“[Billie Holiday] was keeping it super real, and you can feel that to this day. Everything that she sang, she believed in. So I had to pick songs that I felt the same about.” FeelsRealSongFeltPicksHolidayThis Day Author:Jose James
“Chico Hamilton told me, "The first take is important in jazz because that's where the real emotion is." That's your true response to what's happening, and everything else after that, your brain is involved because you have something to reference.” FirstsImportantRealEmotionBrainInvolvedHappeningsJazzResponseHamiltonReal Emotion Author:Jose James
“I've sort of realized there's a definite pattern to my output at this point: there's an album that everybody sort of loves, that's a real balance between the old and new, like The Dreamer or No Beginning No End, like a blend of jazz and hip-hop, or r&b and soul and hip-hop.” RealSoulEndsBalanceJazzPatternsHip HopAlbumsHipsHopsDreamerDefiniteOutputOld And New Author:Jose James