Tonight…

One of my faves – American jazz pianist, Bob James who recently recorded his album, “Angels of Shanghai,” is here in town with a number of local Shanghai Jazz community instrumentalists. For those who don’t know – Bob James is one of the major players who brought fusion jazz to the mainstream in the 70s, and is also known as one of the most sampled jazz artists in hip hop history – sampled by RUN DMC, Missy Elliot, L.L. Cool J., Beastie Boys, and Common among others.

Click Here to DOWNLOAD/LISTEN to one of my favorite melodies: “Feel Like Making Love.” (Roberta Flack first recorded this Grammy-nominated, Billboard hit in 1974, and D’Angelo did a re-do for his 2000 album, Voodoo.)  Enjoy!!

Also, soon coming to the ‘Hai are Sweden’s Jens Lekman and Brooklyn native, Jose James …

Not bad, Shanghai, not bad!

. . don’t burn the day. .