José James facts for kids

Quick facts for kids José James
José James 2008
Background information
Born	(1978-01-20) January 20, 1978 (age 46) Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Genres	Jazz, hip hop, neo soul
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, bandleader
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Labels	Brownswood, Blue Note, Rainbow Blonde
Associated acts	Junior Mance, Chico Hamilton, McCoy Tyner, Robert Glasper

José James (born January 20, 1978) is an American vocalist who combines jazz and hip hop.

Biography

José James attended The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. In 2008, he debuted with his first album, The Dreamer, on the Brownswood label. Blackmagic followed in 2010. 2010's For All We Know came out on the Impulse! label. For All We Know became the winner of both the Edison Award and the Académie du Jazz Grand Prix for best Vocal Jazz Album of 2010.

Discography

As leader

• The Dreamer (Brownswood, 2008)
• Blackmagic (Brownswood, 2009)
• For All We Know with Jef Neve (impulse!, 2010)
• No Beginning No End (Blue Note, 2012)
• While You Were Sleeping (Blue Note, 2014)
• Yesterday I Had the Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday (Blue Note, 2015)
• Love in a Time of Madness (Blue Note, 2017)
• Lean On Me (Blue Note, 2018)
• No Beginning No End 2 (Rainbow Blonde, 2020)
• José James: New York 2020 (Rainbow Blonde, 2021)[2CD] – live recorded in 2020
• Merry Christmas from José James (Rainbow Blonde, 2021)
• On & On (Rainbow Blonde, 2023)

As guest

• Jazzanova, Little Bird (Verve Records, 2008)
• Kris Bowers, Heroes + Misfits (Concord Jazz, 2014)
• Junko Onishi, Very Special (Somethin' Cool, 2017)
• Taali, I Am Here (Rainbow Blonde, 2019)
• Erik Truffaz Quartet, Lune Rouge (Warner Music France, 2019)

See also

In Spanish: José James para niños