“Jason [Moran] and John [Patitucci] and Eric [Harland] knew it was a Billie Holiday tribute. I'm sure they assumed it was going to be like another singer date, where we just have a bunch of charts and they write them down and they got paid and kind of moved on. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's not what I intended.” WritingKindPaidDown AndMovedSingersBunchHolidayTributeJasonEricMoved On Author:Jose James
“There's a more experimental album that follows that, which is like Black Magic and While You Were Sleeping. Then there's a return to jazz, For All We Know and Yesterday I Sang The Blues. It wasn't like a planned thing, I just kind of realized it when I made a list of my albums. Like, oh wow, this is exactly what I did before.” KnowsKindMadeBlackSleepMagicReturnJazzAlbumsListsYesterdayWowBlack Magic Author:Jose James
“When I start working on a new album, I kind of stop listening to a lot of outside stuff just so I can kind of focus.” KindI CanStuffFocusListeningAlbums Author:Jose James
“For me jazz is kind of an extension of hip-hop. Kind of the sad thing is that a lot of jazz people just listen to jazz, and a lot of hip-hop people just listen to hip-hop, and there's not a lot of crossover, unfortunately.” PeopleKindJazzJust Listen Author:Jose James