Restoration (The Best Of Bob James) - Bob James

Advantages: Easy Listening, Memorable Songs.
Disadvantages: Some songs sound similar.

...A new age is coming in popular music. Gone are the days of the Teletubbies, Bob The Builder and the Fast Food Rockers being in the Top 10! James Morrison Undiscovered is a must for every music fan. The songs are all labelled easy listenng and thats exactly what this album is. I'm a massive fan of James Blunt, Jack Jhonson, Seth Lakeman, etc but James Morrison is a breath of fresh air into the music charts. Memorable tracks on this album aren't just those he has released.....track 1 (Influence of You) is absolutely fantastic and a future number 1 if ever I've heard one! Whatever your taste in music, anyone will enjoy this masterpiece from the previously undiscovered James Morrison.... Read review

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Advantages: You hear some legends of the Blues playing together.
Disadvantages: None

...A Whiskey Store by Thomas Brill the bassist. Goin' Down Slow by James Oden. Just A Closer Walk With Thee. (Trad). Bob Margolin gave us a bit of history before the band played each song at the concert on this last song is Pinetop playing piano. Apparently Pinetop is religious, so declines to play blues on a Sunday, He was invited to the recordings on a Sunday to hang out with the rest of the musicans, while they recorded. Pinetop was scheduled to record his songs the next day. He sat down at the piano and played "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" a gospel song, as it was a Sunday. Bob states that he has known Pinetop for thirty years and has never heard him play anything but the Blues. He asked Pinetop to sing and play it on the album, but Pinetop only knew the piano part, as his mother did the singing. A nice end to a fine Blues Album... Read review

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Advantages: 154 minutes of pure class music
Disadvantages: NONE, none none none none none

...What a cool cd. There isn’t much traditional jazz- as the CD explains – it’s a compilation of what jazz created – acid jazz, breakbeat, hip-hop and soul. All the songs on the 2 CDs (which both last 77mins – there is good value for money) are classics – some which you will instantly recognise , and some which you will recognise covers of. There are all sorts of artists on the double cd – you have modern artists like Jamiroquai and Brand New Heavies, and some really cool old artists – Bill Wyman’s there – singing “Just the Two of Us” (gorgeous), and Herbie Hancock with Chameleon. There are also 2 themes – Bob James - Angela (from Taxi) and James Taylor Quartet – theme from Starsky & Hutch (a damn cool theme tune). The blurb says “it’s jazz, soul, funk and hip-hop rolled into one. What you have here is a collection of its finest... Read review

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