Two (Bob James album)

Two
Studio album by Bob James
Released May 29, 1975
Recorded December 1974 & January 1975
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz fusion, Smooth jazz
Length 38:23
Label CTI Records
CTI 6057
Producer Creed Taylor
Bob James chronology
One
(1974)
Two
(1975)
Three
(1976)

Two is the second album by jazz musician Bob James.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

This album is the second of a series of jazz-funk classics (along with One, Three and BJ4). Released in 1975, this album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts. The track "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" is one of the most widely used tracks in hip-hop breakbeat samples.

Track listing

  1. "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" (Paul Simon) – 5:50
  2. "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" (Tony Camillo, Mary Sawyer) - 5:26
  3. "The Golden Apple" (Bob James) – 7:20
  4. "Farandole" (Georges Bizet) – 8:24
  5. "You're as Right as Rain" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 5:28
  6. "Dream Journey" (Bob James) – 5:55

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 75
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 28
Billboard Top Jazz Albums[2] 2

Samples & Covers

External links

References

  1. Yanow, Scott. Bob James: Two > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bob James US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
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