Showing posts with label Big James. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big James. Show all posts

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Big James - A Dose Of The Blues

Year: 2019
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:46
Size: 119,4 MB
Styles: Soul-blues, R&B
Scans: Front

1. A Dose Of The Blues (3:28)
2. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love (4:03)
3. Friends & Family (5:00)
4. Problems (5:12)
5. I Am... (3:47)
6. All Because Of Your Love (5:20)
7. Bingo Blues (4:11)
8. Giving Me The Blues (Wake Up Call) (5:01)
9. Terror Town (6:28)
10. 2 Much Heaven Last Night (4:38)
11. I'm N2 Something I Can't Shake Loose (4:33)

A highly entertaining album of soulful R&B and Chicago-style blues, A Dose Of The Blues is the new CD by vocalist, trombonist and singer Big James. There are several cover songs on the eleven-track release with the majority of songs concentrating on a range of Big James originals.

With James, who goes by the name oneSELF in the credits, as a star vocal attraction, A Dose Of The Blues also features the blazing electric guitar solos of Mike “Money” Wheeler, along with Brian Lupo (rhythm guitars), Roosevelt “Mad Hatter” Purifoy (keys), a pair of drummers and a hot horn section with James handling the vocals and trombone solos.

The classic R&B sound of the 1960s is in evidence as is a more up-to-date Chicago blues sound that will simply amaze fans of the genre. Influenced by classic R&B soul singers like Otis Redding, Arthur Conley, Sam & Dave and James Brown, to name just a few, tracks here like “Giving Me The Blues” and “Can't Get Enough Of Your Love”, with its pure STAX meets Motown sounds like something you might have heard on the AM radio in 1966.

Asked about his influences, James says, "James Brown definitely! I'm more influenced by OV Wright, Little Milton & Tyrone Davis!" An album to play and replay, A Dose Of The Blues carries the classic R&B sound alive and well into the future. /Robert Silverstein

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Friday, November 7, 2014

Big James & The Chicago Playboys - 2 albums: The Big Payback / Right Here Right Now

The Chicago Playboys first saw the light of day as the back-up band for Chicago blues and soul singer Little Johnny Christian, and the name has been carried forward by trombonist, vocalist and bandleader Big James Montgomery. Along with keyboardist Joe "Goldie" Blocker, guitarist Mike "Money' Wheeler, trumpeter Charles "Richard" Pryor, bassist Larry "L-Dub' Williams and drummer Cleo Cole, James has created a Chicago-rooted, funky, horn-heavy sound, steeped in the city's signature blues tradition. The Playboys have developed into a disciplined unit that is drawing comparisons to James Brown's former rhythm-intensive backing band, and are tearing up packed houses at home and across both seas. They continue to put Big James and the Chicago Playboys' name up on some of the biggest marquees and festival stages in the world.

The band's newest effort, "The Big Payback," was recorded live at the legendary Lionel Hampton Jazz Club in Paris in November, 2010. James and the band perform with an infectious enthusiasm and verve, and the crowd responds in kind. In addition to three of James's blues-tinged original tunes, the program ranges from the killer James Brown groove of the title cut to the soul classic "Trying To Live My Life Without You," a couple of Magic Sam gems,

Their label debut Blind Pig release, "Right Here Right Now" (2009), featured eight of Big James' original compositions, supplemented by a title each from the recorded legacies of Bobby Bland, Tyrone Davis and the O'Jays. The Playboys rose to the occasion, with precisely-executed, original horn arrangements (written by Big James and Kenny Anderson), supported by the solid groundwork of Cleo Cole and Larry Williams on drums and bass, judiciously appointed guitar riffs and rhythms from Mike Wheeler, and soulfully stylish keyboards from Joe Blocker.

Album: The Big Payback
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:00
Size: 109.9 MB
Styles: Funky blues, Chicago blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:51] 1. The Blues Will Never Die
[5:28] 2. Big Payback
[4:26] 3. Coldest Man I Ever Knew
[4:19] 4. All Your Love
[5:26] 5. Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone
[5:17] 6. That's Why I'm Crying
[3:48] 7. Trying To Live My Life Without You
[6:37] 8. I'll Stay
[5:18] 9. Low Down Dirty Blues
[2:24] 10. Smoke On The Water

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Album: Right Here Right Now
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:50
Size: 107.2 MB
Styles: Funky blues, Chicago blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:25] 1. Right Here Right Now
[4:38] 2. A Mama Like Mine
[4:03] 3. Love To See You Smile
[3:39] 4. On The Grind
[4:19] 5. Expect The Best
[3:55] 6. I Love 'em
[4:35] 7. A Little Attention
[3:13] 8. The Goose
[4:57] 9. Help (Somebody Please)
[3:24] 10. Without You In My Life
[5:37] 11. Worry

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