Jazz / Jazz-Pop; Crossover Jazz; Smooth Jazz
Recorded: 1979, Media Sound, New York, NY
Hot on the heels of his commercial breakthrough Touchdown, which contained the monster hit "Angela (Theme from Taxi)," Bob James teamed up with acoustic guitarist Earl Klugh for the first of two hit duet albums. One on One is not strictly a duet side, however. The pair is accompanied by a band of crack studio types that includes James' former CTI mates acoustic bassist Ron Carter and drummer Harvey Mason and a host of others as well as string and woodwinds sections. The fare is light, breezy, and barely there in places. Out of these sessions came "The Afterglow," which lit up the charts right after "Angela" did, making James the hottest jazz commodity on the scene.
---Thom Jurek, allmusic
Bob James - Piano, Arranger, Conductor, Keyboards, Fender Rhodes
Earl Klugh - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
George Marge - Wind, Woodwind
Harvey Mason, Sr. - Drums
Charles McCracken - Cello, Celli
Marvin Morgenstern - Violin
Romeo Penque - Wind, Woodwind
Matthew Raimondi - Violin
Alan Shulman - Cello, Celli
Richard Sortomme - Violin
Emanuel Vardi - Viola
Alan Shilman - Cello
Al Brown & His Tunetoppers - Viola
Jim Buffington - French Horn
Al Brown - Viola
Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
James Buffington - Horn, French Horn, Woodwind
Wally Caine - Woodwind
Harry Cykman - Violin
Lewis Eley - Violin
Max Ellen - Violin
Barry Finclair - Violin
Eric Gale - Guitar
Neil Jason - Bass, Bass (Electric)
Walter Kane - Wind
Gary King - Bass, Bass (Electric)
Phil Bodner - Woodwind
Ron Carter - Bass, Bass (Acoustic) |
