Description
Bob James – Hands Down / Warner Bros. Rec CD Audio 1995
UPC 093624597421
Made in USA
Hands Down is the tenth studio album by Bob James), released in 1982. This was a turning point in James career, with the tracks "It's Only Me" and "Spunky" being early exponents of electronic jazz. At the time electronica was transforming popular music in reaction to the big orchestrations of the late 1970s (prevalent on James' previous works). The minimalist tastes of the era were also reflected in "Roberta", which mostly featured James in a piano solo.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Spunky
Drums – Harvey Mason
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6:59 | |
| 2 | Macumba
Arranged By [Vocals] – Rod Temperton
Drums – John Robinson (2)
Guitar – Steve Khan
Lyricon – Rob Zante
Synthesizer [Bass], Drum Programming – Bob James
Trumpet – Mike Lawrence, Ron Tooley
Vocals – Luther Vandross, Milt Grayson, Patti Austin, Vivian Cherry, Yvonne Lewis, Zach Sanders
Woodwind – Wally Kane, Whit Sidener
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5:11 | |
| 3 | Shamboozie
Alto Saxophone – Jay Beckenstein
Bass – Marcus Miller
Drums – John Robinson (2)
Guitar – Steve Khan
Trumpet – Mike Lawrence, Ron Tooley
Woodwind – Wally Kane, Whit Sidener
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5:17 | |
| 4 | Janus
Acoustic Guitar – David Brown (6)
Bass – Doug Stegmeyer
Drums – Liberty DeVitto
Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Daniels
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5:51 | |
| 5 | Roberta
Drums – Harvey Mason
Strings – Alfred Brown, Barry Finclair, Charles McCracken, Elena Barere, Emanuel Vardi, Gerald Tarack, Jan Mullen, John Pintavalle, Jonathan Abramowitz, Joseph Rubushka, Lamar Alsop, Lewis Eley, Marvin Morgenstern, Matthew Riamondi, Max Ellen, Richard Locker, Richard Sortomme, Theodore Israel, Warren Lash
Strings [Concertmaster] – David Nadien
Trombone – Wayne Andre
Trumpet – Dave Taylor, John Frosk, Randy Brecker
Woodwind – Mark Colby
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6:53 | |
| 6 | It's Only Me
Synthesizer [Bass], Drum Programming – Bob James
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5:24 |
- Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
- Bass – Gary King (tracks: 1, 2, 5)
- Co-producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Joe Jorgensen
- Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Bob James (tracks: 1 to 3)
- Engineer – Bruce Robbins, Chaz Clifton, Marc Chusid, Nancy Byers, Wayne Warnecke
- Management – Michael Tannen & Associates
- Mastered By – Vladimir Meller
- Percussion – Leonard 'Doc' Gibbs, Jr. (tracks: 1 to 4)
- Piano – Bob James (tracks: 4 to 6)
- Producer, Arranged By – Bob James
- Synthesizer [Polyphonic] – Bob James (tracks: A1 to B1, B3)
- Trombone – Dave Taylor (tracks: 2, 3, 5), Jim Pugh (tracks: 2, 3, 5)
- Trumpet – Jon Faddis (tracks: 2, 3, 5)
- Woodwind – Eddie Daniels (tracks: 2, 3, 5), George Marge (tracks: 2, 3, 5)
