@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Bob James - 12 Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1984, Jazz, Smooth Jazz Fusion, Marshall, Missouri 7/26 Matrix #: FC 39580 Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Bob J (39' - Alive) Cultural Facts:
Personal Struggle: James spent years taking criticism from jazz purists who dismissed his polished crossover sound, even as hip-hop producers later treated his catalog like holy sample material.
Studio Lore: 12 sits in his early-80s Columbia and Tappan Zee world, full of sleek keyboards, clean studio rhythm sections, and the expensive fusion sound that defined his period.
Scene Ecology: By this era, James was moving between jazz radio, session work, TV themes, and the future sample universe, quietly becoming one of hip-hop's most borrowed composers.
