Listen to a single from the CD at www.bobjames.com!

The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College and Tappan Zee Records are pleased to announce the USA release of the new CD Bob James Live at the Milliken Auditorium as recorded in concert with the Grammy Award winning Jazz pianist Bob James and the Bob James Quartet on May 3, 2014.

The CD features Bob James – Piano with Perry Hughes – Guitar, Clarence Penn – Drums and Nathaniel Phillips – Bass.  It includes 8 extended tracks from the concert including, Blues Down Under 6:56; The Jody Grind 7:25; Skidaway 9:46; Where are You/Downtown 8:49; Night Crawler 7:07; Nautilus 7:03; Westchester Lady 6:20; Angela/Someone to Watch Over Me; 10:45.

The CD was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jack Conners, Milliken Tech Director and features concert photography by Dave Dalquist. Production of the CD was made possible with a grant to the Dennos from the Begonia Charitable Foundation and managed by Sonny Abelardo.

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Saturday, November 15 @ 8:00 pm [20:00]

Hill Auditorium ~ Ann Arbor, MI

For more information visit: UMS

For tickets call: 734-764-2538

Join the legendary Bob James, as he is inducted into the University of Michigan’s Alumni Hall of Fame.

The awards ceremony will be from 4 pm – 6 pm at the Walgreen Drama Center at the University of Michigan, and is open to the public.

Preceding the awards ceremony will be a question & answer session with Bob James at 2 pm in room 2439.

Walgreen Drama Center

1226 Murfin Ave
Ann Arbor, MI

4 pm – 6 pm

Grammy Award winning Jazz Legend Bob James returns to the Milliken Auditorium with the Bob James Quartet.  Featuring James on piano, Clarence Penn on drums, Perry Hughes on guitar and Nate Phillips on bass.

Bob James was discovered at the 1963 Notre Dame Jazz Festival by legendary producer Quincy Jones.  That same year he recorded his first solo album “Bold Conceptions” for Mercury Records. From there he went on to make his  mark as the musical director for Sarah Vaughn.  Bob also worked on many successful albums for CTI Records.

In 1977 James started his is own label, Tappan Zee Records, which gave him the opportunity to spend more time in the studio working on his own recordings.  During that time he recorded the gold award winning album “Touch Down,” which included his composition “Angela” from the TV show Taxi.

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – What sets jazz apart from other forms of American music is it’s a conversation that happens in real time.

Saxophonist David Sanborn and pianist Bob James had a lot to say at St. Cecilia Music Center on Thursday.

Sanborn and James were in Grand Rapids as St. Cecilia’s 2013 Great Artists, an annual gala event that’s brought the likes of Itzhak Perlman, James, Galway, Victor Borge, Denyce Graves and Tony Bennett to Royce Auditorium.

With drummer Steve Gadd and bassist James Genus, the quartet opened St. Cecilia Music Center’s 130th season to an enthusiastic, sold-out audience.

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