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 On
8/24/99, one of the living legends of Contemporary Jazz, pianist and
keyboardist Bob
James, presented us Joy Ride, a production with Chuck Loeb, Paul
Brown,
Michael Hill and Dave McMurray on Warner Bros.  This
new CD contains 12 songs in which Bob James can be found playing classical piano and the Fender Rhodes, an instrument that was made famous
in the 70's. Joy Ride
is an All Star CD, since there are some great musicians
collaborating with Bob. Beginning with guitarist Chuck Loeb, who not only
plays guitar on the album, but who was also involved in the production and
composition of several of the songs, as was saxophonist Dave McMurray.
Both Chuck Loeb and Dave McMurray toured with Bob in promotion of this CD.
Personally
I consider "Raise the Roof" one of the best songs on the CD,
where
 Boney James takes control of the unmistakable tonality of the tenor sax.
This song, with " What's up " have been the most played songs of the
CD. Another interesting tune is "Fly By", produced
by Harvey Mason Jr. which he co-wrote with his father, Fourplay member Harvey Mason. They play the
drums and keyboards in this song
 Joy Ride
was nominated for a 2000 Grammy Award in the Contemporary Jazz category . Unfortunately, it did not win the Grammy, but nevertheless, is
a CD worth considering when buying good music.
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