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Jose James – No Beginning, No End

Jose James - No Beginning, No End Blue Note Records: 2013 Brooklyn-based jazz vocalist-composer Jose James planted himself on our radar back in 2010 with BlackMagic. It was his second album for Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings, a fitting home for a record…

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Video: Jose James Performs “Trouble” on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’

We already saw Jose James bring his fantastic live band to the set of Conan to perform “Trouble”. But he wasn’t done making the rounds, as last night he stopped by The Late Show with David Letterman to run through the standout track one…

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Stream Jose James’ ‘No Beginning, No End’ In Its Entirety

Brooklyn jazz vocalist/composer Jose James returns Jan. 22 with his new album, No Beginning, No End, which landed on our most anticipated releases list. With good reason, as it finds him teaming with fellow talents like bassist Pino Palladino and pianists Robert Glasper and Kris…

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The 50 Most Anticipated Albums of 2013

Now that our best of 2012 lists are completed and behind us, it’s time to look to the coming year. Welcome to our roundup of the most anticipated albums of 2013, which features a nice mix of albums both confirmed…

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Video: Jose James Performs “Trouble” Live on ‘Conan’

With his killer live band and trademark Yankees hat in tow, Jose James performed live last night on Conan. And to say he absolutely ripped it would be an understatement. Dude’s vocal chops are absurd, as are the talents of his…

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Jose James – “It’s All Over Your Body” (Oddisee Remix)

If you can recall, DJ Spinna put his own spin on this track not long ago, but Oddisee takes the reins this time to mix “It’s All Over Your Body” up with a dashing Houston Person sample. The jazz vibe…

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Jose James – “It’s All Over Your Body”

It was a little more than a year ago today that we got our first taste of Jose James‘ then-in-the-works new single, “It’s All Over Your Body“. Since then, we’ve been aching to hear the final version, which finally arrives…

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Jose James – “Vanguard” F. Chris Dave & Pino Palladino

I’m really hoping we get Jose James upcoming album No Beginning, No End before the end of the year. Every new song we heard from “Trouble” to “It’s All Over (Your Body)” and the latest “Vanguard”, which was mixed on…

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DJ Spinna – The Eccentric Movements Of Jose James [Mixtape]

We’re (im)patiently waiting for Jose James‘ first release since signing with Blue Note Records that we’ll, fingers crossed, hear before the end of 2012. But before we get there, the inimitable DJ Spinna has put together a fucking ILL mixtape…

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Oh No – “Dues N Don’ts” F. Jose James & Phife Dawg

West Coast producer Oh No created an entire album based on samples from Rudy Ray Moore’s Dolemite soundtrack. We previously featured his DOOM collaboration “3 Dollars”. Late last year Oh No remixed “Trouble” for Jose James so it’s great to…