
1. Angel (José James)
2. U r the 1 (J. James/T. Billig/K. Bowers/B. Williams)
3. While You Were Sleeping (J. James)
4. Anywhere U Go (J. James/S. Dorsey)
5. Bodhisattva (J. James/S. Dorsey)
6. 4 Noble Truths (J. James)
7. Dragon feat. Becca Stevens (Becca Stevens)
8. Salaam (K. Bowers/B. Williams/S. Dorsey/R. Spaven)
9. Without U (J. James/T. Billig/B. Williams)
10. EveryLittleThing (J. James/K. Bowers)
11. xx (J. James)
12. Simply Beautiful feat. Takuya Kuroda (Al Green)
JOSÉ JAMES – U.S. TOUR DATES
April 15 – World Café Life – Philadelphia, PA
April 17-18 – Scullers – Boston, MA
April 20 – Evanston SPACE – Chicago, IL
April 21 – Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN
April 22-23 – Dazzle – Denver, CO
April 24 – The Triple Door – Seattle, WA
April 25 – Alberta Rose Theatre – Portland, OR
April 26 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
June 12 – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY
June 15 – Playboy Jazz Festival @ Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA
June 20 – Magoffin Auditorium – El Paso, TX
June 21 – Charline McCombs Empire Theatre – San Antonio, TX
June 22 – Empire Control Room – Austin, TX
June 26 – The Pour House – Raleigh, NC
June 28 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
~ Blue Note
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