Bob James Trio, Take It from the Top - 59m 25s

Tracks & Durations

1. Billy Boy	4:59
2. Straighten Up And Fly Right	6:55
3. Downtown	5:28
4. Tenderly	6:30
5. Nardis	6:05
6. Poinciana	6:53
7. Caravan	5:30
8. Soul Eyes	8:02
9. Django	6:14
10. Schwammerl	2:41

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Review

Pianist/composer Bob James made his fame as top-selling smooth jazz pioneer and his theme song to the TV show Taxi is one of the most familiar melodies in syndication. But his roots are in straight-ahead jazz. On this CD with bassist James Genus and drummer Billy Kilson, James pays tribute to his piano heroes and drops some surprises into the mix. His treatment of Nat "King" Cole's "Straighten Up and Fly Right," is driven by hip-hop rimshots, and Mal Waldron's classic ballad "Soul Eyes" is syncopated with a Latin lilt. James's most impressive act of syncopated subversion is his take on the Petula Clark hit "Downtown." Somehow Bob James manages to keep it smooth and jazzy. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

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Take It from the Top

Tracks: 9 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 56m 39s (-3m 14s)

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