Heads (Bob James album)

Heads is the fifth album by jazz musician Bob James, released in October 1977. It was his first album released on his newly formed Tappan Zee label, which was distributed at the time by Columbia Records. All of his Tappan Zee albums (which includes his CTI back-catalog) are now distributed by E1 Music. The album reached number one on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Heads
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 1977
RecordedMay–September 1977
StudioMedia Sound, Sound Mixers and A&R Recording Studios, New York City
GenreJazz fusion, smooth jazz
Length37:57
LabelTappan Zee Records
JC 34896
ProducerBob James
Bob James chronology
BJ4
(1976)
Heads
(1977)
Touchdown
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Village VoiceD+[3]

Track listing

  1. "Heads" (Bob James) – 6:40
  2. "We're All Alone" (Boz Scaggs) – 5:33
  3. "I'm in You" (Peter Frampton) – 6:48
  4. "Night Crawler" (Bob James) – 6:20
  5. "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 6:48
  6. "One Loving Night" (Henry Purcell) – 5:48

Personnel

Brass and Woodwinds

Strings

  • Jonathan Abramowitz – cello
  • Charles McCracken – cello
  • Alan Shulman – cello
  • Gloria Agostini – harp
  • Lamar Alsop – viola
  • Al Brown – viola
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Harry Cykman – violin
  • Max Ellen – violin
  • Barry Finclair – violin
  • Paul Gershman – violin
  • Diana Halprin – violin
  • Harold Kohon – violin
  • Marvin Morgenstern – violin
  • David Nadien – violin, concertmaster
  • John Pintavalle – violin
  • Max Pollikoff – violin
  • Matthew Raimondi – violin

Vocals on "You Are So Beautiful"

Production

  • Bob James – producer
  • Joe Jorgensen – associate producer, engineer, mixing
  • Jay Borden – assistant engineer
  • Michael Braver – assistant engineer
  • Doug Epstein – assistant engineer
  • John Berg – art direction, design
  • Paula Scher – art direction, design
  • Buddy Endress – photography

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Billboard Top LPs[4] 47
Billboard Top Jazz LPs[4] 1

References

  1. Henderson, Alex. Bob James: Heads > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 111. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. Christgau, Robert (January 30, 1978). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  4. "Bob James US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
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